2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200001
Teams 12
Site Freedom Hall
Louisville, KY
Champions Charlotte (2nd title)
Winning coach Bobby Lutz (2nd title)
MVP Rodney White (Charlotte)
Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2000  2002»
2000–01 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 11 5   .688     25 10   .714
Southern Miss 11 5   .688     22 9   .710
Charlotte † 10 6   .625     22 11   .667
Memphis 10 6   .625     21 15   .583
South Florida 9 7   .563     18 13   .581
Marquette 9 7   .563     15 14   .517
UAB 8 8   .500     17 14   .548
Saint Louis 8 8   .500     17 14   .548
Louisville 8 8   .500     12 19   .387
Houston 6 10   .375     9 20   .310
DePaul 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
Tulane 2 14   .125     9 21   .300
2001 Conference USA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[1]

Charlotte defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, 80–72, to clinch their second Conference USA men's tournament championship.

The 49ers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA member Cincinnati, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

There were no new changes to the tournament format. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the remaining eight teams were placed into the first round. All seeds were determined by overall regular season conference records.

UNC Charlotte rebranded itself as Charlotte prior to the season.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
                                     
        
  1  Cincinnati 73  
    9  UAB 70  
9  UAB 74
8  Louisville 61  
  1  Cincinnati 89  
  4  Memphis 79  
5  Marquette 72  
12  Tulane 67  
  5  Marquette 64
    4  Memphis 71  
      
        
  1  Cincinnati 72
  3  Charlotte 80
        
        
  3  Charlotte 77
    6  South Florida 74  
11  DePaul 59
6  South Florida 63  
  3  Charlotte 75
  2  Southern Miss 63  
7  Saint Louis 78  
10  Houston 67  
  7  Saint Louis 54
    2  Southern Miss 63  
      

See also

References

  1. "2000-01 Conference USA Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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