2000–01 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

2000–01 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
2000–01 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Conference USA tournament co-champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	22–11 (10–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Bobby Lutz (3rd season);
Assistant coach	Benny Moss (1st season)
Home arena	Dale F. Halton Arena
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	11	–	5	.688	25	–	10	.714
Southern Miss	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
Charlotte †	10	–	6	.625	22	–	11	.667
Memphis	10	–	6	.625	21	–	15	.583
South Florida	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Marquette	9	–	7	.563	15	–	14	.517
UAB	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Saint Louis	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Louisville	8	–	8	.500	12	–	19	.387
Houston	6	–	10	.375	9	–	20	.310
DePaul	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Tulane	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300

† 2001 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000–01 UNC Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2000–01 college basketball season. This was head coach Bobby Lutz's third season at the school. The 49ers competed in Conference USA and played their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena. They finished the season 22–11 (10–6 in C-USA play) and received an at-large bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the Midwest region. The 49ers defeated No. 8 seed Tennessee, 70–63,^[1] in the opening round before falling to No. 1 seed Illinois in the round of 32.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	James Zimmerman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr	High Point Central	High Point, North Carolina
F	3	KenKay Jones	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	Harnett Central	Lillington, North Carolina
C	3	Jermaine Williams	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Jr	South Garland	Dallas, Texas
F	5	Rodney White	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Newport Prep	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F/C	10	Cam Stephens	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Fort Wayne South	Fort Wayne, Indiana
G	11	Demon Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Maine Central School	Baltimore, Maryland
F	12	Butter Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr	Milford Academy	Bronx, New York
F	12	Matas Niparavicius	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Fr		Elektrenai, Lithuania
G	21	Diego Guevara	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr	Redemption Academy	Valencia, Venezuela
G	22	Johnathan Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So	South Brunswick	Bolivia, North Carolina
G	25	Dee Tolliver	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Oak Hill Academy	Garner, North Carolina
G	31	Jobey Thomas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Independence	Charlotte, North Carolina
F	40	David Hardy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Central Cabarrus	Harrisburg, North Carolina
C	50	Malik El-Tamer	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Jr		Cologne, Germany
F	55	Tory Reed	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr	Maine Central School	Cleveland, Ohio

Head coach

Bobby Lutz

Assistant coach(es)

Benny Moss (Pfeiffer)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2000* 9:20 p.m.		vs. Fordham CoSIDA Classic	W 89–75	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 18, 2000* 9:20 p.m.		at NC State CoSIDA Classic	W 95–78	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 25, 2000* 4:00 p.m.		at St. Bonaventure	L 78–79	2–1	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York
Nov 28, 2000* 7:30 p.m.		Miami (FL)	W 95–63	3–1	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 2, 2000* 7:30 p.m.		South Carolina	W 98–77	4–1	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 6, 2000* 8:05 p.m.		Charleston Southern	W 88–46	5–1	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 9, 2000* 7:30 p.m.		at Davidson	W 69–53	6–1	John M. Belk Arena Davidson, North Carolina
Dec 16, 2000* 3:00 p.m.	No. 24	at Indiana	L 72–76	6–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Dec 20, 2000* 9:05 p.m.		at UTEP	W 94–81	7–2	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
Dec 29, 2000* 8:00 p.m.		vs. Pepperdine AZCentral Holiday Classic	L 70–81	7–3	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Dec 30, 2000*		at Arizona State AZCentral Holiday Classic	L 78–91	7–4	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Jan 3, 2001* 7:30 p.m.		George Washington	W 84–73	8–4	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 6, 2001 6:05 p.m.		at No. 25 Cincinnati	L 66–76	8–5 (0–1)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 10, 2001 7:30 p.m.		South Florida	L 71–78	8–6 (0–2)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 13, 2001 7:30 p.m.		Saint Louis	L 56–69	8–7 (0–3)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 17, 2001 8:30 p.m.		at DePaul	W 73–62	9–7 (1–3)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 20, 2001 3:00 p.m.		at Marquette	W 74–71	10–7 (2–3)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 24, 2001 8:00 p.m.		at UAB	L 61–81	10–8 (2–4)	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Jan 27, 2001 7:30 p.m.		Southern Miss	W 71–60	11–8 (3–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 1, 2001 9:00 p.m.		Cincinnati	W 60–58	12–8 (4–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 4, 2001		at Houston	L 72–73	12–9 (4–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 11, 2001 9:00 p.m.		at Louisville	W 106–72	13–9 (5–5)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Feb 14, 2001 8:00 p.m.		at Tulane	W 98–93 ^OT	14–9 (6–5)	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 17, 2001 3:00 p.m.		Memphis	W 83–76	15–9 (7–5)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 21, 2001 7:30 p.m.		Louisville	W 74–68	16–9 (8–5)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 25, 2001 7:00 p.m.		at Saint Louis	L 70–85	16–10 (8–6)	Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 28, 2001 7:30 p.m.		DePaul	W 90–66	17–10 (9–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 3, 2001 1:00 p.m.		Marquette	W 85–62	18–10 (10–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
C-USA tournament
Mar 8, 2001* 1:00 p.m.	(3)	vs. (6) South Florida Quarterfinals	W 77–74	19–10	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 9, 2001* 5:30 p.m.	(3)	vs. (2) Southern Miss Semifinals	W 75–63	20–10	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 10, 2001* 12:00 p.m.	(3)	vs. (1) Cincinnati Championship game	W 80–72	21–10	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2001* 2:45 p.m.	(9 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Tennessee First round	W 70–63	22–10	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 18, 2001* 2:45 p.m., CBS	(9 MW)	vs. (1 MW) No. 4 Illinois Second round	L 61–79	22–11	University of Dayton Arena (13,159) Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

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Players in the 2001 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	9	Rodney White	Detroit Pistons

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References

^ "Tennessee's downward spiral ends in tourney". ESPN. March 16, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ "Illinois Smothers White, Charlotte". The Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ "2000-01 Men's Basketball Roster". UNC Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ "2000-01 Men's Basketball Schedule". UNC Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1109–1110. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.
^ "2001 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[1] "Tennessee's downward spiral ends in tourney". ESPN. March 16, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

[2] "Illinois Smothers White, Charlotte". The Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

[3] "2000-01 Men's Basketball Roster". UNC Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

[4] "2000-01 Men's Basketball Schedule". UNC Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

[ESPN-5] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1109–1110. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.

[6] "2001 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

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Venues	Local high school gyms (1965–1970) Belk Gymnasium (1970–1976; alternate, 1976–1996) Bojangles Coliseum (1976–1988, 1993–1996) Charlotte Coliseum (1988–1993) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present) Spectrum Center (alternate, 2007–present)
Culture & lore	Norm the Niner
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics