2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP #1	Arizona Wildcats
Regular season	November 8, 2000– March 10, 2001
NCAA Tournament	2001
Tournament dates	March 13 – April 2, 2001
National Championship	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Champions	Duke Blue Devils
Other champions	Tulsa Golden Hurricane (NIT)
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Shane Battier, Duke

The 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2000, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 2, 2001 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Duke Blue Devils won their third NCAA national championship with an 82–72 victory over the Arizona Wildcats.

Season headlines

The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 13. Shane Battier of Duke was the leading vote-getter (71 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Troy Murphy of Notre Dame (62 votes), Loren Woods of Arizona (46), Joseph Forte of North Carolina (39) and Jamaal Tinsley of Iowa State (39).^[1]

Major rule changes

Beginning in 2000–01, the following rules changes were implemented:^[2]

Technical fouls divided into direct (two-shot penalty) and indirect (one shot penalty) with ball returned to point of interruption.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 9, 2000.^[3]^[4]

Associated Press
Ranking	Team
1	Arizona (37)
2	Duke (29)
3	Michigan State (5)
4	Stanford
5	Maryland (1)
6	North Carolina
7	Kansas
8	Illinois
9	Tennessee
10	Seton Hall
11	Florida
12	Kentucky
13	Utah
14	Connecticut
15	Arkansas
15	Notre Dame
17	UCLA
18	Cincinnati
19	Wisconsin
20	Wake Forest
21	DePaul
22	Oklahoma
23	Southern California
24	Virginia
25	Iowa State

ESPN/USA Today Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Arizona (19)
2	Duke (12)
3	Stanford
4	North Carolina
5	Michigan State
6	Kansas
7	Maryland
8	Tennessee
9	Illinois
10	Seton Hall
11	Florida
12	Kentucky
13	Connecticut
14	Cincinnati
15	Arkansas
16	Utah
17	Notre Dame
18	Wake Forest
19	UCLA
20	DePaul
21	Oklahoma
22	Wisconsin
23	Iowa State
24	Southern California
25	Virginia

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[5]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
America East Conference	Hofstra	Norman Richardson, Hofstra ^[6]	2001 America East Men's Basketball Tournament	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, Delaware) (Except Finals)	Hofstra^[7]
Atlantic 10 Conference	St. Joseph's	David West, Xavier^[8]	2001 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament	The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)	Temple^[9]
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke & North Carolina	Shane Battier, Duke & Joseph Forte, North Carolina^[10]	2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)	Duke^[11]
Big 12 Conference	Iowa State	Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State ^[12]	2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)	Oklahoma^[12]
Big East Conference	Boston College (East) Notre Dame (West)	Troy Bell, Boston College & Troy Murphy, Notre Dame ^[13]	2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament	Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)	Boston College^[13]
Big Sky Conference	Cal State Northridge	Brian Heinle, Cal State Northridge^[14]	2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Matadome (Northridge, California)	Cal State Northridge^[15]
Big South Conference	Radford	Torrey Butler, Coastal Carolina^[16]	2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, Virginia)	Winthrop^[16]
Big Ten Conference	Michigan State & Illinois	Frank Williams, Illinois^[17]	2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	Iowa^[17]
Big West Conference	UC Irvine	Jerry Green, UC Irvine ^[18]	2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)	Utah State^[18]
Colonial Athletic Association	Richmond	George Evans, George Mason^[19]	2001 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	George Mason^[19]
Conference USA	Cincinnati (American) Southern Miss (National)	Steve Logan, Cincinnati^[20]	2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Charlotte ^[21]
Ivy League	Princeton	Craig Austin, Columbia^[22]	No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Iona, Siena & Niagara	Demond Stewart, Niagara^[23]	2001 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	HSBC Arena (Buffalo, New York)	Iona^[24]
Mid-American Conference	Kent State (East) Central Michigan (West)	David Webber, Central Michigan^[25]	2001 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Gund Arena (Cleveland, Ohio)	Kent State ^[25]
Mid-Continent Conference	Southern Utah & Valparaiso	Jeff Monaco, Southern Utah^[26]	2001 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, Indiana)	Southern Utah^[27]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Hampton & South Carolina State	Tarvis Williams, Hampton^[28]	2001 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)	Hampton^[29]
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	Butler	Rashad Phillips, Detroit^[30]	2001 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Nutter Center (Dayton, Ohio)	Butler^[31]
Missouri Valley Conference	Creighton	Tarise Bryson, Illinois State ^[32]	2001 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)	Indiana State ^[33]
Mountain West Conference	BYU, Wyoming & Utah	Mekeli Wesley, BYU^[34]	2001 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)	BYU^[35]
Northeast Conference	St. Francis (NY)	Rahsaan Johnson, Monmouth^[36]	2001 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey)	Monmouth^[37]
Ohio Valley Conference	Tennessee Tech	Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay^[38]	2001 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee) (Semifinals and Finals)	Eastern Illinois^[38]
Pacific-10 Conference	Stanford	Sean Lampley, California ^[39]	No Tournament
Patriot League	Holy Cross	Tim Szatko, Holy Cross^[40]	2001 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament	Campus Sites	Holy Cross^[41]
Southeastern Conference	Florida & Kentucky (East) Mississippi (West)	Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky^[42]	2001 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament	Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, Tennessee)	Kentucky^[42]
Southern Conference	East Tennessee State (North) Charleston (South)	Jody Lumpkin, Charleston^[43]	2001 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	BI-LO Center (Greenville, South Carolina)	UNC Greensboro^[44]
Southland Conference	McNeese State	Demond Mallet, McNeese State^[45]	2001 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	CenturyTel Center (Bossier City, Louisiana) (Finals)	Northwestern State^[45]
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alabama State	Dewayne Jefferson, Mississippi Valley State ^[46]	2001 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Fair Park Arena (Birmingham, Alabama)	Alabama State
Sun Belt Conference	Western Kentucky (East) South Alabama (West)	Chris Marcus, Western Kentucky^[47]	2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Mitchell Center (Mobile, Alabama)	Western Kentucky^[47]
Trans America Athletic Conference	Georgia State	Shernard Long, Georgia State^[48]	2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	GSU Sports Arena (Atlanta, Georgia)	Georgia State^[48]
West Coast Conference	Gonzaga	Casey Calvary, Gonzaga ^[49]	2001 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego, California)	Gonzaga^[49]
Western Athletic Conference	Fresno State	Melvin Ely, Fresno State ^[50]	2001 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Reynolds Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)	Hawaiʻi^[50]

Statistical leaders

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	APG	Player	School	SPG
Points Per Game			Rebounds Per Game			Assists Per Game			Steals Per Game
Ronnie McCollum	Centenary	29.1	Chris Marcus	W. Kentucky	12.1	Markus Carr	CS Northridge	8.9	Greedy Daniels	TCU	4.3
Kyle Hill	E. Illinois	23.8	Reggie Evans	Iowa	11.9	Omar Cook	St. John's	8.7	Desmond Cambridge	Alabama A&M	3.8
Dewayne Jefferson	Miss. Valley St.	23.6	J. R. Van Hoose	Marshall	11.1	Sean Kennedy	Marist	8.1	Senecca Wall	Sam Houston St.	3.6
Tarise Bryson	Illinois St.	22.8	David West	Xavier	10.9	Tito Maddox	Fresno St.	8.0	John Linehan	Providence	3.1
Henry Domercant	E. Illinois	22.8	Eddie Griffin	Seton Hall	10.8	Ashley Robinson	Miss. Valley St.	7.4	Fred House	S. Utah	3.0

Player	School	BPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	3FG%	Player	School	FT%
Blocked Shots Per Game			Field Goal Percentage			Three-Point FG Percentage			Free Throw Percentage
Tarvis Williams	Hampton	4.6	Michael Bradley	Villanova	69.2	Amory Sanders	SE Missouri St.	55.8	Gary Buchanan	Villanova	94.2
Eddie Griffin	Seton Hall	4.4	Nakiea Miller	Iona	66.8	David Falknor	Akron	54.0	Brent Jolly	Tenn. Tech	93.1
Wojciech Myrda	LA-Monroe	4.4	Kimani Ffriend	Nebraska	62.3	Cary Cochran	Nebraska	47.3	Ryan Mendez	Stanford	93.1
Kris Hunter	Jacksonville	4.1	Andre Hutson	Michigan St.	62.2	Casey Jacobsen	Stanford	47.2	Rashad Phillips	Detroit	91.6
Ken Johnson	Ohio St.	4.0	George Evans	George Mason	61.3	Tim Erickson	Idaho St.	46.3	Ronnie McCollum	Centenary	90.7

Post-Season Tournaments

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Final Four – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

National Semifinals			National Finals


E1	Duke	95

W3	Maryland	84
			E1	Duke	82

			M2	Arizona	72
S1	Michigan State	61

M2	Arizona	80

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2001 National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & Finals

Semifinals			Finals


	Detroit	63

	Alabama	74
				Alabama	66

				Tulsa	79
	Tulsa	72

	Memphis	64

Third Place – Memphis 86, Detroit 71

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Main article: 2001 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Shane Battier	F	Senior	Duke
Joseph Forte	G	Sophomore	North Carolina
Casey Jacobsen	G/F	Sophomore	Stanford
Troy Murphy	F	Junior	Notre Dame
Jason Williams	G	Sophomore	Duke

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Troy Bell	G	Sophomore	Boston College
Michael Bradley	F/C	Junior	Villanova
Tayshaun Prince	F	Junior	Kentucky
Jason Richardson	G/F	Sophomore	Michigan State
Jamaal Tinsley	G	Senior	Iowa State

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