2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2000–01 record	21–12 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Dunn (6th season);
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center
	Seasons ← →

The 2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Jerry Dunn, in his sixth season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Lions finished the season 21–12, 7–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a two-way tie for 6th place. They defeated Michigan and Michigan State before losing to Iowa in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. They received a bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Providence and North Carolina before losing to Temple in the Sweet 16.

Roster[]

2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	1	Jamaal Tate	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G	3	Joe Crispin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr	Pitman, New Jersey
G	4	Ken Krimmel	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr
G	5	Jon Crispin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So

Head coach

Jerry Dunn

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 22*	Loyola (MD)	W 87–58	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
November 25*	at Kentucky	W 73–68	2–0	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
November 29*	at North Carolina State	L 76–84	2–1	RBC Center Raleigh, NC
December 2*	Penn	W 84–74	3–1	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
December 6*	Pittsburgh	W 88–74	4–1	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
December 9*	Temple	W 66–60	5–1	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
December 18*	Wagner	W 100–91	6–1	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22*	Bucknell	W 82–72	7–1	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
December 26*	vs. Princeton	W 65–52	8–1	Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
December 27*	vs. Hofstra	W 74–71	9–1	Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
January 3	vs. No. 1 Michigan State	L 73–98	9–2 (0–1)	Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan
January 6	Iowa	L 85–86	9–3 (0–2)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
January 10	at Ohio State	W 78–75	10–3 (1–2)	Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 13	Northwestern	W 73–66	11–3 (2–2)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
January 17	at Indiana	L 69–77	11–4 (2–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
January 20	at No. 11 Illinois	L 60–92	11–5 (2–4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
January 23*	at Yale	W 90–75	12–5 (2–4)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
January 27	at No. 15 Wisconsin	L 58–63	12–6 (2–5)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
January 31	No. 6 Illinois	W 98–95 ^OT	13–6 (3–5)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
February 3	Indiana	L 78–85 ^OT	13–7 (3–6)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
February 7	Michigan	W 77–66	14–7 (4–6)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
February 14	at Minnesota	W 82–62	15–7 (5–6)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 17	Purdue	W 92–71	16–7 (6–6)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
February 21	at Northwestern	L 61–62	16–8 (6–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 24	Michigan State	L 57–76	16–9 (6–8)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
March 1	at Iowa	W 78–73	17–9 (7–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
March 3	Ohio State	L 87–93	17–10 (7–9)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
Big Ten Tournament
March 8	vs. Michigan	W 82–80	18–10 (7–9)	United Center Chicago, Illinois
March 9	vs. No. 2 Michigan State	W 65–63	19–10 (7–9)	United Center Chicago, Illinois
March 10	vs. Iowa	L 74–94	19–11 (7–9)	United Center Chicago, Illinois
2001 NCAA Tournament
March 16*	vs. Providence	W 69–59	20–11 (7–9)	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
March 18*	vs. North Carolina	W 82–74	21–11 (7–9)	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
March 23*	vs. Temple	L 72–84	21–12 (7–9)	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ "2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] "2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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v t Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Venues	Armory (1896–1929) Rec Hall (1929–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
Culture & lore	Legion of Blue Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1953–54 1968–69 1970–71 1975–76 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 2000–01 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 appearance 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)