2000–01 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 2000–01 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 3rd in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 14–4 conference record, 23–9 overall.^[2] The Bruins competed in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to the eventual champion Duke Blue Devils in the sweet sixteen.

2000–01 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12^[1]
AP	No. 15^[1]
Record	23–9 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Steve Lavin (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Michael Holton Jim Saia Steve Spencer
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Stanford	16	–	2		.889			31	–	3		.912
No. 2 Arizona	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
No. 12 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			23	–	9		.719
No. 14 USC	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
California	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Oregon	5	–	13		.278			14	–	14		.500
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	16		.448
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Washington	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
As of November 30, 2007 Rankings from Coaches Poll

Roster

2000–01 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 21 Ryan Bailey (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr F 23 Matt Barnes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Jr Santa Clara, California F 43 T. J. Cummings 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Fr Homewood, Illinois G 1 Jason Flowers — — Sr C 50 Dan Gadzuric 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr The Hague, Netherlands F 24 Jason Kapono 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Long Beach, California F 3 Billy Knight — — Jr G 15 Ryan Mollins — — Fr G Sam Nelson — — So G 11 Todd Ramasar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr G 2 Janou Rubin — — Fr G 25 Earl Watson (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Sr Kansas City, Kansas G 34 Ray Young — — Jr	Head coach Steve Lavin (Chapman) Assistant coach(es) Michael Holton (UCLA) Jim Saia (Chapman) Steve Spencer (Somona State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 30 January 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2000		vs. Team Concept Exhibition	W 118–64	0–0	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
November 15, 2000		vs. EA Sports/California All-Stars Exhibition	W 81–78	0–0	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 9, 2000  ESPN2	No. 17	vs. No. 7 Kansas Coaches vs Cancer Tournament	L 98–99	0–1	Madison Square Garden (16,415) New York, NY
November 10, 2000  ESPN2	No. 17	vs. No. 12 Kentucky Coaches vs Cancer Tournament	W 97–92 ^OT	1–1	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
November 21, 2000  FSNW2	No. 15	Cal State Northridge	L 74–78	1–2	Pauley Pavilion (6,448) Los Angeles, CA
November 29, 2000  FSNW2		UC Santa Barbara	W 83–77	2–2	Pauley Pavilion (6,927) Los Angeles, CA
December 2, 2000  KCAL		vs. Georgia Tech John R. Wooden Classic	L 67–72	2–3	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (15,280) Anaheim, CA
December 9, 2000  FSNW		Hawaii	W 84–64	3–3	Pauley Pavilion (6,604) Los Angeles, CA
December 16, 2000  FSNW2		UC Irvine	W 65–60	4–3	Pauley Pavilion (6,974) Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 2000  CBS		No. 15 North Carolina	L 70–80	4–4	Pauley Pavilion (10,593) Los Angeles, CA
December 30, 2000  FSNW		at Purdue	W 87–82	5–4	Mackey Arena (13,253) West Lafayette, IN
January 4, 2001  FSNW2		Washington	W 86–64	6–4 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (7,354) Los Angeles, CA
January 6, 2001  FSN		Washington State	W 75–57	7–4 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (6,892) Los Angeles, CA
January 11, 2001  FSN		No. 19 USC	W 80–75	8–4 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,109) Los Angeles, CA
January 13, 2001  CBS		Villanova	W 93–65	9–4 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (9,798) Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2001  FSNW		at Arizona State	W 91–83	10–4 (4–0)	Wells Fargo Arena (7,002) Tempe, AZ
January 20, 2001  FSN		at No. 17 Arizona	L 63–88	10–5 (4–1)	McKale Center (14,562) Tucson, AZ
January 25, 2001  FSNW2		Oregon State	W 67–40	11–5 (5–1)	Pauley Pavilion (6,208) Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2001  FSN		Oregon	W 98–88	12–5 (6–1)	Pauley Pavilion (6,957) Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2001  FSNW2		at California	L 63–92	12–6 (6–2)	Haas Pavilion (12,172) Berkeley, CA
February 3, 2001  ABC		at No. 1 Stanford	W 79–73	13–6 (7–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
February 8, 2001  FSNW2		at No. 22 USC	W 85–76	14–6 (8–2)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (16,409) Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 2001  ABC		at DePaul	W 94–88	15–6	Allstate Arena (12,236) Chicago, IL
February 15, 2001  FSN	No. 24	No. 8 Arizona	W 79–77 ^OT	16–6 (9–2)	Pauley Pavilion (12,386) Los Angeles, CA
February 17, 2001  CBS	No. 24	Arizona State	W 73–68	17–6 (10–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,953) Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2001  FSNW2	No. 15	at Oregon	W 88–73	18–6 (11–2)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
February 24, 2001  FSN	No. 15	at Oregon State	W 68–65 ^OT	19–6 (12–2)	Gill Coliseum (8,607) Corvallis, OR
March 01, 2001  FSN	No. 12	California	W 79–75	20–6 (13–2)	Pauley Pavilion (11,753) Los Angeles, CA
March 03, 2001	No. 12	No. 1 Stanford	L 79–85	20–7 (13–3)	Pauley Pavilion (12,523) Los Angeles, CA
March 08, 2001	No. 13	at Washington State	W 86–76	21–7 (14–3)	Beasley Coliseum (3,740) Pullman, WA
March 10, 2001  FSN	No. 13	at Washington	L 94–96	21–8 (14–4)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (8,611) Seattle, WA
NCAA tournament
March 15, 2001  CBS	No. 15	vs. Hofstra First Round	W 61–48	22–8	Greensboro Coliseum (14,235) Greensboro, NC
March 17, 2001  CBS	No. 15	vs. Utah State Second Round	W 75–50	23–8	Greensboro Coliseum (20,943) Greensboro, NC
March 22, 2001  CBS	No. 15	vs. No. 1 Duke Sweet Sixteen	L 63–76	23–9	First Union Center (20,270) Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[3]

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
2. . UCLA. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
3. "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.