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2000–01 Utah State Aggies Men's Basketball Team
The 2000–01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2000–01 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's 3rd season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 to finish second in the regular season standings. They won the Big West tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No. 12 seed in the East Region. The Aggies upset No. 5 seed Ohio State in the opening round before falling to No. 4 seed UCLA in the round of 32. Roster Source Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style=, Big West Regular Season , - !colspan=9 style=, , - !colspan=10 style=, NCAA tournament Source References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team Utah State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stew Morrill
Stewart Morrill (born July 25, 1952) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the Utah State University men's basketball team. Biography Morrill was an All-American at Ricks College and a two-time All-Big Sky selection for Gonzaga University. He started his coaching career in 1974 as an assistant at Gonzaga, and continued at the University of Montana under Mike Montgomery in 1978. In the spring of 1986, he was promoted to head coach of the Grizzlies, and led them to an NCAA berth in 1991. Morrill coached at Colorado State University from 1991 to 1998 before resigning to go to Utah State. Morrill and Utah State gained national attention in March 2001 for their 77–68 upset of Ohio State in overtime in the NCAA tournament. On January 17, 2008, in an 82–78 victory over Boise State, Morrill logged his 226th Aggie victory, passing E. Lowell Romney to become the winningest coach in Utah State basketball history. Morrill has a record of 602–28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |