2010–11 Townsville Crocodiles season

Townsville Crocodiles
Head Coach	Trevor Gleeson
Captain	Russell Hinder
Arena	The Swamp Townsville Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Ladder	2nd
Finals	3rd
Record
Wins	17
Losses	11
Townsville Crocodiles seasons
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Off-season

Additions

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

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Corey Williams	Contract not re-newed. Announced April 17[7]	Free Agent
Cameron Tovey	Retired April 7[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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 3 Cedar, Chris (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 4 Robertson, Kelvin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) C 5 Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) F/C 10 Hinder, Russell (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) G 11 Blalock, Will (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 17 Crawford, Peter 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 23 Crosswell, Nathan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 24 Cedar, Michael 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) F 25 Freeman, Gabe (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 41 Allen, Ben 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) G/F 42 Tudehope, Keegan (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G/F 43 Williamson, Brad 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)	Head coach Trevor Gleeson Assistant coach(es) Paul Woolpert Liam Flynn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 2010-12-17

Regular season

Standings

#	Team	Pld	W	L	Last 5	Streak	For	Against	%	Win %
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	22	6	4-1	W3	2,463	2,367	104.06%	78.57%
2	Townsville Crocodiles	28	17	11	3-2	L1	2,225	2,163	102.87%	60.71%
3	Perth Wildcats	28	16	12	3-2	L2	2,380	2,192	108.58%	57.14%
4	Cairns Taipans	28	16	12	4-1	W4	2,186	2,107	103.75%	57.14%
5	Wollongong Hawks	28	15	13	4-1	W1	2,272	2,209	102.85%	53.57%
6	Gold Coast Blaze	28	13	15	2-3	W1	2,396	2,440	98.20%	46.43%
7	Melbourne Tigers	28	10	18	1-4	L3	2,209	2,357	93.72%	35.71%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	9	19	1-4	L1	2,212	2,362	93.65%	32.14%
9	Sydney Kings	28	8	20	2-3	L3	2,171	2,317	93.70%	28.57%

Game log

2010–11 season 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 September 16 Cairns L 68-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-1 2 September 23 Gold Coast L 76-79 NPA Stadium, Townsville 0-2 2 September 25 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 October 16 Cairns W 79-70 Russell Hinder (18) Luke Schenscher, Gabe Freeman (6) Michael Cedar (5) The Swamp 4,201 1–0 2 October 22 @ Wollongong L 70-71 Luke Schenscher (17) Luke Schenscher (9) Will Blalock (4) The Sandpit 3,367 1-1 3 October 24 @ Gold Coast L 90-94 Will Blalock (18) Russell Hinder (8) Russell Hinder (4) The Furnace 3,429 1-2 4 October 30 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 November 5 Perth L 85-91 Will Blalock (19) Russell Hinder, Gabe Freeman (5) Russell Hinder (4) The Swamp 3,364 2-3 6 November 13 @ Sydney W 64-59 Will Blalock (13) Russell Hinder (8) Michael Cedar (4) The Kingdome 5,586 3-3 7 November 21 Adelaide W 77-73 Michael Cedar (24) Luke Schenscher, Russell Hinder (9) Will Blalock, Peter Crawford (3) The Swamp 4,021 4-3 8 November 26 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 December 3 @ 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 December 5 @ Perth L 90-64 Peter Crawford (13) Ben Allen (6) Will Blalock (6) Challenge Stadium 4,000 5-5 11 December 11 Gold Coast W 91-86 Luke Schenscher (21) Michael Cedar, Gabe Freeman (9) Michael Cedar (6) The Swamp 12 December 17 @ Gold Coast The Furnace 13 December 38 @ Cairns The Snakepit 14 December 23 @ Adelaide The Dome 15 December 31 New Zealand The Swamp

Awards

Player of the Week

• Week 3 – Luke Schenscher^[12]
• Week 7 – Michael Cedar^[13]

Mid-season Transfers

Additions

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

External links

• Official Site of the Crocs

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