The 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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in the

2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2000, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April ...

. The head coach was

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. The team played its home games in the

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, and was a member of the

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. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record. Arizona reached the National Championship game in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to

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82–72 and finishing the season with a 28–8 record.

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule and results

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NCAA basketball tournament

*Mideast **Arizona (#2 seed) 101, Eastern Illinois 76 **Arizona 73, Butler 52 **Arizona 66, Mississippi 56 **Arizona 87, Illinois 81 *Final Four **Arizona 80, Michigan State 61 ** Duke 82, Arizona 72

Awards and honors

Rankings

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

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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