2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 20–10, 11-5. There, they defeated Xavier to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #3 seed Ole Miss, 59–56. This was Mike Brey's first year at Notre Dame.

2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round vs Ole Miss 56-59
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 19
Record	20–10 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey (1st season)
Home arena	Joyce Center

2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 7 Boston College †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	5		.844
Providence	11	–	5		.688			21	–	10		.677
St. John's	8	–	8		.500			14	–	15		.483
Miami	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Villanova	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Connecticut	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Virginia Tech*	2	–	14		.125			8	–	19		.296
West
No. 19 Notre Dame	11	–	5		.688			20	–	10		.667
No. 21 Georgetown	10	–	6		.625			25	–	8		.758
No. 17 Syracuse	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
West Virginia	8	–	8		.500			17	–	12		.586
Pittsburgh	7	–	9		.438			19	–	14		.576
Seton Hall	5	–	11		.313			16	–	15		.516
Rutgers*	3	–	13		.188			11	–	16		.407
† 2001 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 2001 Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2001 Big East tournament

Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points per game.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 18*		Sacred Heart	W 104–58	1–0	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
November 22*		Loyola (IL)	W 107–68	2–0	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
November 25*	No. 14	No. 16 Cincinnati	W 69–51	3–0	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 2*		at Vanderbilt	W 77–74	4–0	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
December 5*		Indiana	L 78–86	4–1	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 9*		Miami (OH)	L 64–73	4–2	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 17*		Tennessee Tech	W 82–68	5–2	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 19*		Canisius	W 99–71	6–2	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 21*		Vermont	W 96–86	7–2	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
December 29*		Long Island University	W 97–49	8–2	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
January 2		at Syracuse	L 70–79	8–3 (0–1)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
January 6		Rutgers	W 87–80	9–3 (1–1)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
January 8		at Seton Hall	L 76–78	9–4 (1–2)	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, NJ
January 13*		at Kentucky	L 71–82	9–5 (1–2)	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
January 16		Pittsburgh	W 74–58	10–5 (2–2)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
January 21		West Virginia	W 78–61	11–5 (3–2)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
January 23		Syracuse	W 74–60	12–5 (4–2)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
January 27		at Georgetown	W 78–71	13–5 (5–2)	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
February 3		at Pittsburgh	W 75–67	14–5 (6–2)	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 5		St. John’s	W 83–73	15–5 (7–2)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
February 11		at West Virginia	W 69–66	16–5 (8–2)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
February 14		at Rutgers	W 81–59	17–5 (9–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
February 18		Seton Hall	L 64–74	17–6 (9–3)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
February 21		Boston College	W 76–75	18–6 (10–3)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
February 24		at Virginia Tech	W 85–61	19–6 (11–3)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 26		at Connecticut	L 50–75	19–7 (11–4)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, Connecticut
March 4		Georgetown	L 72–79	19–8 (11–5)	Joyce Center  South Bend, Indiana
Big East tournament
March 8		vs. Pittsburgh Quarterfinals	L 54–66	19–9 (11–6)	Madison Square Garden (IV)  New York, New York
NCAA tournament
March 16*		vs. Xavier First Round	W 83–71	20–9 (11–6)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
March 18*		vs. Ole Miss Second Round	L 56–59	20–10 (11–6)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Players selected in NBA drafts

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2001	1	14	Troy Murphy	Golden State Warriors