The 2010–11 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team, led by head coached by Ricardo Patton, were members of the Mid-American Conference and played their homes game at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois. Roster Coaching staff Schedule |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | November 12 | Northwestern | L 78–97 | Xavier Silas- 25 | Xavier Silas/ Nate Rucker- 6 | Michael Patton- 4 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (4,001) | 0–1 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | November 12 | At Bradley | L 63–66 | Xavier Silas- 22 | Nate Rucker- 10 | Michael Patton- 4 | Carver Arena, Peoria, IL (7,646) | 0–2 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" | 3 | November 21 | Cardianl Stritch | W 81–57 | Xavier Silas- 34 | Tim Toler/Lee Fisher- 7 | Bryan Hall- 5 | Convocation Center, Dekalb,IL (667) | 1–2 (0–0) |-- align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" | 4 | November 24 | At Maryland Eastern Shore | W 86–80 | Xavier Silas- 34 | Xavier Silas/ Lee Fisher – 6 | Bryan Hall- 7 | Hytche Center, Princess Anne, MD (612) | 2–2 (0–0) |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 29 | Boise St | L 80–52 | Bryan Hall- 10 | Tony Nixon- 5 | Bryan Hall/ Michael Patton- 3 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, Il (694) | 2–3 (0–0) |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | December 2 | At Depaul | L 86–84 | Xavier Silas- 34 | Nate Rucker- 8 | Bryan Hall- 5 | Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL (7,044) | 2–4 (0–0) |-align="center" bgcolor="#D8FFEB" | 7 | December 14 | Illinois-Chicago | W 80–78 | Xavier Silas- 40 | Lee Fisher- 9 | Xavier Silas- 3 | Convocation Center, Dekalb, IL (779) | 3–4 (0–0) |-lign="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | December 18 | At Temple | L 84–74 | Xavier Silas- 27 | Cameron Madlock- 10 | Xavier Silas- 5 | Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA (3,116) | 3–5 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | December 22 | At Southern Illinois | L 61–49 | Xavier Silas- 11 | Lee Fisher- 6 | Tim Toler- 4 | SIU Arena, Carbondale, IL (4,239) | 3–6 (0–0) |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | December 27 | At Missouri | L 97–69 | Tim Toler- 13 | Tim Toler/ Lee Fisher- 7 | Michael Patton- 4 |