2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 2001 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 31st annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.^[3]

2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 13–29, 2001[1]
Teams	12
Finals site	Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey
Champions	Princeton (6th title)
Runner-up	Syracuse (11th title game)
Semifinalists	Notre Dame (1st Final Four) Towson (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Bill Tierney (6th title)
MOP	B.J. Prager, Princeton
Attendance[2]	21,268 finals 64,489 total
Top scorer	Michael Powell, Syracuse (12 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2000 2002»

A Princeton goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first overtime period of the final lifted the second-seeded Tigers (14-1) to a 10–9 victory against top-seeded Syracuse (13-3). With the victory, Princeton earned its sixth NCAA national championship (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) in ten years. This marked the fourth time that the Tigers had won the title game in overtime.

The victory was the 11th straight for Princeton in one-goal games, including all three of its tournament games. Most outstanding player B.J. Prager scored the game-winner, his fourth tally of the day, with 41 seconds left in the five-minute overtime period.

The championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, with 21,268 fans in attendance.^[4]

Qualifying

Main article: 2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season

Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

Bucknell made their debut appearance in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

	First Round May 13–14, 2001					Quarterfinals May 20–21, 2001					Semifinals May 27, 2001					Final May 29, 2001
	8	Virginia	14
		Hofstra *	15
						1	Syracuse	18
							Hofstra	13
											1	Syracuse	12
											5	Notre Dame	5
						4	Johns Hopkins	9
						5	Notre Dame	13
	5	Notre Dame	12
		Bucknell	7
																1	Syracuse	9
																2	Princeton *	10
	6	Towson	12
		Duke	10
						3	Maryland	11
						6	Towson	12
											6	Towson	11
											2	Princeton	12
						2	Princeton	8
						7	Loyola Maryland	7
	7	Loyola Maryland	11
		Georgetown	9

• * = Overtime

See also

• 2001 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament