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2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

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2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round vs Ole Miss 56-59
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 19
Record20–10 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach
Home arenaJoyce Center
Seasons
2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 7 Boston College 13 3   .813 27 5   .844
Providence 11 5   .688 21 10   .677
St. John's 8 8   .500 14 15   .483
Miami 8 8   .500 16 13   .552
Villanova 8 8   .500 18 13   .581
Connecticut 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Virginia Tech* 2 14   .125 8 19   .296
West
No. 19 Notre Dame 11 5   .688 20 10   .667
No. 21 Georgetown 10 6   .625 25 8   .758
No. 17 Syracuse 10 6   .625 25 9   .735
West Virginia 8 8   .500 17 12   .586
Pittsburgh 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Seton Hall 5 11   .313 16 15   .516
Rutgers* 3 13   .188 11 16   .407
2001 Big East tournament winner
As of April 2, 2001[1]
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2001 Big East tournament


The 2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 20–10, 11-5. There, they defeated Xavier to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #3 seed Ole Miss, 59–56. This was Mike Brey's first year at Notre Dame.

Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points per game.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 18*
Sacred Heart W 104–58  1–0
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
November 22*
Loyola (IL) W 107–68  2–0
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
November 25*
No. 14 No. 16 Cincinnati W 69–51  3–0
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 2*
at Vanderbilt W 77–74  4–0
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, Tennessee
December 5*
Indiana L 78–86  4–1
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 9*
Miami (OH) L 64–73  4–2
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 17*
Tennessee Tech W 82–68  5–2
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 19*
Canisius W 99–71  6–2
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 21*
Vermont W 96–86  7–2
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
December 29*
Long Island University W 97–49  8–2
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
January 2
at Syracuse L 70–79  8–3
(0–1)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, New York
January 6
Rutgers W 87–80  9–3
(1–1)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
January 8
at Seton Hall L 76–78  9–4
(1–2)
Continental Airlines Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
January 13*
at Kentucky L 71–82  9–5
(1–2)
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, Kentucky
January 16
Pittsburgh W 74–58  10–5
(2–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
January 21
West Virginia W 78–61  11–5
(3–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
January 23
Syracuse W 74–60  12–5
(4–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
January 27
at Georgetown W 78–71  13–5
(5–2)
MCI Center 
Washington, D.C.
February 3
at Pittsburgh W 75–67  14–5
(6–2)
Fitzgerald Fieldhouse 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 5
St. John’s W 83–73  15–5
(7–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
February 11
at West Virginia W 69–66  16–5
(8–2)
WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
February 14
at Rutgers W 81–59  17–5
(9–2)
Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
February 18
Seton Hall L 64–74  17–6
(9–3)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
February 21
Boston College W 76–75  18–6
(10–3)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
February 24
at Virginia Tech W 85–61  19–6
(11–3)
Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, Virginia
February 26
at Connecticut L 50–75  19–7
(11–4)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 
Storrs, Connecticut
March 4
Georgetown L 72–79  19–8
(11–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, Indiana
Big East tournament
March 8
vs. Pittsburgh
Quarterfinals
L 54–66  19–9
(11–6)
Madison Square Garden (IV) 
New York, New York
NCAA tournament
March 16*
vs. Xavier
First Round
W 83–71  20–9
(11–6)
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, Missouri
March 18*
vs. Ole Miss
Second Round
L 56–59  20–10
(11–6)
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Players selected in NBA drafts

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Year Round Pick Player NBA Club
2001 1 14 Troy Murphy Golden State Warriors

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References

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  1. ^ "2000-01 Big East Conference Season Summary". www.sports-reference.com.
  2. ^ "2000-01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics.
  4. ^ "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.