2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Pat Douglass[2] and played their home games at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season with a school record 25–5 and 15–1 in Big West play to win the Big West regular season championship. They advanced to the Big West Conference Tournament where they lost to the Pacific Tigers. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament they earned an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.[3]
2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball | |
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Big West Regular Season Champions | |
NIT First round vs. Tulsa, L 71–75 | |
Conference | Big West Conference |
2000–01 record | 25–5 (15–1 Big West) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Bren Events Center |
2000–01 Big West men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2001 Big West Tournament[1] winner |
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference Season | |||||||||||
November 17, 2000* |
Howard | W 71–47 | 1–0 |
Bren Events Center (1,189) Irvine, California | |||||||
November 21, 2000* |
Loyola Marymount | W 62–57 | 2–0 |
Bren Events Center (1,018) Irvine, California | |||||||
November 29, 2000* |
San Diego | L 60–63 | 2–1 |
Bren Events Center (1,247) Irvine, California | |||||||
December 2, 2000* |
California | W 56–52 | 3–1 |
Bren Events Center (4,904) Irvine, California | |||||||
December 13, 2000* |
UC San Diego | W 97–60 | 4–1 |
Bren Events Center (1,244) Irvine, California | |||||||
December 16, 2000* |
at #17 UCLA | L 60–65 | 4–2 |
Pauley Pavilion (6,974) Los Angeles, California | |||||||
December 19, 2000* |
Belmont | W 84–74 | 5–2 |
Bren Events Center (907) Irvine, California | |||||||
December 23, 2000* |
at UC Riverside | W 80–72 | 6–2 |
Student Recreation Center (1,844) Riverside, California | |||||||
December 28, 2000* |
at Washington | W 56–55 | 7–2 |
Bank of America Arena (5,166) Seattle, Washington | |||||||
January 3, 2001* |
at Saint Mary's | W 57–37 | 8–2 |
McKeon Pavilion (485) Moraga, California | |||||||
Conference Season | |||||||||||
January 6, 2001 |
at Pacific | W 85–80 | 9–2 (1–0) |
Alex G. Spanos Center (4,014) Stockton, California | |||||||
January 11, 2001 |
Idaho | W 65–61 | 10–2 (2–0) |
Bren Events Center (2,074) Irvine, California | |||||||
January 13, 2001 |
UC Santa Barbara | W 80–56 | 11–2 (3–0) |
Bren Events Center (3,084) Irvine, California | |||||||
January 18, 2001 |
Boise State | W 76–71 | 12–2 (4–0) |
Bren Events Center (2,492) Irvine, California | |||||||
January 20, 2001 |
at Cal State Fullerton | W 62–54 | 13–2 (5–0) |
Titan Gym (1,182) Fullerton, California | |||||||
January 25, 2001 |
at UC Santa Barbara | W 66–56 | 14–2 (6–0) |
UC Santa Barbara Events Center (2,022) Santa Barbara, California | |||||||
January 27, 2001 |
at Cal Poly | W 75–63 | 15–2 (7–0) |
Mott Athletic Center (2,517) San Luis Obispo, California | |||||||
January 31, 2001 |
Utah State | W 56–51 | 16–2 (8–0) |
Bren Events Center (5,231) Irvine, California | |||||||
February 3, 2001 |
at Long Beach State | W 58–57 | 17–2 (9–0) |
Walter Pyramid (2,956) Long Beach, California | |||||||
February 8, 2001 |
at Utah State | L 52–67 | 17–3 (9–1) |
Smith Spectrum (10,114) Logan, Utah | |||||||
February 10, 2001 |
at Boise State | W 89–87 OT | 18–3 (10–1) |
BSU Pavilion (8,327) Boise, ID | |||||||
February 15, 2001 |
Pacific | W 69–60 | 19–3 (11–1) |
Bren Events Center (2,421) Irvine, California | |||||||
February 17, 2001 |
Cal Poly | W 93–89 | 20–3 (12–1) |
Bren Events Center (3,218) Irvine, California | |||||||
February 22, 2001 |
Long Beach State | W 83–78 | 21–3 (13–1) |
Bren Events Center (5,300) Irvine, California | |||||||
February 24, 2001* |
UC Riverside | W 74–66 | 22–3 |
Bren Events Center (3,763) Irvine, California | |||||||
March 1, 2001 |
Cal State Fullerton | W 58–55 | 23–3 (14–1) |
Bren Events Center (4,054) Irvine, California | |||||||
March 3, 2001 |
at Idaho | W 84–80 OT | 24–3 (15–1) |
Cowan Spectrum (2,115) Moscow, Idaho | |||||||
Big West Tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2001 |
vs. Cal Poly Quarterfinals |
W 71–66 | 25–3 |
Anaheim Convention Center (2,976) Anaheim, California | |||||||
March 9, 2001 |
vs. Pacific Semifinals |
L 58–74 | 25–4 |
Anaheim Convention Center (4,268) Anaheim, California | |||||||
NIT | |||||||||||
March 14, 2001* |
at Tulsa First round |
L 71–74 | 25–5 |
Reynolds Center (5,748) Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. |
References
- Big West MBB Record Book
- "Pat Douglass".
- "2001 National Invitational Tournament results".
- "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- "Final 2001 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.