2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 4
2000–01 record	27–8 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Self
Assistant coach	Rob Judson
Assistant coach	Norm Roberts
Assistant coach	Billy Gillispie
MVP	Frank Williams
Captain	Sergio McClain Marcus Griffin
Home arena	Assembly Hall

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
#3 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
#20 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
#25 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
#24 Iowa †	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Penn State	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
Purdue	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 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)

The 2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach Bill Self, the Illini played their home games at Assmbly Hall in Champaign, Illinois and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season with a record of 27–8, 13–3 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with Michigan State. They lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Indiana. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region. They advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Arizona.

Regular season

In May 2000, Lon Kruger left Illinois to become head coach of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. Bill Self was named Illinois’ 15th head men’s basketball coach on June 9, 2000.^[1] Self came to Illinois from Tulsa where he had led the Golden Hurricane to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 32–5 record and Tournament run to the Elite Eight in 2000. Self ’s first seasonat Illinois, was memorable. The Illini were ranked in the Top 10 the entire season and tied for the Big Ten Championship with Michigan State. The Illini defeated Purdue in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, but fell to Indiana in the semifinals.

The Illinis received an at-large as a No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament. Easy wins over Northwestern State^[2] and Charlotte^[3] led to a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. The Illini defeated Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite Eight.^[4] However, the Illini run ended in the Elite Eight to eventual national runner-up Arizona, the third meeting between the two schools on the season.^[5] Sophomore Frank Williams became the first Illini player to earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors since 1967 and was named to several postseason All-America squads. Junior Cory Bradford set an NCAA record by making a three-point field goal in 88 consecutive games.

Roster

Source^[6]

No.	Player	Hometown	High School	Class	Position
00	Brett Melton	Mahomet, Illinois	Mahomet-Seymour High School	Fr.	Guard
5	Nate Mast	Champaign, Illinois	Champaign Central High School	Sr.	Guard
12	Joe Cross	Carbondale, Illinois	Carbondale High School	Sr.	Guard
13	Cory Bradford	Memphis, Tennessee	Raleigh Egypt High School	Jr.	Guard
21	Robert Archibald	Ballwin, Missouri	Lafayette High School	Jr.	Forward/Center
22	Lucas Johnson	Des Plaines, Illinois	Maine West High School	Jr.	Forward
24	Sean Harrington	Bartlett, Illinois	Elgin High School	Fr.	Guard
25	Jerrance Howard	Peoria, Illinois	Peoria High School	Fr.	Guard
30	Frank Williams	Peoria, Illinois	Manual High School	So.	Guard
33	Damir Krupalija	Rockford, Illinois	Rockford Boylan High School	Jr.	Forward
34	Brian Cook	Lincoln, Illinois	Lincoln Community High School	So.	Forward
40	Sergio McClain (captain)	Peoria, Illinois	Manual High School	Sr.	Forward
45	Nick Smith	Valrico, Florida	Bloomingdale High School	Fr.	Center
52	Marcus Griffin (captain)	Peoria, Illinois	Manual High School	Sr.	Forward

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/17/2000*	No. 8	Maine	W 86–57	1–0	Assembly Hall (13,044) Champaign, IL
11/20/2000*	No. 8	vs. UNLV Maui Invitational Tournament	W 74–69	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/21/2000*	No. 8	vs. (6) Maryland Maui Invitational Tournament	W 90–80	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/22/2000*	No. 8	No. 1 Arizona Maui Invitational Tournament Championship	L 76–79	3–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/26/2000*	No. 8	Texas Southern	W 86–67	4–1	Assembly Hall (12,970) Champaign, IL
11/28/2000*	No. 9	No. 1 Duke Big Ten-ACC Challenge	L 77–78	4–2	Greensboro Coliseum (17,966) Greensboro, NC
12/2/2000*	No. 9	at Kansas State	W 76–56	5–2	Bramlage Coliseum (6,415) Manhattan, KS
12/6/2000*	No. 9	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	W 85–44	6–2	Assembly Hall (12,312) Champaign, IL
12/9/2000*	No. 9	No. 7 Seton Hall	W 87–79	7–2	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
12/16/2000*	No. 5	vs. No. 7 Arizona	W 81–73	8–2	United Center (21,885) Chicago, IL
12/21/2000*	No. 5	vs. Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 86–81 ^OT	9–2	Scottrade Center (22,089) St. Louis, MO
12/23/2000*	No. 5	at Texas	L 64–72	9–3	Frank Erwin Center (11,916) Austin, TX
12/29/2000*	No. 9	vs. Illinois-Chicago	W 77–64	10–3	Rosemont Horizon (9,152) Rosemont, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/2001	No. 9	Minnesota	W 80–64	11–3 (1–0)	Assembly Hall (13,840) Champaign, IL
1/6/2001	No. 9	Ohio State	W 83–68	12–3 (2–0)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
1/11/2001	No. 7	at Iowa	L 62–78	12–4 (2–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
1/13/2001	No. 7	Michigan	W 80–51	13–4 (3–1)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
1/17/2001	No. 11	at Northwestern	W 63–49	14–4 (4–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
1/20/2001	No. 11	Penn State	W 92–60	15–4 (5–1)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
1/25/2001	No. 7	at Michigan	W 55–51	16–4 (6–1)	Crisler Arena (11,092) Ann Arbor, MI
1/31/2001	No. 6	at Penn State	L 95–98 ^OT	16–5 (6–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,953) University Park, PA
2/3/2001	No. 6	Northwestern	W 84–59	17–5 (7–2)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
2/6/2001	No. 7	No. 4 Michigan State	W 77–66	18–5 (8–2)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
2/10/2001	No. 7	at Purdue	W 82–61	19–5 (9–2)	Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN
2/13/2001	No. 4	No. 19 Wisconsin	W 68–67	20–5 (10–2)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
2/17/2001	No. 4	at Indiana	W 67–61	21–5 (11–2)	Assembly Hall (17,460) Bloomington, IN
2/22/2001	No. 3	at Ohio State	L 61–63	21–6 (11–3)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, OH
2/24/2001	No. 3	Iowa	W 89–63	22–6 (12–3)	Assembly Hall (16,683) Champaign, IL
3/4/2001	No. 5	at Minnesota	W 67–59	23–6 (13–3)	Williams Arena (14,329) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament
3/9/2001	(1) No. 4	vs. (8) Purdue quarterfinals	W 83–66	24–6	United Center (22,679) Chicago, IL
3/10/2001	(1) No. 4	vs. (4) Indiana semifinals	L 56–58	24–7	United Center (23,418) Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/16/2001* CBS	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (16 MW) Northwestern State First Round	W 96–54	25–7	University of Dayton Arena (13,007) Dayton, OH
3/18/2001* CBS	(1 MW) No. 4	(9 MW) Charlotte Second Round	W 79–61	26–7	University of Dayton Arena (13,159) Dayton, OH
3/23/2001* no, no	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (4 MW) No. 12 Kansas Sweet Sixteen	W 80–64	27–7	Alamodome (28,962) San Antonio, TX
3/25/2001* CBS	(1 MW) No. 4	vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Arizona Elite Eight	L 81–87	27–8	Alamodome (30,212) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[7]

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points
Frank Williams^[8]	34	168	39	133	126	148	9	67	508
Marcus Griffin^[9]	34	154	0	77	203	34	44	29	385
Brian Cook^[10]	35	147	28	69	212	43	45	21	391
Cory Bradford^[11]	35	113	72	47	89	63	3	23	345
Sergio McClain^[12]	35	87	18	69	194	102	7	46	261
Robert Archibald^[13]	34	77	0	90	154	22	26	12	244
Sean Harrington^[14]	35	61	51	27	49	41	1	27	200
Lucas Johnson^[15]	35	48	18	62	116	59	5	20	176
Damir Krupalija^[16]	27	43	7	36	105	18	4	16	129

Awards and honors

Frank Williams
- Big Ten Player of the Year
- Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball award
- Wooden 1st team All-American
- National Association of Basketball Coaches 2nd team All-American
- Associated Press 3rd team All-American
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[17]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Brian Cook
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Cory Bradford
- Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American

Rankings

Main article: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Final
AP^[18]	8	8	8	9	9	5	9	9	7	11	7	6	7	4	3	5	4	4

References

↑ "Illini Hires Self As Hoops Coach". Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ "Northwestern State vs. Illinois Box Score, March 16, 2001 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ "2001 Illinois vs. Charlotte Round of 32". ncaa-basketball-tournament.pointafter.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ "Kansas vs. Illinois Box Score, March 23, 2001 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ "NCAA Men's Basketball - Arizona vs. Illinois". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/illinois/2001.html
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/illinois/2001.html
↑ Season Stats pg. 125
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↑ List of MVPs
↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/illinois/2001-schedule.html

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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