2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 24
2000–01 record	23–12 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones; Greg Lansing; Sam Alford;
MVP	Reggie Evans; Dean Oliver
Home arena	Carver-Hawkeye Arena; (Capacity: 15,500)
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 23–12 overall and 7–9 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as #7 seed in the East Region. After defeating Creighton, the Hawkeyes fell to the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	2	Ryan Hogan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr	Deerfield, Illinois
F	4	Glen Worley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Coralville, Iowa
C	5	Jared Reiner	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr	Tripp, South Dakota
G	11	Brody Boyd	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Fr	Dugger, Indiana
G	20	Dean Oliver	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Mason City, Iowa
F	23	Duez Henderson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Luke Recker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	Auburn, Indiana
F	25	Rod Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Galesburg, Illinois
G	30	Kyle Galloway	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	RS Jr	Sioux City, Iowa
F	32	Reggie Evans	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Pensacola, Florida
G	43	Jason Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
F	52	Cortney Scott	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Jackson, Michigan
C	53	Sean Sonderleiter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Fr	Des Moines, Iowa

Head coach

Steve Alford (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/19/2000*		Milwaukee	W 83–79^[1]	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
11/21/2000*		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 73–71	2–0	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
11/28/2000*		Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 85–67	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/1/2000*		Chattanooga Hawkeye Challenge	W 79–60	4–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/2/2000*		Tulsa Hawkeye Challenge	W 66–65^[2]	5–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/5/2000*		Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 74–42^[3]	6–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/9/2000*		No. 25 Iowa State Rivalry	W 80–68	7–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/16/2000*	No. 22	Missouri	W 99–94 ^2OT	8–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/19/2000*	No. 19	Centenary	W 72–52	9–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/23/2000*	No. 19	at Kansas State	L 78–86	9–1	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
12/28/2000*	No. 23	vs. Detroit Rainbow Classic	W 69–68	10–1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/29/2000*	No. 23	vs. No. 6 Tennessee Rainbow Classic	L 68–80^[4]	10–2	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/30/2000*	No. 23	vs. Saint Louis Rainbow Classic	W 68–56	11–2	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
Big Ten Regular Season
1/6/2001		at Penn State	W 86–85	12–2 (1–0)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
1/11/2001		No. 7 Illinois	W 78–62^[5]	13–2 (2–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/13/2001		at Purdue	W 83–73	14–2 (3–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/16/2001	No. 14	at No. 19 Wisconsin	L 54–67	14–3 (3–1)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/20/2001	No. 14	Michigan	L 69–70	14–4 (3–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/24/2001	No. 21	at Minnesota	W 87–74	15–4 (4–2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/27/2001 12:30, CBS	No. 21	Indiana	W 71–66	16–4 (5–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/31/2001	No. 18	Minnesota	W 64–55	17–4 (6–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/7/2001	No. 14	Ohio State	L 68–69	17–5 (6–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/10/2001	No. 14	at Northwestern	L 61–69	17–6 (6–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/14/2001	No. 25	at Michigan	L 85–95	17–7 (6–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/18/2001 4:00, CBS	No. 25	at No. 5 Michigan State	L 70–94	17–8 (6–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
2/21/2001		Purdue	W 78–72 ^OT	18–8 (7–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
2/24/2001		at No. 3 Illinois	L 63–89	18–9 (7–7)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
3/1/2001		Penn State	L 73–78	18–10 (7–8)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/3/2001		No. 22 Wisconsin	L 57–59	18–11 (7–9)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Tournament
3/8/2001*	(6)	vs. (11) Northwestern First Round	W 72–55	19–11	United Center Chicago, IL
3/9/2001*	(6)	vs. (3) No. 24 Ohio State Quarterfinals	W 72–55	20–11	United Center Chicago, IL
3/10/2001* CBS	(6)	vs. (7) Penn State Semifinals	W 94–74	21–11	United Center Chicago, IL
3/11/2001* 3:30, CBS	(6)	vs. (4) Indiana Championship Game	W 63–61^[6]	22–11	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/15/2001* CBS	(7 E) No. 24	vs. (10 E) Creighton First Round	W 69–56^[7]	23–11	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY
3/17/2001* CBS	(7 E) No. 24	vs. (2 E) No. 9 Kentucky Second Round	L 79–92^[8]	23–12	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source: Schedule

Rankings[]

References[]

^ "Hawkeyes barely win season opener" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 11, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes up to the challenge" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 4, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes demolish young UNI team" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 6, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Tennessee 80, Iowa 68". UPI. December 30, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes Upset No. 7 Illinois". CBS News. January 11, 2001. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Home On The Road: Iowa Captures Title". Chicago Tribune. March 12, 2001. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ "Creighton vs. Iowa". USA Today. March 15, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
^ "Kentucky, Prince go wild on Iowa, 92-79". The Baltimore Sun. March 18, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

[1] "Hawkeyes barely win season opener" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 11, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[2] "Hawkeyes up to the challenge" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 4, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[3] "Hawkeyes demolish young UNI team" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 6, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[4] "Tennessee 80, Iowa 68". UPI. December 30, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[5] "Hawkeyes Upset No. 7 Illinois". CBS News. January 11, 2001. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[6] "Home On The Road: Iowa Captures Title". Chicago Tribune. March 12, 2001. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[7] "Creighton vs. Iowa". USA Today. March 15, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

[8] "Kentucky, Prince go wild on Iowa, 92-79". The Baltimore Sun. March 18, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

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v t Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) (1905–1922) (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Individual honors Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893–95 1895–96 1898–1901 1944–45 1947–48 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1960–61 1961–62 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Penn State	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
*	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)