2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketlag

2000–01 Sun Belt Conference basketställning för herrar
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	; † Vinnare av Sun Belt Conference 2001 Ranking från AP Poll

2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
; Sun Belt Conference turnering Champion Sun Belt Conference East Division Champion
NCAA Tournament, första omgången
Konferens	Solbälteskonferens
	Östra divisionen
Spela in	24–7 (14–2 solbälte)
Huvudtränare	Dennis Felton;
Tränarassistent	Pete Herrmann
Hemma arena	EA Diddle Arena
	Årstider ← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers mans basketlag representerade Western Kentucky University under NCAA Division I mans basketsäsong 2000–01 . Hilltoppers leddes av tränaren Dennis Felton och Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Chris Marcus . Laget vann det östliga divisionsmästerskapet och Sun Belt Basketball-turneringen och tjänade ett automatiskt bud till 2001 NCAA Division I-herrars basketturnering . Marcus var SBC-turneringens MVP och konferensens defensiva spelare för andra året i rad. Nashon McPherson anslöt sig till Marcus i SBC All-Tournament-laget.

Schema

Datum tid, TV	Rank ^#	Motståndare ^#	Resultat	Spela in	Plats stad, stat
Vanlig säsong
2000-11-18 *		i Evansville	W 61–59	1–0	Roberts Municipal Stadium (7 904) Evansville, IN
2000-11-21 *		Union (KY)	W 75–45	2–0	EA Diddle Arena (2 500) Bowling Green, KY
2000-11-25 *		delstaten Tennessee	W 90–66	3–0	EA Diddle Arena (3 500) Bowling Green, KY
2000-11-28 *		Vanderbilt Area Bank Classic	L 66–70	3–1	EA Diddle Arena (7 500) Bowling Green, KY
2000-12-02 *		i New Mexico	L 57–75	3–2	The Pit (arena) (16 518) Albuquerque, NM
12/5/2000 *		i Murray State	L 81–83	3–3	CFSB Center (3 927) Murray, KY
12/9/2000 *		i Louisville	W 68–65	4–3	Freedom Hall (18 427) Louisville, KY
2000-12-16 *		Akron	W 73–58	5–3	EA Diddle Arena (3 000) Bowling Green, KY
2000-12-18 *		Savannah State	W 103–60	6–3	EA Diddle Arena (2 100) Bowling Green, KY
2000-12-21 *		Saint Joseph's (PA)	L 68–74	6–4	EA Diddle Arena (3 100) Bowling Green, KY
2000-12-28		i New Orleans	W 68–63	7–4 (1–0)	Lakefront Arena (697) New Orleans, LA
2000-12-31		i Denver	W 80–61	8–4 (2-0)	Magness Arena (433) Denver, CO
1/3/2001 *		Asbury (KY)	W 81–29	9–4	EA Diddle Arena (2 400) Bowling Green, KY
1/6/2001		Louisiana–Lafayette	W 79–62	10–4 (3-0)	EA Diddle Arena (4 800) Bowling Green, KY
1/10/2001		i södra Alabama	L 66–74 ^OT	10–5 (3-1)	Mitchell Center (2 421) Mobile, AL
1/13/2001		Arkansas – Little Rock	W 59–49	11–5 (4-1)	EA Diddle Arena (4 800) Bowling Green, KY
1/16/2001		staten New Mexico	W 72–61	12–5 (5-1)	EA Diddle Arena (3 000) Bowling Green, KY
2001-01-18		Louisiana Tech	W 55–47	13–5 (6-1)	EA Diddle Arena (3 300) Bowling Green, KY
2001-01-25		Arkansas State	W 79–61	14–5 (7–1)	EA Diddle Arena (4 400) Bowling Green, KY
2001-01-27		vid FIU	W 55–46	15–5 (8-1)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (685) University Park, FL
2001-01-01		i Middle Tennessee	W 71–63	16–5 (9-1)	Murphy Center (2 437) Murfreesboro, TN
2001-03-03		Norra Texas	W 107–63	17–5 (10–1)	EA Diddle Arena (5 400) Bowling Green, KY
2001-10-02		på Louisiana Tech	L 72–73 ^OT	17–6 (10–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (2 879) Ruston, LA
2001-02-15		FIU	W 69–49	18–6 (11–2)	EA Diddle Arena (3 500) Bowling Green, KY
2001-02-17		på Arkansas–Little Rock	W 86–73	19–6 (12–2)	Alltel Arena (5 912) North Little Rock, AR
2001-02-22		i Arkansas State	W 100–60	20–6 (13–2)	Convocation Center (6 539) Jonesboro, AR
2001-02-24		mellersta Tennessee	W 92–51	21–6 (14–2)	EA Diddle Arena (6 800) Bowling Green, KY
2001 Sun Belt Conference basketturnering för män
3/3/2001	(E1)	(E5) FIU andra omgången	W 68–51	22–6	Mitchell Center (4 975) Mobile, AL
3/5/2001	(E1)	(W2) Louisiana–Lafayette semifinal	W 82–75	23–6	Mitchell Center (6 128) Mobile, AL
3/6/2001	(E1)	vid (W1) South Alabama Championship	W 64–54	24–6	Mitchell Center (8 069) Mobile, AL
2001 NCAA Division I basketturnering för män
2001-03-16 *	(14 S)	vs. (3 S) nr 8 Florida första omgången	L 56–69	24–7	Louisiana Superdome (10 948) New Orleans, LA
*Icke-konferensspel. ^# Ranking från AP Poll (S#) under NCAA-turneringen är seed med Region. (#) Turneringsseedningar inom parentes.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket
Spelplatser	Red Barn (1920–1931) Hälsa och idrottsbyggnad (1931–1963) EA Diddle Arena (1963–nutid)
Kultur & lore	Stor röd
människor	Huvudtränare Statistiska ledare
Årstider	1914–15 1915–16 1916–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
NCAA Final Four framträdande i kursiv stil

2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basket

Sun Belt Conference turnering Champion Sun Belt Conference East Division Champion
NCAA Tournament, första omgången
Konferens	Solbälteskonferens
Division	Östra divisionen
Spela in	24–7 (14–2 solbälte)
Huvudtränare	Dennis Felton
Tränarassistent	Pete Herrmann
Hemma arena	EA Diddle Arena
Årstider ← 1999–00 2001–02 →

2000–01 Sun Belt Conference basketställning för herrar
	Konf				Övergripande
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Öst
Western Kentucky †	14	–	2	.875	24	–	7	.774
Arkansas State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
Louisiana Tech	10	–	6	.625	17	–	12	.586
Arkansas-Little Rock	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
Florida International	5	–	11	.313	8	–	21	.276
mellersta Tennessee	1	–	15	.063	5	–	22	.185
Väst
Södra Alabama	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Louisiana–Lafayette	10	–	6	.625	16	–	13	.552
New Orleans	10	–	6	.625	17	–	12	.586
staten New Mexico	10	–	6	.625	14	–	14	.500
Denver	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Norra Texas	1	–	15	.063	4	–	24	.143

† Vinnare av Sun Belt Conference 2001 Ranking från AP Poll