2010–11 Wollongong Hawks season

2010–11 Wollongong Hawks season
Head coach	Gordie McLeod
Captain	Mat Campbell
Arena	Wollongong Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	15–13 (53.6%)
Ladder	5th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
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The 2010-11 NBL season was the 33rd for the Wollongong Hawks in the NBL.

Off-season

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Oscar Forman	Signed in April^[1]	New Zealand Breakers
Gary Ervin	Signed in August ^[2]	Halifax Rainmen
Tyson Demos	Signed in August ^[3]	Gold Coast Blaze

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Cameron Tragardh	Free Agent. Signed to 3 year deal in April.^[4]	Melbourne Tigers
Tywain McKee	Released in April following off-court driving incidents^[5]	Free agent

The Hawks also managed to retain eight members from last years squad: Mat Campbell, Glen Saville, Daniel Jackson, Larry Davidson, Rhys Martin, Tim Coenraad, Tim Behrendorff, and David Gruber. Development player Zac Delaney was also retained for this season.

Roster

Wollongong Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
SG	2	Demos, Tyson	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PG	3	Ervin, Gary (I)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PF	7	Forman, Oscar	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
SF	9	Jackson, Daniel	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F/C	10	Davidson, Larry	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
SF	12	Saville, Glen	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
PG	13	Martin, Rhys	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
G/F	22	Coenraad, Tim	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
SG	32	Campbell, Mat (C)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
C	34	Behrendorff, Tim	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
SF	42	Gruber, David (I)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
PG	55	Delaney, Zac (DP)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	76 kg (168 lb)

Head coach

Gordie McLeod

Assistant coach(es)

Eric Cooks
Matt Flinn

Legend

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

Roster

Updated: 2011-08-12

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Larry Davidson	Tim Behrendorff
PF	Glen Saville	Tim Coenraad
SF	Oscar Forman	David Gruber	Daniel Jackson
SG	Mat Campbell	Tyson Demos
PG	Gary Ervin	Rhys Martin	Zac Delaney*

* = Developmental Player (may only participate in Home games)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	2010–11 NBL season v t e
Pos	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: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	20 August	University of Hartford	W 84-63				Illawarra Basketball Stadium	1–0
2	3 September	Sydney	W 86-80				Illawarra Basketball Stadium	2–0

October: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	15 October	Gold Coast	W 83-77	Gary Ervin (27)	Glen Saville (8)	Glen Saville, Gary Ervin (3)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,302	1–0
2	22 October	Townsville	W 71-70	Gary Ervin (25)	Oscar Forman (7)	Glen Saville (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,367	2-0
3	29 October	@ Perth	L 84-87	Oscar Forman (23)	Larry Davidson (9)	Glen Saville, Gary Ervin, Larry Davidson (4)	Challenge Stadium 4,200	2-1
4	31 October	@ Adelaide	W 96-82	Gary Ervin (26)	Larry Davidson (17)	Gary Ervin (13)	Adelaide Arena 4,519	3-1

November: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	7 November	@ Melbourne	W 86-82	Oscar Forman (21)	Oscar Forman (9)	Glen Saville (10)	State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,821	4-1
6	14 November	Melbourne	W 93-82	Gary Ervin (26)	Oscar Forman (9)	Gary Ervin (7)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,537	5-1
7	19 November	@ New Zealand	W 73-57	Oscar Forman (21)	Oscar Forman, Glen Saville (11)	Glen Saville (9)	North Shore Events Centre TBA	6-1
8	26 November	Sydney	W 89-72 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Gary Ervin (31)	Larry Davidson (9)	Glen Saville (6)	WIN Entertainment Centre 4,357	7-1

December: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	4 December	@ Cairns	L 62-80	Gary Ervin (21)	Oscar Forman (8)	Mat Campbell, Glen Saville (3)	Cairns Convention Centre 4,625	7-2
10	10 December	Adelaide	W 81-79	Gary Ervin (31)	Larry Davidson (10)	Gary Ervin (6)	WIN Entertainment Centre	8-2
11	12 December	@ Sydney	W 95-80 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Tim Coenraad (24)	Tim Coenraad, Larry Davidson (6)	Glen Saville (7)	The Kingdome	9-2
12	17 December	New Zealand	L 85-89	Gary Ervin (31)	Larry Davidson (13)	Gary Ervin (7)	WIN Entertainment Centre	9-3
13	23 December	Gold Coast	L 70-72	Gary Ervin, Oscar Forman (18)	Larry Davidson (10)	Gary Ervin (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre	9-4
14	31 December	@ Adelaide	L 83-98	Oscar Forman (17)	Tyson Demos, Larry Davidson, Mat Campbell, David Gruber (4)	Mat Campbell (5)	Adelaide Arena	9-5

January: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
15	9 January	@ Gold Coast	L 86-87	Gary Ervin (22)	Larry Davidson (9)	Larry Davidson (4)	The Furnace	9-6
16	14 January	@ Perth	W 58-92	Tim Coenraad (22)	Tim Coenraad, Rhys Martin (7)	Rhys Martin (6)	Challenge Stadium	9-7
17	21 January	@ Sydney	W 71-81	Gary Ervin (22)	Oscar Forman (11)	Tyson Demos, Rhys Martin (3)	The Kingdome	9-8
18	28 January	Cairns	L 86-97	Tyson Demos, Tim Coenraad (16)	Larry Davidson (8)	Gary Ervin, Oscar Forman (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre	9-9

February: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	3 February	@ New Zealand	L 76-80	Gary Ervin (21)	Larry Davidson (10)	Oscar Forman, Rhys Martin (2)	North Shore Events Centre	9-10
20	6 February	@ Melbourne	L 72-93	Mat Campbell (13)	Larry Davidson (7)	Mat Campbell (4)	SNHC	9-11
21	12 February	Perth Wildcats	W 105-73				WIN Entertainment Centre 3,431	10-11
22	18 February	@ Townsville	L 75-65				The Swamp 3,586	10-12
23	27 February	New Zealand	W 104-81				WIN Entertainment Centre 3,112	11-12

March: 2–3 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
24	5 March	Townsville	W 87–77	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,112	12–12
25	11 March	@ Gold Coast	W 68–80	Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,518	13–12
26	12 March	Adelaide	W 87–60	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,318	14–12
27	19 March	Cairns	L 67–68	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,780	14–13
28	27 March	Sydney	W 86–70	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,867	15–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards

Player of the Week

Week 2 – Gary Ervin^[6]
Week 6 – Oscar Forman^[6]
Week 24 - Gary Ervin

Player of the Month

October – Gary Ervin^[7]
November – Gary Ervin^[8]

Coach of the Month

October – Gordie McLeod ^[7]
November – Gordie McLeod ^[8]

References

^ Keeble, Tim (28 April 2010). "Hawks hoping Oscar Forman fills void". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ Hawks sign American import Gary Ervin Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Demos signs with Hawks". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
^ Money not behind Tragardh's move south
^ Hawks import Tywain McKee sent home
^ ^a ^b "Ozzie named player of the week". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Hawks take NBL October Awards". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Hawks take out awards for second month in a row". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.