OVERALL RECORD: 25-10, 17-1 Summit League (1st)
SUMMIT LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
RPI: 57 of 345
FINAL RANKING: No. 8 CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll
- Captured second straight regular season and tournament championships
- Nation's-best 34-2 in league play over the last two seasons, edging national powerhouse Kansas' 29-3 mark inside the Big 12 and Utah State's 29-3 record inside the WAC
- Lost 85-81 to No. 4 seed Texas in Tulsa, Okla. in NCAA tournament second round
- Won all three Summit League tournament games by double digits and has held a double-digit lead in all nine games played at Sioux Falls Arena, boasting an 8-1 record all-time
- Ranked second in the NCAA by averaging 85.5 points per game
- Finished third in the country with a .492 field goal percentage
- The Golden Grizzlies ended the season 18-2 over their last 20 games (losses to IUPUI and Texas)
- Oakland set a new Summit League record with 20 consecutive league wins, stretching from the end of the 2009-10 season (winning the final 8 games) and the first 12 in 2010-11
- The 12-0 start is the third-best start in Summit League history
- OU has made at least one 3-pointer in 700 consecutive games, 7th longest streak in the country
- The Black and Gold are 49-3 in their last 52 games versus Summit League opponents
- Oakland is 50-5 against non-power conference (ACC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac-10) opponents over the last two years
- The Golden Grizzlies have won 42 straight league games when leading at halftime
- OU faced a school record six teams that were ranked inside the top 25 when they played them; No. 2 Ohio State (Dec. 23), No. 7 Michigan State (No. 11), No. 7 Tennessee (Dec. 14), No. 8 Texas (March 18), No. 14 Purdue (Nov. 21) and No. 16 Illinois (Dec. 8)
- Greg Kampe was a finalist for Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year and Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year Awards
- Keith Benson garnered Associated Press All-America honorable mention honors for the second straight season and was selected 48th in NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks (First-Ever OU player drafted)
- Benson was also named Summit League Player of the Year for the second consecutive season and became the first Summit League player to earn Defensive Player of the Year in the same season
- He was also named league tournament MVP and became the first-ever player inside The Summit League to surpass 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks
- Benson ended his career as the all-time league leader in blocked shots (371) and finished second in the nation in 2010-11 with 3.4 blocks per game
- He posted a school record 20 double-doubles (49 for his career) and earned CollegeInsider.com All-America accolades and was selected to the Naismith Trophy watch list, an award given to the nation's top collegiate player
- Travis Bader drained a league-best 94 3-pointers in his rookie season, fourth-most in single-season school history
- Bader was named to the Mid-Major Freshman All-America by CollegeInsider.com
- Reggie Hamilton finished second in The Summit League in assists per game (5.3) and third in 3-pointers made per game (2.3)
- Will Hudson broke the single-season school record with 133 offensive rebounds; He also set a new school record with 137 career games played
All-America:
Keith Benson (AP Honorable Mention, CollegeInsider.com)
Mid-Major Freshmen All-America:
Travis Bader (CollegeInsider.com)
NABC All-District:
Keith Benson (1st team)
The Summit League Player of the Year:
Keith Benson
The Summit League Defensive
Player of the Year:
Keith Benson
The Summit League Sixth Man of the Year:
Larry Wright
The Summit League All-Newcomer Team:
Travis Bader
The Summit League Male Athlete of the Month:
Keith Benson (December 2010)
The Summit League Athlete of the Week:
Keith Benson (Nov.29), Keith Benson (Dec.20), Reggie Hamilton (Jan. 18), Keith Benson (Jan. 24), Reggie Hamilton (Feb. 14)
All-Summit League:
Keith Benson (1st team), Reggie Hamilton (1st team), Will Hudson (2nd team)
Academic All-Summit League:
Travis Bader, Jordan Howenstine, Laval Lucas-Perry, Ilija Milutinovic, Corey Petros, Kyle Sikora, Drew Valentine