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2000–01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2000–01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Michigan-State-logo-block-s.svg
Big Ten regular season co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 3
2000–01 record 27–5 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Tom Izzo (6th year)
Assistant coach Stan Heath (5th year)
Assistant coach Mike Garland (5th year)
Assistant coach Brian Gregory (2nd year)
Captain Charlie Bell
Captain Andre Hutson
Captain David Thomas
Home arena Breslin Center
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 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tom Izzo, in his sixth year as head coach, led the team that played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 27–5, 13–3 to finish in a tie for the Big Ten regular season championship for the fourth consecutive year. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. For the third consecutive year, they received a No. 1 seed and reached the Final Four before falling to Arizona.

The Spartans finished the 1999–2000 season as NCAA National Champions with an overall record of 32–7 and in first place in the Big Ten with a 13–3 record. Michigan State received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their third straight trip to the Tournament, and won the National Championship, the second in school history, by beating Florida in the National Championship game.

The Spartans lost Mateen Cleaves (12.1 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 6.9 APG) and Morris Peterson (16.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.3 APG) to the NBA Draft following the season.


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