The 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Wildcats, led by second year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and are members of the

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. Miller was named the

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2011

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Coach of the Year. The Wildcats finished the regular season 25–6, 14–4 in Pac-10 play to win the twelfth Pac-10 regular season championship title for first time since 2005 and lost in the championship game of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament to

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. They received an at-large bid in the

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, as the No. 5 seed in the West Regional, where they defeated

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in the second round,

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in the third round, and

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in the round of sixteen.

Recruits

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

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Awards

;

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* Pac-10 Player of the Week (January 31, 2011) ; Derrick Williams * Pac-10 Player of the Year * Pac-10 First Team All-Conference * Pac-10 Player of the Week (December 6, 2010; January 17, 2011; February 21, 2011) * Consensus

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Second Team (

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) * USBWA District IX Player of the Year *

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All-American *

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First-team All-American *

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Second-team All-American ;

* Pac-10

Coach of the Year

References

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