2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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2001 qualifying teams
Total teams65
Automatic bids31
At-large bids34
Regional top seedsDuke, Illinois, Michigan State, Stanford
ChampionDuke
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[1] A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Twenty-nine of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bids of the Ivy League and Pacific-10, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to their regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65, which was not disclosed.

Qualifying teams[edit]

Automatic bids[edit]

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League and Pac-10 given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Last app. Conference
regular season 		Regular season
second place 		Second place
record (Conf.)
Princeton 16–10 (11–3) 1998 Ivy League Brown
Penn 		15–12 (9–5)
12–17 (9–5)
Stanford 28–2 (16–2) 2000 Pac-10[2] Arizona 23–7 (15–3)
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Seed Last app. Conference
tournament 		Conf. finals
runner-up 		Runner-up
record (Conf.) 		Runner-up
seed
Duke 29–4 (13–3) 2 2000 ACC[3] North Carolina 25–6 (13–3) 1
Hofstra 26–4 (16–2) 1 2000 America East Delaware 20–10 (14–4) 2
Temple 21–12 (12–4) 3 2000 Atlantic 10[4] UMass 15–15 (11–5) 4
Oklahoma 26–6 (12–4) 3 2000 Big 12[5] Texas 25–8 (12–4) 4
Boston College 26–4 (13–3) E1 1997 Big East Pittsburgh 18–13 (7–9) W5
Cal State Northridge 22–9 (13–3) 1 Never Big Sky Eastern Washington 17–11 (11–5) 2
Winthrop 18–12 (11–3) 2 2000 Big South Radford 19–10 (12–2) 2
Iowa 22–11 (7–9) 6 1999 Big Ten Indiana 21–12 (10–6) 4
Utah State 27–5 (13–3) 2 2000 Big West Pacific 18–12 (8–8) 5
George Mason 18–11 (11–5) 2 1999 CAA UNC Wilmington 19–10 (11–5) 1
Charlotte 21–10 (10–6) 3 1999 C-USA Cincinnati 23–9 (11–5) 1
Iona 22–19 (12–6) 1 2000 MAAC Canisius 20–11 (9–9) 7
Kent State 23–9 (13–5) 2 1999 MAC Miami (OH) 17–16 (10–8) 8
Butler 23–7 (11–3) 1 2000 MCC Detroit 22–10 (10–4) 2
Hampton 24–6 (14–4) 1 Never MEAC[6] South Carolina State 19–13 (14–4) 2
Southern Utah 25–5 (13–3) 1 Never Mid-Con Valparaiso 24–8 (13–3) 1
Indiana State 21–11 (10–8) 5 2000 Missouri Valley Bradley 19–11 (12–6) 2
BYU 24–8 (10–4) 2 1995 Mountain West New Mexico 19–12 (6–8) 5
Monmouth 21–9 (15–5) 2 1996 Northeast St. Francis Brooklyn 18–11 (16–4) 1
Eastern Illinois 21–9 (11–5) 2 1992 Ohio Valley[7] Austin Peay 22–10 (10–6) 4
Holy Cross 22–7 (10–2) 1 1993 Patriot Navy 19–12 (9–3) 2
Kentucky 22–9 (12–4) E1 2000 SEC Ole Miss 25–7 (11–5) W1
UNC Greensboro 19–11 (10–6) 2N 1996 Southern Chattanooga 17–13 (9–7) 2S
Northwestern State 18–12 (11–9) 6 Never Southland McNeese State 22–8 (17–3) 1
Western Kentucky 24–6 (14–2) 1E 1995 Sun Belt South Alabama 22–11 (11–5) 1W
Alabama State 22–8 (15–3) 1 Never SWAC Alcorn State 15–15 (13–5) 3
Georgia State 28–4 (16–2) 1 1991 TAAC Troy State 19–12 (12–6) 2
Hawaii 17–13 (8–8) 5 1994 WAC Tulsa 21–11 (10–6) 2
Gonzaga 24–6 (13–1) 1 2000 West Coast[8] Santa Clara 20–12 (10–4) 3

At-large bids[edit]

School Conference Appearance Last bid
Arizona Pac-10 20th 2000
Arkansas SEC 26th 2000
California Pac-10 11th 1997
Cincinnati C-USA 20th 2000
Creighton Missouri Valley 12th 2000
Florida SEC 8th 2000
Fresno State WAC 5th 2000
Georgetown Big East 22nd 1997
Georgia SEC 8th 1997
Georgia Tech ACC 12th 1996
Illinois Big Ten 21st 2000
Indiana Big Ten 30th 2000
Iowa State Big 12 12th 2000
Kansas Big 12 30th 2000
Maryland ACC 18th 2000
Michigan State Big Ten 15th 2000
Missouri Big 12 19th 2000
North Carolina ACC 35th 2000
Notre Dame Big East 25th 1990
Ohio State Big Ten 21st 2000
Oklahoma State Big 12 18th 2000
Ole Miss SEC 5th 1999
Penn State Big Ten 8th 1996
Providence Big East 14th 1997
Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 16th 1997
Syracuse Big East 27th 2000
Tennessee SEC 13th 2000
Texas Big 12 19th 2000
UCLA Pac-10 37th 2000
USC Pac-10 11th 1997
Virginia ACC 15th 1997
Wake Forest ACC 16th 2000
Wisconsin Big Ten 7th 2000
Xavier Atlantic 10 13th 1998

Listed by region and seeding[edit]

This section is transcluded from 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. (edit | history)
East Regional – Philadelphia
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Duke ACC 29–4 Automatic
#2 Kentucky SEC 22–9 Automatic
#3 Boston College Big East 26–4 Automatic
#4 UCLA Pac-10 21–8 At-large
#5 Ohio State Big Ten 20–10 At-large
#6 USC Pac-10 21–9 At-large
#7 Iowa Big Ten 22–11 Automatic
#8 Georgia SEC 16–14 At-large
#9 Missouri Big 12 19–12 At-large
#10 Creighton Missouri Valley 24–7 At-large
#11 Oklahoma State Big 12 20–9 At-large
#12 Utah State Big West 27–5 Automatic
#13 Hofstra America East 26–4 Automatic
#14 Southern Utah Mid-Continent 25–5 Automatic
#15 Holy Cross Patriot 22–7 Automatic
#16 Monmouth NEC 21–9 Automatic
West Regional – Anaheim
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Stanford Pac-10 28–2 Automatic
#2 Iowa State Big 12 25–5 At-large
#3 Maryland ACC 21–10 At-large
#4 Indiana Big Ten 21–12 At-large
#5 Cincinnati C-USA 23–9 At-large
#6 Wisconsin Big Ten 18–10 At-large
#7 Arkansas SEC 20–10 At-large
#8 Georgia Tech ACC 17–12 At-large
#9 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 25–6 At-large
#10 Georgetown Big East 23–7 At-large
#11 Georgia State TAAC 28–4 Automatic
#12 BYU Mountain West 24–8 Automatic
#13 Kent State MAC 23–9 Automatic
#14 George Mason Colonial 18–11 Automatic
#15 Hampton MEAC 24–6 Automatic
#16 UNC Greensboro Southern 19–11 Automatic
South Regional – Atlanta
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Michigan State Big Ten 24–4 At-large
#2 North Carolina ACC 25–6 At-large
#3 Florida SEC 23–6 At-large
#4 Oklahoma Big 12 26–6 Automatic
#5 Virginia ACC 20–8 At-large
#6 Texas Big 12 25–8 At-large
#7 Penn State Big Ten 19–11 At-large
#8 California Pac-10 20–10 At-large
#9 Fresno State WAC 25–6 At-large
#10 Providence Big East 21–9 At-large
#11 Temple Atlantic 10 21–12 Automatic
#12 Gonzaga WCC 24–6 Automatic
#13 Indiana State Missouri Valley 21–11 Automatic
#14 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 24–6 Automatic
#15 Princeton Ivy League 16–10 Automatic
#16 Alabama State SWAC 22–8 Automatic
Midwest Regional – San Antonio
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Illinois Big Ten 24–7 At-large
#2 Arizona Pac-10 23–7 At-large
#3 Ole Miss SEC 25–7 At-large
#4 Kansas Big 12 24–6 At-large
#5 Syracuse Big East 24–8 At-large
#6 Notre Dame Big East 19–9 At-large
#7 Wake Forest ACC 19–10 At-large
#8 Tennessee SEC 19–11 At-Large
#9 Charlotte C-USA 21–10 Automatic
#10 Butler MCC 23–7 Automatic
#11 Xavier Atlantic 10 21–7 At-large
#12 Hawaii WAC 17–13 Automatic
#13 Cal State Northridge Big Sky 22–9 Automatic
#14 Iona MAAC 22–10 Automatic
#15 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley 21–9 Automatic
#16 Northwestern State Southland 18–12 Automatic
Winthrop Big South 18–12 Automatic

Bids by conference[edit]

Bids Conference Schools
7 Big Ten Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
6 ACC Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 12 Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
SEC Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee
5 Big East Boston College, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Syracuse
Pac-10 Arizona, California, Stanford, UCLA, USC
3 Atlantic 10 Saint Joseph's, Temple, Xavier
2 C-USA Charlotte, Cincinnati
Missouri Valley Creighton, Indiana State
WAC Fresno State, Hawaii
1 21 other conferences

Bids by state[edit]

Bids State School(s)
6 California Cal State Northridge, California, Fresno State, Stanford, UCLA, USC
5 North Carolina Charlotte, Duke, North Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Wake Forest
4 Illinois Eastern Illinois, Illinois
Indiana Butler, Indiana, Indiana State, Notre Dame
Iowa Iowa, Iowa State
Ohio Cincinnati, Kent State, Ohio State, Xavier
3 Georgia Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech
New York Hofstra, Iona, Syracuse
Pennsylvania Penn State, Saint Joseph's, Temple
Utah BYU, Southern Utah, Utah State
Virginia George Mason, Hampton, Virginia
2 Kentucky Kentucky, Western Kentucky
Massachusetts Boston College, Holy Cross
New Jersey Monmouth, Princeton
Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
1 Alabama Alabama State
Arizona Arizona
Arkansas Arkansas
Florida Florida
Hawaii Hawaii
Kansas Kansas
Louisiana Northwestern State
Maryland Maryland
Michigan Michigan State
Mississippi Ole Miss
Missouri Missouri
Nebraska Creighton
Rhode Island Providence
South Carolina Winthrop
Tennessee Tennessee
Texas Texas
Washington Gonzaga
Washington, D.C. Georgetown
Wisconsin Wisconsin

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2001 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds". NCAA.com. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 108. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Temple Topples UMass". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. March 11, 2001. ProQuest 387997940. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "2001 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "Zags avenge only loss – to Santa Clara". ESPN.com. March 5, 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
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