2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season

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

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

Off-season

Additions
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
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
Townsville Crocodiles roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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

Standings
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
2010–11 game log
Pre-season: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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

Player statistics

Awards

Player of the Week

Mid-season Transfers

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

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

See also

2010-11 NBL season

References
  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

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