2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2000–01 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Brian Ellerbe, the team finished tied for eighth in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The team earned a ten seed but was defeated in the first round of the 2000 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.[2] The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 2001 National Invitation Tournament or the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3] The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll,[4] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.[5] The team had a 28 record against ranked opponents, with both of its victories coming against conference foe Iowa who was ranked #14 at the time of the first meeting on January 20 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which resulted in a 7069 victory, and #25 at the time of the February 14 meeting at Crisler Arena that Michigan won 9585.[6]

2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2000–01 record10-18 (4-12, T-8th Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPLaVell Blanchard
MVPBernard Robinson, Jr.
Captains
  • Josh Asselin
  • Mike Gotfredson
2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Illinois133 .813  278  .771
No. 3 Michigan State133 .813  285  .848
No. 20 Indiana106 .625  2113  .618
No. 25 Wisconsin97 .563  1811  .621
No. 24 Iowa79 .438  2312  .657
Penn State79 .438  2112  .636
Purdue610 .375  1715  .531
Minnesota511 .313  1814  .563
Michigan412 .250  1018  .357
Northwestern313 .188  1119  .367
Ohio State*00   00  
2001 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Josh Asselin and Mike Gotfredson served as team co-captains, and LaVell Blanchard and Bernard Robinson, Jr. shared team MVP honors.[7] The team's leading scorers were LaVell Blanchard (499 points), Bernard Robinson, Jr. (404 points) and Josh Asselin (269 points). The leading rebounders were Blanchard (235), Asselin (167) and Chris Young (138).[8]

Chris Young won the Big Ten Conference statistical championship for field goal percentage with a 64.0% mark in all of Michigan's games.[9]

In the 2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center from March 811, Michigan was seeded tenth. In the first round they lost to number 7 Penn State 8280.[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA

YearRoundPickOverallPlayerNBA Club
200421545Bernard RobinsonCharlotte Bobcats

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References

  1. "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 69. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  2. "Big Ten Tournament". CBS Interactive. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  3. "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  4. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  5. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 90. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  6. "Through The Years". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 48. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  7. "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  8. "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  9. "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 33. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  10. "Big Ten Tournament". CBS Interactive. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  11. "2004 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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