2010–11 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented Valparaiso University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Homer Drew. The Crusaders played their home games at the Athletics-Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in Horizon League play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Horizon League men's basketball tournament to Milwaukee. They were invited to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Iona.

2010–11 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball
CIT First Round vs. Iona, L, 77–85
Conference	Horizon League
Record	23–12 (12–6 Horizon)
Head coach	Homer Drew
Home arena	Athletics-Recreation Center
Seasons ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
*Milwaukee	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
† Butler	13	–	5		.722			28	–	10		.737
Cleveland State	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
Valparaiso	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Wright State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Detroit	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Green Bay	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
Loyola (IL)	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Youngstown State	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
UIC	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2011 Horizon League Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of April 4, 2011 Rankings from Coaches Poll

Roster

2010–11 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 1 Michael Rogers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Kingston, JM C 3 Hrvoje Vucic 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr Glavice, HR F 4 Cory Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Duluth, MN F 5 Cameron Witt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Launceston, TAS, AU G 11 Nick Shelton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Frankenmuth, MI G 14 Howard Little 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Chicago, IL G 15 Erik Buggs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) RS So Memphis, TN G 20 Tommy Kurth 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Osceola, IN G 22 Jay Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Aurora, IL G 23 Matt Kenney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Mooresville, IN G 32 Brandon Wood 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Kokomo, IN G 45 Ryan Broekhoff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Frankston, VIC, AU F 55 Kevin van Wijk 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Hoofddorp, NL	Head coach Homer Drew (William Jewell) Assistant coach(es) Bryce Drew (Valparaiso) Luke Gore (Bethel (TN)) Chris Sparks (Valparaiso) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2010-11-12

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
October 30* 9:00 pm		Olivet Nazarene	W 93–58	—	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
November 6* 5:00 pm		Aurora	W 98–66	—	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
Regular season
November 12* 8:05 pm		Indiana–Northwest	W 111–64	1–0	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
November 15* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 6 Kansas	L 44–79	1–1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
November 18* 8:05 pm		Purdue–North Central	W 98–44	2–1	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
November 23* 7:00 pm		at Ohio	L 75–78	2–2	Convocation Center  Athens, OH
November 26* 7:00 pm		vs. Northern Colorado Las Vegas Invitational	W 76–61	3–2	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
November 27* 7:00 pm		vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Las Vegas Invitational	W 68–62	4–2	Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
December 2 8:00 pm		at UIC	W 68–66 ^OT	5–2 (1–0)	UIC Pavilion  Chicago, IL
December 4 4:00 pm		at Loyola Chicago	W 66–56	6–2 (2–0)	Joseph J. Gentile Center  Chicago, IL
December 7* 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Purdue	L 58–76	6–3	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
December 11* 7:00 pm		at Toledo	L 72–75 ^OT	6–4	Savage Arena  Toledo, OH
December 18* 8:00 pm		IPFW	W 63–47	7–4	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
December 20* 5:00 pm		vs. Eastern Michigan Lou Henson Award Tournament	W 74–67	8–4	Athletics Center O'rena  Rochester, MI
December 21* 7:00 pm		at Oakland Lou Henson Award Tournament	W 103–102	9–4	Athletics Center O'rena  Rochester, MI
December 28* 8:05 pm		Ball State	W 69–52	10–4	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 1 2:00 pm, WNDY/ESPN3		at Butler	L 59–76	10–5 (2–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
January 7 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Youngstown State	W 79–55	11–5 (3–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 9 2:35 pm		Cleveland State	W 64–58	12–5 (4–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 14 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wright State	W 71–60	13–5 (5–1)	Nutter Center  Dayton, OH
January 16 1:00 pm		at Detroit	W 78–68	14–5 (6–1)	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
January 21 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Milwaukee	W 60–43	15–5 (7–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 23 2:35 pm		Green Bay	L 61–63	15–6 (7–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
January 29 2:00 pm		Butler	W 85–79 ^OT	16–6 (8–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 3 7:00 pm		at Cleveland State	L 65–76	16–7 (8–3)	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, OH
February 5 7:05 pm		at Youngstown State	W 86–78 ^OT	17–7 (9–3)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
February 10 8:05 pm		Detroit	W 82–74	18–7 (10–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 12 8:05 pm		Wright State	W 58–56	19–7 (11–3)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 16 8:00 pm		at Milwaukee	L 76–79	19–8 (11–4)	U.S. Cellular Arena  Milwaukee, WI
February 19* 5:00 pm, ESPN2		Missouri State ESPN BracketBusters	W 80–67	20–8	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 21 8:00 pm		at Green Bay	L 80–81 ^OT	20–9 (11–5)	Resch Center  Green Bay, WI
February 24 8:05 pm		Loyola Chicago	L 48–68	20–10 (11–6)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
February 26 8:05 pm		UIC	W 79–65	21–10 (12–6)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
Horizon League tournament
March 1 8:00 pm	(4)	(9) Youngstown State Horizon First Round	W 80–71	22–10	Athletics-Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
March 4 8:30 pm, ESPN3	(4)	vs. (5) Detroit Horizon Quarterfinals	L 78–88	23–10	U.S. Cellular Arena  Milwaukee, WI
March 5 8:30 pm, ESPNU	(4)	at (1) Milwaukee Horizon Semifinals	L 63–70	23–11	U.S. Cellular Arena  Milwaukee, WI
CollegeInsider.com tournament
March 16* 8:05 pm, FCS Broadband		Iona CIT First Round	L 77–85	23–12	Athletics-Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

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