The 2000–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...
. At the beginning of the season, the head coach was
Bobby Knight
Robert Montgomery Knight (October 25, 1940 – November 1, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement and sixth all- ...
; however, Knight was fired in early September 2000, and
Mike Davis was named interim head coach. The team played its home games in the
Assembly Hall
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in
Bloomington, Indiana
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, and was a member of the
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...
.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21–13 and a conference record of 10–6, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. After losing in the championship game of the
Big Ten tournament Big Ten Tournament can refer to any Big Ten Conference sport that has a tournament or championship game:
* Big Ten Football Championship Game
* Big Ten men's basketball tournament
* Big Ten women's basketball tournament
* Big Ten baseball tournamen ...
to
Iowa
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, the Hoosiers earned a 4-seed in the
2001 NCAA tournament. However, IU quickly exited with a first round loss to 13-seed
Kent State
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, ...
.
Roster
Schedule/Results
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Big Ten tournament
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NCAA tournament
References
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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball seasons
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
Indiana
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2000 in sports in Indiana
2001 in sports in Indiana