The 2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the college basketball season of

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. The team, led by head coached by Ricardo Patton, were members of the

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...

and played their homes game at the

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DeKalb, Illinois DeKalb ( ) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 according to the 2010 census, up from 39,018 at the 2000 census. The city is named after decorated Franconian- French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died ...

. The Huskies lost to Bowling Green in the first round of the 2011 MAC tournament.

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule

, - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , November 12 , Northwestern
L 78–97
, Xavier Silas- 25 , Xavier Silas/ Nate Rucker- 6 , Michael Patton- 4 ,

Dekalb, IL DeKalb ( ) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 according to the 2010 census, up from 39,018 at the 2000 census. The city is named after decorated Franconian- French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died ...

(4,001) , 0–1 (0–0) , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , November 12 , At Bradley
L 63–66
, Xavier Silas- 22 , Nate Rucker- 10 , Michael Patton- 4 ,

Carver Arena Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson and John Burgee, it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. It opened in 1982 and ...

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(7,646) , 0–2 (0–0) , - align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" , 3 , November 21 , Cardianl Stritch
W 81–57
, Xavier Silas- 34 , Tim Toler/Lee Fisher- 7 , Bryan Hall- 5 , Convocation Center, Dekalb,IL (667) , 1–2 (0–0) , -- align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" , 4 , November 24 , At

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W 86–80
, Xavier Silas- 34 , Xavier Silas/ Lee Fisher – 6 , Bryan Hall- 7 , Hytche Center, Princess Anne, MD (612) , 2–2 (0–0) , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 5 , November 29 , Boise St
L 80–52
, Bryan Hall- 10 , Tony Nixon- 5 , Bryan Hall/ Michael Patton- 3 , Convocation Center, Dekalb, Il (694) , 2–3 (0–0) , - , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 6 , December 2 , At Depaul
L 86–84
, Xavier Silas- 34 , Nate Rucker- 8 , Bryan Hall- 5 ,

Allstate Arena Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States. It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90, adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport. The facility opened i ...

Rosemont, IL Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located immediately northwest of Chicago, as of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,202. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that. Whi ...

(7,044) , 2–4 (0–0) , -align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" , 7 , December 14 , Illinois-Chicago
W 80–78
, Xavier Silas- 40 , Lee Fisher- 9 , Xavier Silas- 3 ,

(779) , 3–4 (0–0) , -lign="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 8 , December 18 , At

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L 84–74
, Xavier Silas- 27 , Cameron Madlock- 10 , Xavier Silas- 5 ,

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Southern Illinois Southern Illinois, also known as Little Egypt, is the southern third of Illinois, principally along and south of Interstate 64. Although part of a Midwestern United States, Midwestern state, this region is aligned in culture more with that of th ...

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L 61–49
, Xavier Silas- 11 , Lee Fisher- 6 , Tim Toler- 4 ,

SIU Arena Banterra Center (formerly SIU Arena) is an 8,284-seat multi-purpose arena, on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Construction on the arena began in the spring of 1962 and took nearly two years to ...

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(4,239) , 3–6 (0–0) , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 10 , December 27 , At

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L 97–69
, Tim Toler- 13 , Tim Toler/ Lee Fisher- 7 , Michael Patton- 4 ,

Mizzou Arena Mizzou Arena is an indoor arena located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Home to the school's men's and women's basketball teams, the facility opened in November 2004 and replaced the Hearnes Center as the school' ...

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W 86–76 , Xavier Silas- 26 , Tim Toler- 6 , Tim Toler/ Xavier Silas- 3 , Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (853) , 4–7 (0–0) , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 12 , January 3 , At 2010–11 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Iowa State ,

L 72–63 , Xavier Silas- 18 , Tim Toler- 10 , Xavier Silas- 4 ,

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L 75–70 , Tim Toler- 22 , Nate Rucker/ Jeremy Landers- 5 , 4 players with 3 ,

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W 71–69 , Xavier Silas- 31 , Tim Toler – 7 , Jeremy Landers- 7 , Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (490) , 5–9 (1–1) , - , 15 , January 15 , Toledo Rockets men's basketball, Toledo , , , , , Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL , , - , 16 , January 20 , At Central Michigan , , , , , McGuirk Arena,

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References

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