2000–01 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team

2000–01 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball
2000–01 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball
SoCon tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southern Conference
	North
Record	19–12 (10–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Fran McCaffery (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Billy Taylor (2nd season)
Home arena	Greensboro Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans were led by second-year head coach, Fran McCaffery and played its home games at Greensboro Coliseum as members of the North Division of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 10–6 in SoCon play to finished second in the North Division. They won the Southern Conference tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the West region, the Spartans were beaten by No. 1 seed Stanford, 89–60.^[1]

2000–01 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
East Tennessee State	13	–	3	.813	18	–	10	.643
UNC Greensboro †	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Appalachian State	7	–	9	.438	11	–	20	.355
Davidson	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
VMI	5	–	11	.313	9	–	19	.321
Western Carolina	3	–	13	.188	6	–	25	.194
South
College of Charleston	12	–	4	.750	22	–	7	.759
Chattanooga	9	–	7	.563	17	–	13	.567
The Citadel	9	–	7	.563	16	–	12	.571
Georgia Southern	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Wofford	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Furman	5	–	11	.313	10	–	16	.385

† SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 2001 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	23	Courtney Eldridge	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Jr

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Nov 17, 2000*		at Minnesota	L 61–81	0–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 25, 2000*		at West Virginia	L 71–85	1–2	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia
Dec 5, 2000*		at NC State	L 76–77	2–4	RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina
Southern Conference tournament
Mar 2, 2001*		vs. Western Carolina Quarterfinals	W 91–69	17–11	BI-LO Center Greenville, South Carolina
Mar 3, 2001*		vs. Davidson Semifinals	W 73–68	18–11	BI-LO Center Greenville, South Carolina
Mar 4, 2001*		vs. Chattanooga Championship game	W 67–66	19–11	BI-LO Center Greenville, South Carolina
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(16 W)	vs. (1 W) No. 2 Stanford First round	L 60–89	19–12	Cox Arena San Diego, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.