The 2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the

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in the 2010–2011

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basketball season. The Fighting Irish were coached by

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and played their home games at the Edmund P. Joyce Center in

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. The Fighting Irish are members of the

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. The team returned three starters from the 2009-10 NCAA Tournament squad, having seen the graduation of long-time starters

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and Tory Jackson. They finished the season 27–7, 14–4 in Big East play and lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament to

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. They received an at large bid to the

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where they defeated

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in the second round before being upset by

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in the third round.

Awards and honors

* Old Spice Classic Champions *

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*Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year - Mike Brey *CBSSports.com National Coach of the Year - Mike Brey *Big East Coach of the Year - Mike Brey *Sports Illustrated 2nd Team All-American -

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*Big East Player of the Year - Ben Hansbrough *Unanimous 1st Team All Big East - Ben Hansbrough *1st Team All-Academic -

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*Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Tim Abromaitis *3rd Team All Big East - Tim Abromaitis

Roster

Source

2010-11 Schedule and results

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References

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