2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season

Coordinates: 19°15′2″S 146°49′39″E / 19.25056°S 146.82750°E / -19.25056; 146.82750 (Townsville Entertainment Centre)
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2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season
Head coachTrevor Gleeson
CaptainRussell Hinder
ArenaTownsville Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record17–11 (60.7%)
Ladder2nd
Finals finishSemifinalists

Stats at NBL.com.au

The 2010–11 NBL season is the 26th season for the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL.

Off-season[edit]

Additions[edit]

Player Signed Former Team
Chris Cedar Signed 13 August[1] Townsville Crocodiles
Will Blalock Signed 21 July[2] Maine Red Claws
Gabriel Freeman Signed 13 July[3] San Miguel Beerman, Philippines
Nathan Crosswell Signed 4 June[4] Melbourne Tigers
Ben Allen Signed 21 April[5] St Mary's Gaels
Luke Schenscher Signed 27 April[6] Perth Wildcats

Subtractions[edit]

Player Reason Left New Team
Corey Williams Contract not re-newed. Announced 17 April[7] Free agent
Cameron Tovey Retired 7 April[8] N/A

Townsville also re-signed Brad Williamson,[9] Todd Blanchfield,[10] and Peter Crawford[11] during the off-season.

Roster[edit]

Townsville Crocodiles roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 3 Australia Cedar, Chris (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 4 Australia Robertson, Kelvin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
C 5 Australia Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
F/C 10 Australia Hinder, Russell (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
G 11 United States Blalock, Will (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 17 Australia Crawford, Peter 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
G 23 Australia Crosswell, Nathan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 24 Australia Cedar, Michael 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
F 25 United States Freeman, Gabe (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 41 Australia Allen, Ben 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
G/F 42 Australia Tudehope, Keegan (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G/F 43 Australia Williamson, Brad 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Australia Paul Woolpert
  • Australia Liam Flynn

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 2010-12-17

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos 2010–11 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 22 6 78.57% 4–1 W3 12–2 10–4 2463 2367 104.06%
2 Townsville Crocodiles 28 17 11 60.71% 3–2 L1 13–1 4–10 2225 2163 102.87%
3 Cairns Taipans1 28 16 12 57.14% 4–1 W4 12–2 4–10 2186 2107 103.75%
4 Perth Wildcats1 28 16 12 57.14% 3–2 L2 10–4 6–8 2380 2192 108.58%
5 Wollongong Hawks 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W1 10–4 5–9 2272 2209 102.85%
6 Gold Coast Blaze 28 13 15 46.43% 2–3 W1 8–6 5–9 2396 2440 98.20%
7 Melbourne Tigers 28 10 18 35.71% 1–4 L3 5–9 5–9 2209 2357 93.72%
8 Adelaide 36ers 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 L1 7–7 2–12 2212 2362 93.65%
9 Sydney Kings 28 8 20 28.57% 2–3 L3 5–9 3–11 2171 2317 93.70%

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log[edit]

2010–11 game log
Pre-season: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 16 September Cairns L 68-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-1
2 23 September Gold Coast L 76-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-2
2 25 September Gold Coast L 74-80 Mackay Basketball Stadium, Townsville 0-3
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 16 October Cairns W 79-70 Russell Hinder (18) Luke Schenscher,
Gabe Freeman (6)
Michael Cedar (5) The Swamp
4,201
1–0
2 22 October @ Wollongong L 70-71 Luke Schenscher (17) Luke Schenscher (9) Will Blalock (4) The Sandpit
3,367
1-1
3 24 October @ Gold Coast L 90-94 Will Blalock (18) Russell Hinder (8) Russell Hinder (4) The Furnace
3,429
1-2
4 30 October Sydney W 80-79 Luke Schenscher (26) Russell Hinder,
Gabe Freeman (12)
Peter Crawford (4) The Swamp
3,956
2-2
November: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
5 5 November Perth L 85-91 Will Blalock (19) Russell Hinder,
Gabe Freeman (5)
Russell Hinder (4) The Swamp
3,364
2-3
6 13 November @ Sydney W 64-59 Will Blalock (13) Russell Hinder (8) Michael Cedar (4) The Kingdome
5,586
3-3
7 21 November Adelaide W 77-73 Michael Cedar (24) Luke Schenscher,
Russell Hinder (9)
Will Blalock,
Peter Crawford (3)
The Swamp
4,021
4-3
8 26 November Melbourne W 94-66 Michael Cedar (31) Luke Schenscher,
Gabe Freeman (7)
Nathan Crosswell (6) The Swamp
3,791
5-3
December: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
9 3 December @ Adelaide L 79-92 Luke Schenscher,
Will Blalock (15)
Luke Schenscher (12) Luke Schenscher,
Will Blalock,
Gabe Freeman (3)
Adelaide Arena
4,595
5-4
10 5 December @ Perth L 90-64 Peter Crawford (13) Ben Allen (6) Will Blalock (6) Challenge Stadium
4,000
5-5
11 11 December Gold Coast W 91-86 Luke Schenscher (21) Michael Cedar,
Gabe Freeman (9)
Michael Cedar (6) The Swamp
12 17 December @ Gold Coast The Furnace
13 December 38 @ Cairns The Snakepit
14 23 December @ Adelaide The Dome
15 31 December New Zealand The Swamp

Finals[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Finals[edit]

Awards[edit]

Player of the Week[edit]

Player of the Month[edit]

Coach of the Month[edit]

Mid-season Transfers[edit]

Additions[edit]

Player Signed Former Team
Rosell Ellis Signed 15 December[14] Al-Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Subtractions[edit]

Player Reason Left New Team
Gabe Freeman Returning to Philippines[15]

See also[edit]

2010-11 NBL season

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Crocodiles sign another Cedar". NBL. 13 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ Blalock to deliver the goods in 2010/11 Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Crocs import Freeman Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Crocs sign former Tiger, Crosswell Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Allen holds the key for Crocodiles Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Schenscher becomes tallest Croc ever Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Crocs release Homicide Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Cameron Tovey's retirement Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ B-rad is back at The Swamp Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Todd times three Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Crocs confirm crafty Crawford Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Schenscher wins Player of the Week Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Cedar named Player of the Week Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Ellis returns to The Swamp Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Gabe Freeman decides to leave Crocs Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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