2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Under 6th year head coach Phil Martelli, the Hawks held an overall record of 26–7 and a conference record of 14–2. In the A-10 tournament, Saint Joseph's beat La Salle before falling to UMass in the semifinals. The Hawks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament – as No. 9 seed in the West region – where they beat No. 8 seed Georgia Tech in the opening round^[2] before falling to No. 1 seed Stanford in the round of 32.^[3]

2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball
A-10 Regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic 10
Division	East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 22
Record	26–7 (14–2 Atlantic 10)
Head coach	Phil Martelli (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Mark Bass (2nd season) Matt Brady (8th season) Monté Ross (5th season)
Home arena	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Saint Joseph's	14	–	2		.875			26	–	7		.788
Xavier	12	–	4		.750			21	–	8		.724
Temple †	12	–	4		.750			24	–	13		.649
UMass	11	–	5		.688			15	–	15		.500
Dayton	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
St. Bonaventure	9	–	7		.563			18	–	12		.600
George Washington	6	–	10		.375			14	–	18		.438
La Salle	5	–	11		.313			12	–	17		.414
Fordham	4	–	12		.250			12	–	17		.414
Duquesne	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
Rhode Island	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
† 2001 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 12 Tyrone Barley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Newark, NJ G 14 Jameer Nelson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Chester HS Chester, PA	Head coach Phil Martelli (Widener) Assistant coach(es) Mark Bass (Saint Joseph's) Matt Brady (Siena) Monté Ross (Winston-Salem State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2000* 9:00 p.m.		vs. Western Carolina America's Youth Classic	W 103–53	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium (4,250) Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 18, 2000*		vs. South Carolina State America's Youth Classic	W 84–71	2–0	Memorial Gymnasium (4,875) Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 19, 2000*		at Vanderbilt America's Youth Classic	L 76–78	2–1	Memorial Gymnasium (5,200) Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 26, 2000*		at Colorado	W 92–78	3–1	Coors Events/Conference Center (3,284) Boulder, Colorado
Nov 29, 2000*		Old Dominion	W 70–65	4–1	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 5, 2000*		at Rutgers	W 67–65	5–1	Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,427) Piscataway, New Jersey
Dec 9, 2000*		Drexel	W 68–54	6–1	Palestra (4,337) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 11, 2000*		Villanova	L 75–78	6–2	Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 17, 2000*		at DePaul	L 76–80	6–3	Allstate Arena (6,124) Rosemont, Illinois
Dec 21, 2000*		at Western Kentucky	W 74–68	7–3	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,100) Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dec 27, 2000*		Saint Peter's	W 79–69	8–3	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 30, 2000*		Delaware	W 72–67	9–3	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1,732) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 3, 2001		Duquesne	W 75–60	10–3 (1–0)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,030) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 6, 2001		at Rhode Island	W 92–67	11–3 (2–0)	Keaney Gymnasium (2,107) Kingston, Rhode Island
Jan 10, 2001		at George Washington	W 76–71	12–3 (3–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,215) Washington, D.C.
Jan 14, 2001		Dayton	W 84–71	13–3 (4–0)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 2001		at Temple	W 73–51	14–3 (5–0)	Liacouras Center (8,329) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 2001		at Xavier	L 73–86	14–4 (5–1)	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 24, 2001		Rhode Island	W 82–67	15–4 (6–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (2,913) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 27, 2001*		at Penn	W 67–61	16–4	Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 1, 2001		St. Bonaventure	W 104–97 OT	17–4 (7–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 7, 2001		No. 24 Xavier	W 79–76	18–4 (8–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 10, 2001		at St. Bonaventure	W 78–76	19–4 (9–1)	Reilly Center (6,000) St. Bonaventure, New York
Feb 13, 2001		Temple	W 71–62	20–4 (10–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 18, 2001		Fordham	W 88–78	21–4 (11–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 21, 2001	No. 23	at Dayton	W 82–72	22–4 (12–1)	UD Arena (13,553) Dayton, Ohio
Feb 25, 2001	No. 23	at Duquesne	W 90–70	23–4 (13–1)	A.J. Palumbo Center (5,575) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 27, 2001	No. 18	UMass	W 84–69	24–4 (14–1)	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 3, 2001	No. 18	at La Salle	L 90–91	24–5 (14–2)	Tom Gola Arena (4,000) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Mar 8, 2001*	(1) No. 21	vs. (8) La Salle Quarterfinals	W 82–74	25–5	First Union Spectrum (7,121) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 9, 2001*	(1) No. 21	(4) UMass Semifinals	L 70–75	25–6	First Union Spectrum (13,796) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(9 W) No. 22	vs. (8 W) Georgia Tech First Round	W 66–62	26–6	Cox Arena (9,120) San Diego, California
Mar 17, 2001*	(9 W) No. 22	vs. (1 W) No. 2 Stanford Second Round	L 83–90	26–7	Cox Arena (11,091) San Diego, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

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

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