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2000–01 Maryland Terrapins Men's Basketball Team
The 2000–2001 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2000–2001 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at the Cole Field House. They were the first team to reach the Final Four in school history. Pre-season Accolades Team ESPN/USA Today ranked No. 7 AP ranked No. 5 Terence Morris Naismith Award Player of the Year candidate Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate Playboy First Team All-American Lonny Baxter, Juan Dixon Naismith Award Player of the Year candidate Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate Roster Season Recap Accolades Juan Dixon1st Team All-ACC Lonny BaxterNCAA West Regional MVP2nd Team All-ACC Schedule , - !colspan=12, Exhibition , - !colspan=12, Regular season , - !colspan=12, ACC tournament , - !colspan=12, 2001 NCAA men's basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Williams
Gary Bruce Williams (born March 4, 1945) is an American university administrator and former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Maryland, the Ohio State University, Boston College, and American University. In 2002, he led Maryland to win the NCAA tournament championship. Williams retired after the 2010–11 season, and is now a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network. Playing career Williams played for Maryland as the starting point guard under coach Bud Millikan. He was a member of the 1966 Charlotte Invitational Tournament championship team and the 1965 Sugar Bowl Tournament championship team. He set a Maryland record for field goal percentage, going 8-for-8 from the field in an ACC game against South Carolina in 1966 (35 years later a Williams pupil, Lonny Baxter, would break that record, hitting all ten of his field goal attempts). Williams was the Maryland team captain in 1967. He graduated in 1968 with a B.S. in marketin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Team
The 2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach Bill Self, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center, Assembly Hall in Champaign, Illinois and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season with a record of 27–8, 13–3 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with 2000-01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Michigan State. They lost in the semifinals of the 2001 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, Big Ten tournament to 2000-01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Indiana. They received an at-large bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region. They advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to 2000-01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Arizona. Regular season In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |