This tournament is the first to feature 65 teams, due to the Mountain West Conference receiving an automatic bid for the first time. This meant that 31 conferences would have automatic bids to the tournament. The NCAA decided to maintain 34 at-large bids, which necessitated a play-in game between the #64 and #65 ranked teams, with the winner playing against a #1 seed in the first round. (Another option would have been to reduce the number of at-large bids to 33, which was the option chosen for the women's tournament.) This is also the first tournament to have been broadcast in high-definition, being broadcast on CBS.
This was the last tournament where the first- and second-round sites were tied to specific regionals. The "pod system" was instituted for the 2002 tournament to keep as many teams as possible closer to their campus in the first two rounds.
The Final Four consisted of Duke, making their second appearance in the Final Four in three years, Maryland, making their first appearance, Michigan State, the defending national champions, and Arizona, making their first appearance since winning the national championship in 1997.
Duke defeated Arizona 82–72 in the national championship game to win their third national title and first since 1992. Shane Battier of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2001 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League and Pac-10, whose regular-season champions received their automatic bids).
The fourth meeting of the year between ACC rivals Duke and Maryland – both road teams won during the ACC regular season before Duke won 84–82 in the ACC Tournament semifinals in Atlanta en route to winning the tournament – turned into a classic. Maryland jumped out of the gate to an early 39–17 lead. It appeared the Terps would eliminate Duke, led by senior Shane Battier. However, Duke was able to cut the lead at halftime to 49–38. Duke would take its first lead when Jason Williams drained a three to give Duke the lead 73–72 with 6:48 to play. Duke closed the game with a 23–12 run to stun Gary Williams' Maryland squad.[1] Referees: David Libbey, Mark Reischling, and Ted Hillary.[2]
In an emotional season in which Arizona coach Lute Olson suffered the loss of his wife Bobbi, he would be just 40 minutes away from a second National Championship after his Wildcats destroyed the defending national champion Michigan State Spartans. The game was close at halftime with Arizona leading by just 2. However, Arizona outscored Michigan State 48–31 in the second half en route to the 19-point victory.[3]
The second-ranked team coming into the NCAA tournament would leave giving coach Mike Krzyzewski his third National Championship at Duke. Arizona cut Duke's lead to 39–37 early in the second half, but Mike Dunleavy Jr. connected on three three-pointers during an 11–2 Duke run. Dunleavy Jr. led the Duke Blue Devils with 21 points. The Arizona Wildcats would cut the gap to 3 four times, twice inside the four-minute TV timeout. However, Shane Battier proved himself too much for the Wildcats to handle as he hit two critical shots to put the Blue Devils comfortably ahead. Jason Williams, despite a poor shooting night, iced the game with a three-pointer from the top of the key with under 2 minutes to play to give Duke an eight-point lead. The final score was Duke 82 – Arizona 72.
Bracketedit
Opening Round game – Dayton, Ohioedit
Winner advances to 16th seed in Midwest Regional vs. (1) Illinois.
# Ohio State vacated all wins and its NCAA Tournament appearance from the 2000-01 season due to the Jim O’Brien scandal.[4] Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Ohio State removing the wins from its own record.
This tournament featured many upsets in the first two rounds, with two #13 seeds and two #12 seeds winning in the first. The best remembered and most unexpected occurred when Hampton beat number 2 seed Iowa State 58–57 in the first round. The Pirates were down by as much as 11 in the game and outscored the Cyclones 10–0 in the final seven minutes of the game. Tarvis Williams made the winning shot with 6.9 seconds left. The video of Hampton coach Steve Merfield being lifted in the air by player David Johnson during the celebration has become a classic clip, often played by CBS and ESPN to showcase the excitement of the underdog in the NCAA tournament.
Hampton became only the fourth #15 seed to win a game since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 and the first since 1997. They went on to lose to Georgetown in the second round, failing to become the first seed that low to make the Round of 16.[5] The Pirates were the last #15 seed to advance in the tournament until 2012, in which two #15 seeds beat their #2-seeded opponents.
12-seed Gonzaga also made the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row, all as a double digit seed.
Announcersedit
Jim Nantz/Billy Packer/Bonnie Bernstein – First and Second Rounds at New Orleans, Louisiana; East Regional at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Final Four and National Championship at Minneapolis, Minnesota
^"2001 NCAA National semifinals: (E1) Duke 95, (W3) Maryland 84". CNN Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
^NCAA On Demand (February 27, 2014), 2001 NCAA Basketball National Semi-Final – Maryland vs Duke, retrieved September 27, 2017[dead YouTube link]
^"2001 NCAA National semifinals: (MW2) Kansas 80, (S4) Michigan State 61". CNN Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
^"OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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The 2001 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single elimination play to determine the national champion of men s NCAA Division I college basketball for the 2000 01 NCAA Division I men s basketball season It began on March 13 2001 with the play in game and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Minneapolis at the Metrodome A total of 64 games were played 2001 NCAA Division Imen s basketball tournamentSeason2000 01Teams65Finals siteH H H MetrodomeMinneapolis MinnesotaChampionsDuke Blue Devils 3rd title 9th title game 13th Final Four Runner upArizona Wildcats 2nd title game 4th Final Four SemifinalistsMaryland Terrapins 1st Final Four Michigan State Spartans 5th Final Four Winning coachMike Krzyzewski 3rd title MOPShane Battier Duke Attendance612 089Top scorerJay Williams Duke 154 points NCAA Division I men s tournaments 2000 2002 This tournament is the first to feature 65 teams due to the Mountain West Conference receiving an automatic bid for the first time This meant that 31 conferences would have automatic bids to the tournament The NCAA decided to maintain 34 at large bids which necessitated a play in game between the 64 and 65 ranked teams with the winner playing against a 1 seed in the first round Another option would have been to reduce the number of at large bids to 33 which was the option chosen for the women s tournament This is also the first tournament to have been broadcast in high definition being broadcast on CBS This was the last tournament where the first and second round sites were tied to specific regionals The pod system was instituted for the 2002 tournament to keep as many teams as possible closer to their campus in the first two rounds The Final Four consisted of Duke making their second appearance in the Final Four in three years Maryland making their first appearance Michigan State the defending national champions and Arizona making their first appearance since winning the national championship in 1997 Duke defeated Arizona 82 72 in the national championship game to win their third national title and first since 1992 Shane Battier of Duke was named the tournament s Most Outstanding Player Contents 1 Schedule and venues 2 Qualifying teams 2 1 Automatic bids 2 2 Listed by region and seeding 2 3 Bids by conference 3 Bids by conference 4 Final Four 4 1 National semifinals 4 2 Championship game 5 Bracket 5 1 Opening Round game Dayton Ohio 5 2 East regional Philadelphia Pennsylvania 5 3 West regional Anaheim California 5 4 South regional Atlanta Georgia 5 5 Midwest regional San Antonio Texas 5 6 Final Four Minneapolis Minnesota 6 Upsets 7 Announcers 8 See also 9 ReferencesSchedule and venues edit nbsp nbsp Dayton nbsp Uniondale nbsp Greensboro nbsp New Orleans nbsp Memphis nbsp Kansas City nbsp Boise nbsp San Diegoclass notpageimage 2001 first and second rounds note the play in game was held in Dayton Ohio nbsp nbsp Anaheim nbsp San Antonio nbsp Atlanta nbsp Philadelphia nbsp Minneapolisclass notpageimage 2001 Regionals blue and Final Four red The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2001 tournament Opening Round March 13 University of Dayton Arena Dayton Ohio Host University of Dayton First and Second Rounds March 15 and 17 East Region Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro North Carolina Host Atlantic Coast Conference Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale New York Hosts Hofstra University America East Conference West Region BSU Pavilion Boise Idaho Host Boise State University Cox Arena San Diego California Host San Diego State University March 16 and 18 Midwest Region University of Dayton Arena Dayton Ohio Host University of Dayton Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri Host Big 12 Conference South Region Memphis Pyramid Memphis Tennessee Host University of Memphis Louisiana Superdome New Orleans Louisiana Hosts Sun Belt Conference University of New Orleans Regional semifinals and finals Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight March 22 and 24 East Regional First Union Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Host Atlantic 10 Conference West Regional Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim California Host Big West Conference March 23 and 25 Midwest Regional Alamodome San Antonio Texas Host University of Texas at San Antonio South Regional Georgia Dome Atlanta Georgia Host Georgia Tech National semifinals and championship Final Four and championship March 31 and April 2 Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis Minnesota Host University of Minnesota Qualifying teams editFurther information 2001 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament qualifying teams Automatic bids edit The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2001 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference s tournament except for the Ivy League and Pac 10 whose regular season champions received their automatic bids Conference School Appearance Last bid ACC Duke 25th 2000 America East Hofstra 4th 2000 Atlantic 10 Temple 25th 2000 Big 12 Oklahoma 20th 2000 Big East Boston College 12th 1997 Big Sky Cal State Northridge 1st Never Big South Winthrop 3rd 2000 Big Ten Iowa 20th 1999 Big West Utah State 14th 2000 Colonial George Mason 3rd 1999 C USA Charlotte 8th 1999 Ivy League Princeton 22nd 1998 MAAC Iona 7th 2000 MAC Kent State 2nd 1999 MCC Butler 5th 2000 MEAC Hampton 1st Never Mid Con Southern Utah 1st Never Missouri Valley Indiana State 3rd 2000 Mountain West BYU 19th 1995 Northeast Monmouth 2nd 1996 Ohio Valley Eastern Illinois 2nd 1992 Pac 10 Stanford 10th 2000 Patriot Holy Cross 9th 1993 SEC Kentucky 43rd 2000 Southern UNC Greensboro 2nd 1996 Southland Northwestern State 1st Never Sun Belt Western Kentucky 17th 1995 SWAC Alabama State 1st Never TAAC Georgia State 2nd 1991 WAC Hawaii 3rd 1994 West Coast Gonzaga 4th 2000 Listed by region and seeding edit East Regional Philadelphia Seed School Conference Record Berth Type 1 Duke ACC 29 4 Automatic 2 Kentucky SEC 22 9 Automatic 3 Boston College Big East 26 4 Automatic 4 UCLA Pac 10 21 8 At large 5 Ohio State Big Ten 20 10 At large 6 USC Pac 10 21 9 At large 7 Iowa Big Ten 22 11 Automatic 8 Georgia SEC 16 14 At large 9 Missouri Big 12 19 12 At large 10 Creighton Missouri Valley 24 7 At large 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 20 9 At large 12 Utah State Big West 27 5 Automatic 13 Hofstra America East 26 4 Automatic 14 Southern Utah Mid Continent 25 5 Automatic 15 Holy Cross Patriot 22 7 Automatic 16 Monmouth NEC 21 9 Automatic West Regional Anaheim Seed School Conference Record Berth Type 1 Stanford Pac 10 28 2 Automatic 2 Iowa State Big 12 25 5 At large 3 Maryland ACC 21 10 At large 4 Indiana Big Ten 21 12 At large 5 Cincinnati C USA 23 9 At large 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 18 10 At large 7 Arkansas SEC 20 10 At large 8 Georgia Tech ACC 17 12 At large 9 Saint Joseph s Atlantic 10 25 6 At large 10 Georgetown Big East 23 7 At large 11 Georgia State TAAC 28 4 Automatic 12 BYU Mountain West 24 8 Automatic 13 Kent State MAC 23 9 Automatic 14 George Mason Colonial 18 11 Automatic 15 Hampton MEAC 24 6 Automatic 16 UNC Greensboro Southern 19 11 Automatic South Regional Atlanta Seed School Conference Record Berth Type 1 Michigan State Big Ten 24 4 At large 2 North Carolina ACC 25 6 At large 3 Florida SEC 23 6 At large 4 Oklahoma Big 12 26 6 Automatic 5 Virginia ACC 20 8 At large 6 Texas Big 12 25 8 At large 7 Penn State Big Ten 19 11 At large 8 California Pac 10 20 10 At large 9 Fresno State WAC 25 6 At large 10 Providence Big East 21 9 At large 11 Temple Atlantic 10 21 12 Automatic 12 Gonzaga WCC 24 6 Automatic 13 Indiana State Missouri Valley 21 11 Automatic 14 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 24 6 Automatic 15 Princeton Ivy League 16 10 Automatic 16 Alabama State SWAC 22 8 Automatic Midwest Regional San Antonio Seed School Conference Record Berth Type 1 Illinois Big Ten 24 7 At large 2 Arizona Pac 10 23 7 At large 3 Ole Miss SEC 25 7 At large 4 Kansas Big 12 24 6 At large 5 Syracuse Big East 24 8 At large 6 Notre Dame Big East 19 9 At large 7 Wake Forest ACC 19 10 At large 8 Tennessee SEC 19 11 At Large 9 Charlotte C USA 21 10 Automatic 10 Butler MCC 23 7 Automatic 11 Xavier Atlantic 10 21 7 At large 12 Hawaii WAC 17 13 Automatic 13 Cal State Northridge Big Sky 22 9 Automatic 14 Iona MAAC 22 10 Automatic 15 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley 21 9 Automatic 16 Northwestern State Southland 18 12 Automatic Winthrop Big South 18 12 Automatic Bids by conference edit Bids Conference Schools 7 Big Ten Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan State Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin 6 ACC Duke Georgia Tech Maryland North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Big 12 Iowa State Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texas SEC Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Tennessee 5 Big East Boston College Georgetown Notre Dame Providence Syracuse Pac 10 Arizona California Stanford UCLA USC 3 Atlantic 10 Saint Joseph s Temple Xavier 2 C USA Charlotte Cincinnati Missouri Valley Creighton Indiana State WAC Fresno State Hawaii 1 21 other conferencesBids by conference editBids by Conference Bids Conference s 7 Big Ten 6 ACC Big 12 SEC 5 Big East Pac 10 3 Atlantic 10 2 C USA Missouri Valley WAC 1 21 othersFinal Four editAt Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis Minnesota National semifinals edit March 31 2001 Duke E1 95 Maryland W3 84 The fourth meeting of the year between ACC rivals Duke and Maryland both road teams won during the ACC regular season before Duke won 84 82 in the ACC Tournament semifinals in Atlanta en route to winning the tournament turned into a classic Maryland jumped out of the gate to an early 39 17 lead It appeared the Terps would eliminate Duke led by senior Shane Battier However Duke was able to cut the lead at halftime to 49 38 Duke would take its first lead when Jason Williams drained a three to give Duke the lead 73 72 with 6 48 to play Duke closed the game with a 23 12 run to stun Gary Williams Maryland squad 1 Referees David Libbey Mark Reischling and Ted Hillary 2 Arizona M2 80 Michigan State S1 61 In an emotional season in which Arizona coach Lute Olson suffered the loss of his wife Bobbi he would be just 40 minutes away from a second National Championship after his Wildcats destroyed the defending national champion Michigan State Spartans The game was close at halftime with Arizona leading by just 2 However Arizona outscored Michigan State 48 31 in the second half en route to the 19 point victory 3 Championship game edit Main article 2001 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship Game April 2 2001 Duke E1 82 Arizona M2 72 The second ranked team coming into the NCAA tournament would leave giving coach Mike Krzyzewski his third National Championship at Duke Arizona cut Duke s lead to 39 37 early in the second half but Mike Dunleavy Jr connected on three three pointers during an 11 2 Duke run Dunleavy Jr led the Duke Blue Devils with 21 points The Arizona Wildcats would cut the gap to 3 four times twice inside the four minute TV timeout However Shane Battier proved himself too much for the Wildcats to handle as he hit two critical shots to put the Blue Devils comfortably ahead Jason Williams despite a poor shooting night iced the game with a three pointer from the top of the key with under 2 minutes to play to give Duke an eight point lead The final score was Duke 82 Arizona 72 Bracket editOpening Round game Dayton Ohio edit Winner advances to 16th seed in Midwest Regional vs 1 Illinois Opening Round gameMarch 13 16Winthrop6716Northwestern State71 East regional Philadelphia Pennsylvania edit First roundMarch 15Second roundMarch 17Regional semifinalsMarch 22Regional finalsMarch 24 1Duke9516Monmouth521Duke94Greensboro9Missouri818Georgia689Missouri701Duke764UCLA635Ohio State 6812Utah State77OT12Utah State50Greensboro4UCLA754UCLA6113Hofstra481Duke796USC696USC6911Oklahoma State546USC74Uniondale3Boston College713Boston College6814Southern Utah656USC802Kentucky767Iowa6910Creighton567Iowa79Uniondale2Kentucky922Kentucky7215Holy Cross68 Ohio State vacated all wins and its NCAA Tournament appearance from the 2000 01 season due to the Jim O Brien scandal 4 Unlike forfeiture a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win only with Ohio State removing the wins from its own record West regional Anaheim California edit First roundMarch 15Second roundMarch 17Regional semifinalsMarch 22Regional finalsMarch 24 1Stanford8816UNC Greensboro601Stanford90San Diego9Saint Joseph s838Georgia Tech629Saint Joseph s661Stanford785Cincinnati655Cincinnati8412BYU595Cincinnati66San Diego13Kent State434Indiana7313Kent State771Stanford733Maryland876Wisconsin4911Georgia State5011Georgia State60Boise3Maryland793Maryland8314George Mason803Maryland7610Georgetown667Arkansas6110Georgetown6310Georgetown76Boise15Hampton572Iowa State5715Hampton58 South regional Atlanta Georgia edit First roundMarch 16Second roundMarch 18Regional semifinalsMarch 23Regional finalsMarch 25 1Michigan State6916Alabama State351Michigan State81Memphis9Fresno State658California709Fresno State821Michigan State7712Gonzaga625Virginia8512Gonzaga8612Gonzaga85Memphis13Indiana State684Oklahoma6813Indiana State70OT1Michigan State6911Temple626Texas6511Temple7911Temple75New Orleans3Florida543Florida6914Western Kentucky5611Temple847Penn State727Penn State6910Providence597Penn State82New Orleans2North Carolina742North Carolina7015Princeton48 Midwest regional San Antonio Texas edit First roundMarch 16Second roundMarch 18Regional semifinalsMarch 23Regional finalsMarch 25 1Illinois9616Northwestern State541Illinois79Dayton9Charlotte618Tennessee639Charlotte701Illinois804Kansas645Syracuse7912Hawaii695Syracuse58Dayton4Kansas874Kansas9913Cal State Northridge751Illinois812Arizona876Notre Dame8311Xavier716Notre Dame56Kansas City3Ole Miss593Ole Miss7214Iona703Ole Miss562Arizona667Wake Forest6310Butler7910Butler52Kansas City2Arizona732Arizona10115Eastern Illinois76 Final Four Minneapolis Minnesota edit National semifinalsMarch 31National finalsApril 2 E1Duke95W3Maryland84E1Duke82M2Arizona72S1Michigan State61M2Arizona80Upsets editThis tournament featured many upsets in the first two rounds with two 13 seeds and two 12 seeds winning in the first The best remembered and most unexpected occurred when Hampton beat number 2 seed Iowa State 58 57 in the first round The Pirates were down by as much as 11 in the game and outscored the Cyclones 10 0 in the final seven minutes of the game Tarvis Williams made the winning shot with 6 9 seconds left The video of Hampton coach Steve Merfield being lifted in the air by player David Johnson during the celebration has become a classic clip often played by CBS and ESPN to showcase the excitement of the underdog in the NCAA tournament Hampton became only the fourth 15 seed to win a game since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 and the first since 1997 They went on to lose to Georgetown in the second round failing to become the first seed that low to make the Round of 16 5 The Pirates were the last 15 seed to advance in the tournament until 2012 in which two 15 seeds beat their 2 seeded opponents 12 seed Gonzaga also made the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row all as a double digit seed Announcers editJim Nantz Billy Packer Bonnie Bernstein First and Second Rounds at New Orleans Louisiana East Regional at Philadelphia Pennsylvania Final Four and National Championship at Minneapolis Minnesota Dick Enberg Bill Walton Lesley Visser First and Second Rounds at San Diego California Midwest Regional at San Antonio Texas Verne Lundquist Bill Raftery Armen Keteyian First and Second Rounds at Kansas City Missouri South Regional at Atlanta Georgia Gus Johnson Dan Bonner Dwayne Ballen First and Second Rounds at Uniondale New York West Regional at Anaheim California Kevin Harlan Jon Sundvold Charles Davis First and Second Rounds at Greensboro North Carolina Ian Eagle Jim Spanarkel Brett Haber First and Second Rounds at Memphis Tennessee Tim Brando Rick Pitino Spencer Tillman Opening Round Game First and Second Rounds at Dayton Ohio Craig Bolerjack James Worthy Bob Wenzel First and Second Rounds at Boise Idaho Greg Gumbel once again served as the studio host joined by analyst Clark Kellogg See also edit2001 NCAA Division II men s basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division I women s basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division II women s basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division III women s basketball tournament 2001 National Invitation Tournament 2001 Women s National Invitation Tournament 2001 NAIA Division I men s basketball tournament 2001 NAIA Division II men s basketball tournament 2001 NAIA Division I women s basketball tournament 2001 NAIA Division II women s basketball tournamentReferences edit 2001 NCAA National semifinals E1 Duke 95 W3 Maryland 84 CNN Sports Illustrated CNNSI com Archived from the original on March 21 2008 Retrieved March 6 2008 NCAA On Demand February 27 2014 2001 NCAA Basketball National Semi Final Maryland vs Duke retrieved September 27 2017 dead YouTube link 2001 NCAA National semifinals MW2 Kansas 80 S4 Michigan State 61 CNN Sports Illustrated CNNSI com Retrieved March 6 2008 OSU gets probation ESPN com March 10 2006 Retrieved June 5 2017 15th seeded Pirates stun No 2 seed Cyclones 58 57 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 NCAA Division I men 27s basketball tournament amp oldid 1220722679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
