2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2000–01 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Brian Ellerbe, the team finished tied for eighth in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The team earned a ten seed but was defeated in the first round of the 2000 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament.[2] The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 2001 National Invitation Tournament or the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3] The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll,[4] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.[5] The team had a 2–8 record against ranked opponents, with both of its victories coming against conference foe Iowa who was ranked #14 at the time of the first meeting on January 20 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which resulted in a 70–69 victory, and #25 at the time of the February 14 meeting at Crisler Arena that Michigan won 95–85.[6]

2000–01 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record10–18 (4–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPLaVell Blanchard
MVPBernard Robinson, Jr.
Captains
  • Josh Asselin
  • Mike Gotfredson
2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Illinois13–3 .81327–8  .771
No. 3 Michigan State13–3 .81328–5  .848
No. 20 Indiana10–6 .62521–13  .618
No. 25 Wisconsin9–7 .56318–11  .621
No. 24 Iowa †7–9 .43823–12  .657
Penn State7–9 .43821–12  .636
Purdue6–10 .37517–15  .531
Minnesota5–11 .31318–14  .563
Michigan4–12 .25010–18  .357
Northwestern3–13 .18811–19  .367
Ohio State*0–0 –0–0  –
† 2001 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Josh Asselin and Mike Gotfredson served as team co-captains, and LaVell Blanchard and Bernard Robinson, Jr. shared team MVP honors.[7] The team's leading scorers were LaVell Blanchard (499 points), Bernard Robinson, Jr. (404 points) and Josh Asselin (269 points). The leading rebounders were Blanchard (235), Asselin (167) and Chris Young (138).[8]

Chris Young won the Big Ten Conference statistical championship for field goal percentage with a 64.0% mark in all of Michigan's games.[9]

In the 2001 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament at the United Center from March 8–11, Michigan was seeded tenth. In the first round they lost to number 7 Penn State 82–80.[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA
YearRoundPickOverallPlayerNBA Club
200421545Bernard RobinsonCharlotte Bobcats

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References
  1. "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 69. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  2. "Big Ten Tournament". CBS Interactive. p. 2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  3. "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  4. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  5. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 90. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  6. "Through The Years". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 48. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  7. "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  8. "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  9. "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 33. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  10. "Big Ten Tournament". CBS Interactive. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  11. "2004 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
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