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2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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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
Seasons
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 Assembly 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.

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. 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.


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