2000–01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2000–01 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's 3rd season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 to finish second in the regular season standings. They won the Big West tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 12 seed in the East Region. The Aggies upset No. 5 seed Ohio State in the opening round before falling to No. 4 seed UCLA in the round of 32.^[2]

2000–01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
Big West tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big West Conference
Division	East
Record	28–6 (13–3 Big West)
Head coach	Stew Morrill (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Randy Rahe (3rd season)
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	15	–	1		.938			25	–	5		.833
Utah State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
Long Beach State	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Pacific	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Boise State	8	–	8		.500			17	–	14		.548
Cal Poly	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
Idaho	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	13		.188			5	–	23		.179
† 2001 Big West tournament[1] winner

Roster

2000–01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 5 Shawn Daniels 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Bakersfield, California G 31 Tony Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Jr	Head coach Stew Morrill Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 17, 2000*		vs. Santa Clara	W 76–67	1–0	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
Nov 18, 2000*		vs. South Florida	W 69–66	2–0	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
Nov 19, 2000*		vs. Austin Peay	L 76–80 OT	2–1	Carlson Center  Fairbanks, Alaska
Dec 6, 2000*		No. 22 Utah	W 58–57	5–1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
Dec 30, 2000*		Air Force	W 59–50	10–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
Big West Regular Season
Jan 4, 2001		at Cal Poly	W 82–69	11–2 (1–0)	Robert A. Mott Athletics Center  San Luis Obispo, California
Mar 3, 2001		Cal Poly	W 82–55	24–5 (13–3)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
Big West tournament
Mar 8, 2001*		vs. Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals	W 74–43	25–5	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim  Anaheim, California
Mar 9, 2001*		vs. Boise State Semifinals	W 67–48	26–5	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim  Anaheim, California
Mar 10, 2001*		vs. Pacific Championship game	W 50–38	27–5	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim  Anaheim, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(12 E)	vs. (5 E) Ohio State First Round	W 77–68 OT	28–5	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 17, 2001*	(12 E)	vs. (4 E) No. 15 UCLA Second Round	L 50–75	28–6	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Mountain.

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