2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#5
2000–01 record	28–8 (15-3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Lute Olson
Home arena	McKale Center

2000–01 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Stanford	16	–	2	.889	31	–	3	.912
#2 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	28	–	8	.778
#12 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	23	–	9	.719
USC	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
California	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
Oregon	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	16	.448
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	20	.333
Washington	4	–	14	.222	10	–	20	.333

As of November 30, 2007; Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head Coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15-3 record.^[1] Arizona reached the National Championship game in the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to Duke 82-72 and finishing the season with a 28-8 record.^[2]

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Arizona (#2 seed) 101, Eastern Illinois 76
- Arizona 73, Butler 52
- Arizona 66, Mississippi 56
- Arizona 87, Illinois 81

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Final Four
- Arizona 80, Michigan State 61
- Duke 82, Arizona 72

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	13	Richard Jefferson	Houston Rockets
2	30	Gilbert Arenas	Golden State Warriors
2	32	Luke Walton	Los Angeles Lakers
2	38	Michael Wright	New York Knicks
2	45	Loren Woods	Minnesota Timberwolves

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References

↑ "2000-01 season statistics". Arizona. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
↑ "2000-01 schedule". Arizona. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
1 2 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2001
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2001&lg=N

Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Bear Down Gym (1926–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)

Rivalries	Arizona State UCLA

Culture & lore	History Bear Down Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"

People	Head coaches Notable players NBA draftees

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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