2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team

2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball
CIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast
Record20–14 (8–8 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jim Kwitchoff (12th season)
  • Kevin Heck (6th season)
  • Turner Battle (4th season)
Home arenaAlumni Arena
2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 12 4   .750 25 12   .676
Miami (OH) 11 5   .688 16 17   .485
Ohio 9 7   .563 19 16   .543
Akron 9 7   .563 23 13   .639
Bowling Green 8 8   .500 14 19   .424
Buffalo 8 8   .500 20 14   .588
West
Western Michigan 11 5   .688 21 13   .618
Ball State 10 6   .625 19 13   .594
Central Michigan 7 9   .438 10 21   .323
Northern Illinois 5 11   .313 9 21   .300
Eastern Michigan 5 11   .313 9 22   .290
Toledo 1 15   .063 4 28   .125
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulls, led by twelfth-year head coach Reggie Witherspoon, played their home games at Alumni Arena in Amherst, New York as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 20–14, 8–8 in MAC play to finish in sixth place in the MAC East. It was the third 20-win season in the school's NCAA Division I history and the second in their past three seasons.

Buffalo hosted unanimous national college player of the year Jimmer Fredette and the 16th-ranked BYU Cougars at Alumni Arena on December 30, 2010. The Bulls held Fredette to 6 points on 1-of-9 shooting in the first half but Fredette managed 28 points in the second half for a season-high total of 34; BYU ultimately won 90–82. After the game, Reggie Witherspoon said that Fredette was indisputably the best college basketball player ever to play a game in Western New York.

Despite an exit in the quarterfinals of the MAC men's basketball tournament, Buffalo received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). It was the school's third Division I postseason appearance and first since the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. In the CIT, Buffalo won its first two games before losing in the quarterfinals against eventual runner-up Iona.

The 2010–11 season featured the college debut of Javon McCrea. At the end of the season, McCrea would be the first Buffalo player named the MAC Freshman of the Year. McCrea would go on to become the program's all-time leading scorer.

Four-year captain Byron Mulkey, a senior from Niagara-Wheatfield High School, set a program record with 85 steals in the final season of his college basketball career.