2000–01 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
The 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2000, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 2, 2001, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Duke Blue Devils won their third NCAA national championship with an 82–72 victory over the Arizona Wildcats. Season headlines * The preseason AP All-American team was named on November 13. Shane Battier of Duke was the leading vote-getter (71 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Troy Murphy of Notre Dame (62 votes), Loren Woods of Arizona (46), Joseph Forte of North Carolina (39) and Jamaal Tinsley of Iowa State (39). * On January 27, 2001, a plane carrying two Oklahoma State players, six other people (coaches and broadcasters) associated with the Oklahoma State men's basketball program, and a crew of two crashed in a field near Strasburg, Colora ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000–01 Arizona Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record. Arizona reached the National Championship game in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to 2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Duke 82–72 and finishing the season with a 28–8 record. Roster Depth chart Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;", Regular season , - !colspan=9 style="background:#;", 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament , - NCAA basketball tournament *Midwest **Arizona (#2 seed) 101, Eastern Illinois 76 ** ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arizona Wildcats
The Arizona Wildcats are the sport, athletic teams that represent the University of Arizona, located in Tucson, Arizona, Tucson. The Wildcats compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for college football) level as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Arizona's chief college rivalry#United States, intercollegiate rival is the Arizona State University, Arizona State Arizona State Sun Devils, Sun Devils, and the two universities' athletic departments compete against each other in multiple sports via the Territorial Cup Series, State Farm Territorial Cup Series. Athletic program Beginning on August 2, 2024, the University of Arizona will participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's Division I-A in the Big 12 Conference alongside former Pac-12 Conference, Pac-12 members Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona State, Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South. The Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference, that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Home games are played at the State Farm Center, located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign, Illinois, Champaign. Illinois has one pre-tournament national championship and one non-NCAA tournament national championship in 1915 and 1943, awarded by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Illinois has appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bids by school, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 35 times, and has competed in 5 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by school, Final Fours, 10 Elite Eights, and has won 18 Big Ten regular season championships, and 4 Big Ten Tournament Championships. The team is currently coached by Brad Underwood, who was hired on March 18, 2017. Through the end of the 2023–24 season, Illinois ranks 13th all ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is renowned for having one of the most prestigious and historic intercollegiate basketball programs in North America. In the United States, Kansas has six overall national championships (4 NCAA Tournament National Championships and 2 Helms National Championships), as well as being runner-up six times and having the most conference titles in the nation. The Jayhawks own the NCAA record for most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with 28 consecutive appearances. Since the 1984 tournament, the Jayhawks have only missed the tournament twice due to disciplinary action from the NCAA; they were ruled ineligible for the 1989 tournament and 2018 being vacated. They have not missed th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maryland Terrapins Men's Basketball
The Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division I, Division I competition. Maryland, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), 2010–14 Big Ten Conference realignment#Maryland, left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference. Gary Williams, who coached the Terrapins from 1989 to 2011, led the program to its greatest success, including two consecutive Final Fours in 2001 and 2002, which culminated in the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2002 NCAA National Championship. Maryland has appeared in 31 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournaments and won their conference tournament 4 times. The Terrapins have competed in 102 seasons, accumulating an overall record of 1,678–1,109 as of the 2024–25 season. The Terrapins played in what many consider to be the greatest Atlantic Coast Conference men's bas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000–01 Stanford Cardinal Men's Basketball Team
The 2000–01 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Beginning the season 20–0, the team finished 1st in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 16–2 conference record, 31–3 overall. The Cardinal competed in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Maryland 87–73 in the Elite Eight. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;", Exhibition , - !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;", Regular season , - !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515;", Schedule Source: Rankings *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll * 2001 NBA draft References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Stanford Cardinal Men's Basketball Team Stanford Cardinal men's basketball seasons Stanford Cardinal Stanford Stanford Cardinal men's basketball Stanford Cardi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000–01 Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball Team
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 Student Events Center, Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 28–5, 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 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament. For the third consecutive year, they received a No. 1 seed and reached the Final Four before falling to 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Arizona. Previous season The 1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Spartans finished the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 1999–2000 season as 2000 NCAA Division I men's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Atlantic Sun Conference
The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) in 1978, it was renamed as the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001, and briefly rebranded as the ASUN Conference from 2016 to 2023. The conference still uses "ASUN" as an official abbreviation. The conference headquarters are located in Jacksonville. History Formation The conference was first formed on September 19, 1978, as the Trans America Athletic Conference, at the Dallas–Fort Worth Regional Airport Marina Hotel. Its charter members were Oklahoma City University, Pan American University (later renamed University of Texas-Pan American), Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe), Houston Baptist University (now Housto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball for the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It began on March 13, 2001, with the play-in game, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Minneapolis, at the Metrodome. A total of 64 games were played. This tournament is the first to feature 65 teams, due to the Mountain West Conference receiving an automatic bid for the first time. This meant that 31 conferences would have automatic bids to the tournament. The NCAA decided to maintain 34 at-large bids, which necessitated a play-in game between the #64 and #65 ranked teams, with the winner playing against a #1 seed in the first round. (Another option would have been to reduce the number of at-large bids to 33, which was the option chosen for the women's tournament.) This is also the first tournament to have been broadcast ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, bridge failures, and railroad accidents. The NTSB is also in charge of investigating cases of hazardous materials releases that occur during transportation. The agency is based in Washington, D.C. It has three regional offices, located in Anchorage, Alaska; Aurora, Colorado; and Federal Way, Washington. The agency also operated a national training center at its Ashburn facility. History The origin of the NTSB was in the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which assigned the United States Department of Commerce responsibility for investigating domestic aviation accidents. Before the NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA; at the time the CAA/ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Snowstorm
A winter storm (also known as snow storm) is an event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, Rain and snow mixed, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain. In Continental climate, temperate continental and subarctic climates, these storms are not necessarily restricted to the winter season, but may occur in the late autumn and early spring as well. A snowstorm with strong winds and low visibility is called a blizzard. Formation Winter storms are formed when moist air rises up into the atmosphere, creating Low-pressure area, low pressure near the ground and clouds up in the air. The air can also be pushed upwards by hills or large mountains. The upward motion is called Lift (force), lift. The moisture is collected by the wind from large bodies of water, such as a big lake or the ocean. If temperature is below freezing, , near the ground and up in the clouds, precipitation will fall as snow, ice, rain and s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |