2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team, led by head coached by Ricardo Patton, were members of the Mid-American Conference and played their homes game at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois. The Huskies lost to Bowling Green in the first round of the 2011 MAC tournament.

2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	9–21 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach	Ricardo Patton
Assistant coaches	Sundance Wicks Will Smith Todd Townsend
Home arena	Convocation Center

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

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Aksel Bolin	32	G/F	6–7	200	Freshman	Asker, Norway
Antone Christian	3	G	6–2	189	Freshman	Nashville, TN
Tre Edwards	2	G	6–0	172	Freshman	Racine, WI
Demarcus Grady		G	6–1	203	Junior	Grand Rapids, MI
Lee Fisher	30	F	6–5	212	Junior	Dolton, IL
Bryan Hall	1	G	6–1	186	Junior	Chicago, IL
Kyree Jones	55	G	6–2	205	Freshman	Indianapolis, IN
Jeremy Landers	24	G	6–2	185	Senior	Milwaukee, WI
Cameron Madlock	23	F	6–9	215	Junior	Milwaukee, WI
Tony Nixon	25	G	6–4	200	Sophomore	South Holland, IL
Michael Patton	4	G	5–10	189	Senior	Boulder, CO
Nate Rucker	12	F/C	6–6	245	Freshman	Memphis, TN
Xavier Silas	13	G	6–5	198	Senior	Austin, TX
Tyler Storm	44	G	6–7	217	Junior	Geneseo, IL
Tim Toler	5	F	6–7	270	Junior	Indianapolis, IN

Coaching staff

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Ricardo Patton	Head coach	Belmont University	1980
Sundance Wicks	Assistant coach	Northern State University	2003
Will Smith	Assistant coach	University of Colorado at Boulder	2000
Todd Townsend	Assistant coach	Marquette University	2005
Kent Dernbach	Director of Basketball Operations	Carthage College	2004

Schedule

2010–11 game log
November Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 12 Northwestern L 78–97 Xavier Silas- 25 Xavier Silas/ Nate Rucker- 6 Michael Patton- 4 Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (4,001) 0–1 (0–0) 2 November 12 At Bradley L 63–66 Xavier Silas- 22 Nate Rucker- 10 Michael Patton- 4 Carver Arena, Peoria, IL (7,646) 0–2 (0–0) 3 November 21 Cardianl Stritch W 81–57 Xavier Silas- 34 Tim Toler/Lee Fisher- 7 Bryan Hall- 5 Convocation Center, Dekalb,IL (667) 1–2 (0–0) 4 November 24 At Maryland Eastern Shore W 86–80 Xavier Silas- 34 Xavier Silas/ Lee Fisher – 6 Bryan Hall- 7 Hytche Center, Princess Anne, MD (612) 2–2 (0–0) 5 November 29 Boise St L 80–52 Bryan Hall- 10 Tony Nixon- 5 Bryan Hall/ Michael Patton- 3 Convocation Center, Dekalb, Il (694) 2–3 (0–0)
December Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 December 2 At Depaul L 86–84 Xavier Silas- 34 Nate Rucker- 8 Bryan Hall- 5 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL (7,044) 2–4 (0–0) 7 December 14 Illinois-Chicago W 80–78 Xavier Silas- 40 Lee Fisher- 9 Xavier Silas- 3 Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (779) 3–4 (0–0) 8 December 18 At Temple L 84–74 Xavier Silas- 27 Cameron Madlock- 10 Xavier Silas- 5 Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA (3,116) 3–5 (0–0) 9 December 22 At Southern Illinois L 61–49 Xavier Silas- 11 Lee Fisher- 6 Tim Toler- 4 SIU Arena, Carbondale, IL (4,239) 3–6 (0–0) 10 December 27 At Missouri L 97–69 Tim Toler- 13 Tim Toler/ Lee Fisher- 7 Michael Patton- 4 Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO (10,776) 3–7 (0–0) 11 December 31 Utah Valley [1] W 86–76 Xavier Silas- 26 Tim Toler- 6 Tim Toler/ Xavier Silas- 3 Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (853) 4–7 (0–0)
January Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 January 3 At Iowa State [2] L 72–63 Xavier Silas- 18 Tim Toler- 10 Xavier Silas- 4 Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA (11,469) 4–8 (0–0) 13 January 8 Ball State [3] L 75–70 Tim Toler- 22 Nate Rucker/ Jeremy Landers- 5 4 players with 3 Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (1,041) 4–9 (0–1) 14 January 11 Eastern Michigan [4] W 71–69 Xavier Silas- 31 Tim Toler – 7 Jeremy Landers- 7 Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (490) 5–9 (1–1) 15 January 15 Toledo Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 16 January 20 At Central Michigan McGuirk Arena, Mount Pleasant, MI 17 January 22 At Western Michigan University Arena, Kalamazoo, MI 18 January 26 Akron Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 19 January 29 At Buffalo Alumni Arena, Buffalo, NY
February Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 February 2 Bowling Green Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 21 February 5 At Ohio Convocation Center, Athens, OH 22 February 9 At Miami (OH) Millett Hall, Oxford, OH 23 February 12 Kent St) Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 24 February 15 Western Michigan Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 25 February 19 ESPNU BracketBusters, TBD Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 26 February 23 Central Michigan Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 27 February 26 At Toledo Savage Arena, Toledo, OH
March Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 March 2 Eastern Michigan Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL 29 March 5 At Ball State John E. Worthen Arena, Muncie, IN