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

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.

2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round vs Ole Miss 56-59
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 19
Record	20–10 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey (1st season)
Home arena	Joyce Center
Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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

Schedule

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

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

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References

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.