The 2010–11 UCF Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida and were led by first-year head coach Donnie Jones.
Following a 10–0 start to the season, in which they defeated #18 Florida, South Florida, and Miami, the Knights were nationally ranked for the first time in program history.UCF Men's Basketball Ranked For First Time In School History At the time, UCF was one of only four schools to be ranked in the BCS standings and the AP men's basketball poll.UCF Basketball Notoriety Grows with First National Ranking
They finished the season 21–12, 6–10 in CUSA play and lost in the first round of the 2011 Conference USA men's basketball tournament to East Carolina. They were invited to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational, where they beat St. Bonaventure in the first round and Rhode Island in the quarterfinals before falling to Creighton in the semifinals.
In February 2012, UCF vacated its wins from the 2010–11 season after it was discovered that there was an ineligible player on the team.
Previous season In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 15–17, 6–10 in C-USA play under the leadership of Head Coach Kirk Speraw. After the season, Speraw was fired and replaced by Donnie Jones .
All of UCF's wins from the 2009–10 season were later vacated.
Roster NameNumberPositionHeightWeightYearHometown Keith Clanton 33 F 6–8 245 Sophomore Orlando, Florida Josh Crittle 24 F 6–8 250 Junior Bellwood, Illinois Jarvis Davis 2 G 6–1 175 Freshman Columbia, South Carolina David Diakite 15 F 6–6 215 Redshirt sophomore Washington, D.C. P. J. Gaynor 21 F 6–8 205 Junior Jacksonville, Florida Tom Herzog 41 C 7–0 250 Redshirt senior Flint, Michigan Jeffrey Jordan 13 G 6–1 180 Senior Chicago Marcus Jordan 5 G 6–3 205 Sophomore Chicago Doğukan Kuzucan 14 G 6–2 175 Sophomore Istanbul, Turkey Dwight McCombs 10 F/C 6–8 245 Junior Chicago A. J. Rompza 3 G 5–9 160 Junior Chicago Isaac Sosa 11 G 6–3 190 Junior Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Tristan Spurlock 1 F 6–8 220 Sophomore Woodbridge, Virginia Isaiah Sykes 32 G/F 6–5 205 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Amara Thompson 22 G 6–4 180 Redshirt sophomore Tucker, Georgia Taylor Young 12 G 6–1 185 Redshirt senior Orlando, Florida A. J. Tyler 25 F 6–9 225 Redshirt senior Palm Harbor, Florida
Coaches Name Type College Graduating year Donnie Jones Head coach Pikeville College 1988 Shawn Finney Associate head coach Fairmont State 1985 Darren Tillis Assistant coach Paul Quinn College 1996 Tim Thomas Assistant coach Wheeling Jesuit 1993 Micah Byars Director of basketball operations University of West Florida 2006 Brendan Suhr Director of program development Montclair State 1973
Schedule and results
!colspan=8 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=8 style=|Regular season
!colspan=8 style=| Conference USA Tournament
!colspan=8 style=| College Basketball Invitational
| colspan="8" | *Non-Conference Game. Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Eastern Time.**The game on February 2 at UTEP was canceled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for February 21.
Rankings + Ranking movementIt is possible to receive votes in certain polls but not be officially ranked in the Top 25. Rankings of 26 and greater indicate the team has received votes, but not enough to be featured in the Top 25.Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██Not ranked the previous week. Poll Pre Oct 28 Wk 1 Nov 15 Wk 2 Nov 22 Wk 3 Nov 29 Wk 4 Dec 6 Wk 5 Dec 13 Wk 6 Dec 20 Wk 7 Dec 27 Wk 8 Jan 3 Wk 9 Jan 10 Wk 10 Jan 17 Wk 11 Jan 24 Wk 12 Jan 31 Wk 13 Feb 7 Wk 14 Feb 14 Wk 15 Feb 21 Wk 16 Feb 28 Wk 17 Mar 7 Wk 18 Mar 14 Wk 19 Mar 21 Final AP — — — — RV RV 24 19 19 23 RV — — — — — — — — — — Coaches — — — — RV RV RV 21 18 22 RV — — — — — — — — — —
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