American college basketball season
The 2000–01 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2000–01 college basketball season. This was head coach Gregg Marshall's third season at Winthrop. The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum. They finished the season 18–13, 11–3 in Big South play to finish second in the conference regular season standings. They won the 2001 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Playing as one of two No. 16 seeds in the Midwest region, the Eagles lost to fellow No. 16 seed Northwestern State in the play-in game[1]
Roster
1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team
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Players |
Coaches
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- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- (W) Walk-on
Roster
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Source[2]
Schedule and results
Date time, TV
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Rank#
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Opponent#
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Result
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Record
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Site (attendance) city, state
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Non-conference regular season
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Nov 10, 2000*
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at No. 6 North Carolina
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L 61–66
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0–1
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Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Big South Regular Season
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Feb 24, 2001*
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at UNC Asheville
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W 71–58
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16–12 (11–3)
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Justice Center Asheville, North Carolina
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Big South tournament
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Mar 2, 2001*
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vs. Liberty Semifinals
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W 67–62 2OT
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17–12
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Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
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Mar 3, 2001*
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vs. Radford Championship game
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W 67–65 OT
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18–12
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Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
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NCAA tournament
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Mar 13, 2001*
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(16 MW)
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vs. (16 MW) Northwestern State Play-in game
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L 67–71
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18–13
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University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern.
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Source[3][4]
References