2000–01 USC Trojans men's basketball team

2000–01 USC Trojans men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
Record	24–10 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Henry Bibby (5th season)
Home arena	L. A. Sports Arena

2000–01 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Stanford	16	–	2		.889			31	–	3		.912
No. 2 Arizona	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
No. 12 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			23	–	9		.719
No. 14 USC	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
California	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Oregon	5	–	13		.278			14	–	14		.500
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	16		.448
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Washington	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
As of November 30, 2007 Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2000–01 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Henry Bibby, they played their home games at the L. A. Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-10 Conference. The Trojans finished the season with a record of 24–10 (11–7 Pac-10) and made a run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Roster

2000–01 USC Trojans men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 5 Brandon Granville 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Jr     G 12 Jeff Trepagnier 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Sr Compton Compton, California G 22 Errick Craven 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Bishop Montgomery Carson, California F/C 24 Brian Scalabrine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr Enumclaw Enumclaw, Washington G 33 Desmon Farmer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Northwestern Flint, Michigan F/C 50 Sam Clancy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr St. Edward Lakewood, Ohio	Head coach Henry Bibby (UCLA) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 18, 2000*	No. 23	Bradley	W 107–92	1–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Nov 21, 2000*	No. 20	San Diego	W 78–67	2–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Nov 25, 2000*	No. 20	Loyola Marymount	W 91–68	3–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 2, 2000*	No. 15	No. 18 Utah	W 65–60	4–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 5, 2000*	No. 12	Cal State Northridge	W 99–90	5–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 9, 2000*	No. 12	at UC Santa Barbara	W 75–73	6–0	The Thunderdome  Santa Barbara, California
Dec 14, 2000*	No. 13	Pepperdine	W 76–73	7–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 21, 2000	No. 13	at BYU-Hawaii	W 86–74	8–0	Cannon Activities Center  Laie, Hawaii
Dec 22, 2000*	No. 13	vs. No. 24 Ole Miss	L 83–84 ^OT	8–1	Cannon Activities Center  Laie, Hawaii
Dec 23, 2000*	No. 13	vs. BYU	W 70–67	9–1	Cannon Activities Center  Laie, Hawaii
Dec 27, 2000*	No. 16	at Northwestern	L 61–63	9–2	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Dec 30, 2000*	No. 16	Long Beach State	W 95–73	10–2	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Pac-10 regular season
Jan 4, 2001	No. 20	Washington State	W 82–59	11–2 (1–0)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 6, 2001	No. 20	Washington	W 87–61	12–2 (2–0)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 11, 2001	No. 19	at UCLA	L 75–80	12–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Jan 18, 2001	No. 24	at No. 17 Arizona	L 58–71	12–4 (2–2)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 20, 2001	No. 24	at Arizona State	W 77–58	13–4 (3–2)	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 25, 2001	No. 25	Oregon	W 78–74	14–4 (4–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 27, 2001	No. 25	Oregon State	W 73–47	15–4 (5–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 1, 2001	No. 21	at No. 1 Stanford	L 71–77	15–5 (5–3)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Feb 3, 2001	No. 21	at California	W 80–66	16–5 (6–3)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 8, 2001	No. 22	UCLA	L 76–85	16–6 (6–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 15, 2001		Arizona State	W 80–68	17–6 (7–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 17, 2001		No. 8 Arizona	L 61–105	17–7 (7–5)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 22, 2001		at Oregon State	L 52–67	17–8 (7–6)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 24, 2001		at Oregon	W 87–80 ^OT	18–8 (8–6)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Mar 1, 2001		No. 1 Stanford	L 68–70	18–9 (8–7)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Mar 3, 2001		California	W 74–69	19–9 (9–7)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Mar 8, 2001		at Washington	W 85–56	20–9 (10–7)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Mar 10, 2001		at Washington State	W 78–63	21–9 (11–7)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(6 E)	vs. (11 E) Oklahoma State First round	W 69–54[2]	22–9	Nassau Coliseum (13,817) Uniondale, New York
Mar 17, 2001*	(6 E)	vs. (3 E) No. 7 Boston College Second Round	W 74–71[3]	23–9	Nassau Coliseum  Uniondale, New York
Mar 22, 2001*	(6 E)	vs. (2 E) No. 9 Kentucky East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 80–76	24–9	First Union Center  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 24, 2001*	(6 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke East Regional final – Elite Eight	L 69–79	24–10	First Union Center (20,270) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

See also: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team Players in the 2001 NBA draft

Main article: 2001 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	34	Brian Scalabrine	New Jersey Nets
2	36	Jeff Trepagnier	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

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2. "Trojans cruise past Oklahoma State, 69-54, in NCAA first round". University of Southern California Athletics. March 16, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
3. "Boston College Slips From High Wire Despite Late Rally". The New York Times. March 18, 2001. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
4. "2000-01 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
5. "2019-20 USC Trojans Men's Basketball Media Guide". USC Athletics. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
6. "2001 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 27, 2021.