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2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Larry Eustachy, who was in his 3rd season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.

2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Big 12 regular season champions
Yahoo! Sports Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 10
Record25–6 (13–3 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHilton Coliseum
Seasons
2000–01 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Iowa State 13 – 3   .813 25 – 6   .806
No. 12 Kansas 12 – 4   .750 26 – 7   .788
No. 13 Oklahoma † 12 – 4   .750 26 – 7   .788
No. 18 Texas 12 – 4   .750 25 – 9   .735
Oklahoma State 10 – 6   .625 20 – 10   .667
Missouri 9 – 7   .563 20 – 13   .606
Nebraska 7 – 9   .438 14 – 16   .467
Baylor 6 – 10   .375 19 – 12   .613
Colorado 5 – 11   .313 15 – 15   .500
Kansas State 4 – 12   .250 11 – 18   .379
Texas A&M 3 – 13   .188 10 – 20   .333
Texas Tech 3 – 13   .188 9 – 19   .321
† 2001 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

They finished the season 25–6, 13–3 in Big 12 play to finish in first place. They lost to Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament. They received an at-large bid as a No. 2 seed to the NCAA tournament, where they were upset by 15th-seeded Hampton.[2]

Previous season

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They finished the season 32–5, 14–2 in Big 12 play to finish in first place. They defeated Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma to become champions of the Big 12 Conference tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was their first regular season and conference tournament since joining the Big 12. In the NCAA Tournament they defeated Central Connecticut State, Auburn, and UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Michigan State.[3]

The Cyclones saw individual success with Marcus Fizer being named a consensus First Team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year[4] and Larry Eustachy being named AP Coach of the Year.[5]

Incoming players

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Incoming Players
Name Position Height Weight Previous School Hometown
Omar Bynum Forward 6'7 210 lbs. Indian Hills CC Omaha, Nebraska
Shane Power Forward 6'5" 210 lbs. Merrillville Andrean Crown Point, Indiana
Tyray Pearson Forward 6'7" 225 lbs. Kankakee CC Hammond, Indiana
Jake Sullivan Guard 6'1" 195 lbs. Tartan High Oakdale, Minnesota
Zach Fortune Guard 6'3" 185 lbs. Bellevue West Bellevue, Nebraska
Marcus Jefferson Forward 6'5" 205 lbs. Notre Dame Prep East Chicago
Anderw Skoglund Center 7'1" 250 lbs. Hopkins High Minnetonka, Minnesota
Reference:[6]

Roster

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2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 00 Richard Evans 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Kimball Dallas, Texas
G 3 Brandon Nicol 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Graettinger High Graettinger, Iowa
G 4 Kantrail Horton (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Middle Georgia JC Covington, GA
F 10 Omar Bynum 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Indian Hills CC Omaha, Nebraska
G 11 Jamaal Tinsley (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Mt. San Jacinto CC Brooklyn, New York
G 12 Brandon Hawkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So St. Thomas More Academy Fontana, California
F 21 Shane Power 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Merrillville Andrean Crown Point, Indiana
F 23 Tyray Pearson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Kankakee CC Hammond, Indiana
G 24 Jake Sullivan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Tartan High Oakdale, Minnesota
G 30 Zach Fortune 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Bellevue West Bellevue, Nebraska
F 33 Clint Varley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Greenfield High Menlo, Iowa
G/F 34 Marcus Jefferson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Notre Dame Prep East Chicago
G 40 Brad Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Knoxville High Knoxville, Iowa
G 42 Justin Fries 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Washington High Sioux Falls, South Dakota
F 45 Paul Shirley (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Jefferson West Meriden, Kansas
F 51 Martin Rancik 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Saint Louis Parl Nitra, SK
C 54 Andrew Skoglund 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Hopkins High Minnetonka, Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2000
7:00 pm 		Next Level Sports W 85–72 
Hilton Coliseum (12,776)
Ames, Iowa
November 15, 2000
7:00 pm 		Global Sports W 91–85 
Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
Regular season
November 21, 2000*
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		Morningside W 102–97  1–0
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
November 24, 2000*
7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		Texas Southern W 109–70  2–0
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
November 27, 2000*
7:05 pm, KFXA/KFXB/KDSM 		at Northern Iowa
Iowa Big Four 		W 69–55  3–0
 UNI-Dome 
Cedar Falls, Iowa
December 1, 2000*
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		Southern
Tribune Cyclone Challenge 		W 94–62  4–0
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
December 2, 2000*
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		Southern Miss
Tribune Cyclone Challenge 		W 69–67  5–0
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
December 5, 2000*
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 25 Tennessee Tech W 89–74  6–0
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
December 9, 2000*
7:05 pm, ITN 		No. 25 at Iowa
Rivalry 		L 68–80  6–1
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, Iowa
December 17, 2000*
12:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		Drake
Iowa Big Four 		W 75–55  7–1
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
December 21, 2000*
5:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming[7] 		vs. Troy
Yahoo! Sports Invitational quarterfinal 		W 66–56  8–1
 Cannon Activities Center 
Laie, HI
December 22, 2000*
10:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming 		vs. BYU
Yahoo! Sports Invitational semifinal 		W 77–71  9–1
 Cannon Activities Center 
Laie, HI
December 23, 2000*
9:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming 		vs. No. 24 Ole Miss
Yahoo! Sports Invitational championship 		W 73–68  10–1
 Cannon Activities Center 
Laie, HI
December 30, 2000*
7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 25 Western Carolina W 91–53  11–1
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
January 2, 2001*
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 23 Illinois-Chicago W 95–44  12–1
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
January 6, 2001
12:45 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 23 No. 15 Oklahoma W 100–80  13–1
(1–0) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
January 8, 2001
8:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 18 at Oklahoma State L 80–88 OT 13–2
(1–1) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena 
Stillwater, Oklahoma
January 13, 2001
3:00 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 18 at Missouri L 109–112 4OT 13–3
(1–2) 		Hearnes Center 
Columbia, Missouri
January 16, 2001
7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 23 Colorado W 84–68  14–3
(2–2) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
January 20, 2001
12:45 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 23 at Nebraska W 60–59  15–3
(3–2) 		Bob Devaney Center 
Lincoln, Nebraska
January 25, 2001
7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 17 Baylor W 72–51  16–3
(4–2) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
January 28, 2001
12:00 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 17 at Texas A&M W 72–53  17–3
(5–2) 		Reed Arena 
College Station, Texas
January 31, 2001
8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 15 at Colorado W 71–61  18–3
(6–2) 		Coors Events Center 
Boulder, Colorado
February 3, 2001
12:45 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 15 Kansas State W 84–78  19–3
(7–2) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
February 5, 2001
8:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 12 at No. 3 Kansas W 79–77  20–3
(8–2) 		Allen Fieldhouse 
Lawrence, Kansas
February 11, 2001
3:00 pm, ABC 		No. 12 Missouri W 72–64  21–3
(9–2) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
February 17, 2001
12:00 pm, CBS 		No. 7 No. 6 Kansas W 79–71  22–3
(10–2) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
February 21, 2001
7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 6 at Kansas State W 62–51  23–3
(11–2) 		Bramlage Coliseum 
Manhattan, Kansas
February 24, 2001
8:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 6 at Texas L 78–94  23–4
(11–3) 		Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, Texas
February 28, 2001
6:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network 		No. 8 Texas Tech W 80–63  24–4
(12–3) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
March 3, 2001
3:00 pm, ESPN Plus 		No. 8 Nebraska W 86–73  25–4
(13–3) 		Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, Iowa
Big 12 Tournament
March 9, 2001
12:00 pm, ESPN Plus 		(1) No. 7 vs. (8) Baylor
Quarterfinals 		L 49–62  25–5
 Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2001
9:07 pm, CBS 		(2 W) No. 10 vs. (15 W) Hampton
First round 		L 57–58  25–6
 BSU Pavilion 
Boise, Idaho
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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See also: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP25RVRVRV25RVRV25231823171512768710Not released
Coaches2323^RVRVRVRVRVRVRV23231818149688915

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Iowa State vs. Hampton Box Score, March 15, 2001 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  3. ^ "Michigan State vs. Iowa State Box Score, March 25, 2000 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  4. ^ "Iowa State basketball great Marcus Fizer makes return to Ames". The Des Moines Register.
  5. ^ "Iowa State Big 12 Coach of the Year Larry Eustachy Signs 10-Year Contract".
  6. ^ "2000-01 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  7. ^ "Official Athletic Site, Iowa State University – Men's Basketball". cyclones.fansonly.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams – Basketball-Reference.com".
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "2008-09 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). \big12sports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "Men's Basketball Traditions" (PDF). cyclones.com. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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