The 2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented

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in the 2010–11

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season. This was head coach Dave Rose's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars, in their final season in the

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, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars ended regular season play as co-champions with

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, and were the only team to defeat the Aztecs in regular-season play. Led by

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Jimmer Fredette, the nation's leading scorer and consensus national player of the year, the Cougars advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament, where they lost in

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. This was the Cougars' final season as a member of the Mountain West as their basketball team became a member of the

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in July 2011.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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's than in the AP and Coaches Polls. On November 13, 2010 they were ranked 2 in Sagarin's rankings, while they were ranked as high as 1 in Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) on January 9 and 24, 2011, as well as on February 15 and 28, 2011.

Davies controversy

Sophomore starting forward Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team on March 1, 2011 for the remainder of the season for a violation of the school's honor code. ''

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'' published that the transgression involved the provision that prohibits

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. This led to a media frenzy in which the Honor Code was spotlighted and debated, particularly because Davies had not committed a criminal act, or even an NCAA violation, but instead a violation of Latter-day Saint and school ethics. Davies had started 26 of 29 games for the Cougars, averaging 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds. At the time, BYU had a 27-2 record and ranked No. 3 nationally, while analyst Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com had projected the Cougars as the No. 1

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in the West region for the 2011 NCAA tournament. After Davies' suspension, Lunardi maintained his stance that BYU should be a No. 1 seed as long as they continued to perform. The Cougars lost their next game 82–64 to

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(19–11), who beat BYU for the second time in the season, but quickly recovered in a 102-78 victory over Wyoming.

References

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