2000–01 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The Gators were the SEC regular season champions, winning a share of the title with a 12–4 conference record. Despite having four players undergo surgery during the year, and starting off 1-3 in conference play, they rebounded to capture the school's first ever back-to-back SEC championships. They earned a three seed in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Second Round before losing to Temple. The Gators won an opening round game in the NCAA Tournament for a school record third consecutive year.

	Conf			Overall
2000–01 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standing
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
East
#8 Florida	12	4	.750	24	7	.774
#9 Kentucky †	12	4	.750	24	10	.706
Georgia	9	7	.563	16	15	.516
Tennessee	8	8	.500	22	11	.667
South Carolina	6	10	.375	15	15	.500
Vanderbilt	4	12	.250	15	15	.500
West
#14 Mississippi	11	5	.688	27	8	.771
Arkansas	10	6	.625	20	11	.645
Alabama	8	8	.500	25	11	.694
Mississippi State	7	9	.438	18	13	.581
Auburn	7	9	.438	18	14	.563
LSU	2	14	.125	13	16	.448

† SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
Matt Bonner	15	F	6–10	237	Sophomore	Concord, NH
Bonell Colas	42	F	6–9	225	Freshman	Miami, Florida
Adriel Davis	33	F	6–5	221	Sophomore	Tallahassee, Florida
Teddy Dupay	5	G	5–11	178	Junior	Fort Myers, Florida
Orien Greene	1	G	6–4	208	Freshman	Gainesville, Florida
LaDarius Halton	23	F	6–4	200	Sophomore	New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Justin Hamilton	12	G	6–3	207	Sophomore	Sarasota, Florida
Udonis Haslem	50	C	6–9	246	Junior	Miami, Florida
David Kliewer	20	G	6–2	175	Sophomore	Tarpon Springs, Florida
Bret Nelson	10	G	6–4	182	Sophomore	St. Albans, West Virginia
Major Parker	25	F	6–4	218	Senior	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Brent Wright	0	F	6–9	235	Senior	Miami, Florida

Coaches

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Billy Donovan	Head Coach	Providence College	1987
John Pelphrey	Assistant Coach	University of Kentucky	1992
Anthony Grant	Assistant Coach	Dayton	1987
Donnie Jones	Assistant Coach	Pikeville	1988

References

Florida Gators men's basketball

Arena	University Gymnasium (1919–1927) • New Gymasium (1927–1949) • Florida Gymnasium (1949–1980) • Stephen C. O'Connell Center (1980– )

Players	List of NBA players • List of All-Americans • UF Athletic Hall of Fame

Head coaches	C. J. McCoy (1915–1916) • No team (1916–1919) • No coach (1919–1920) • William G. Kline (1920–1922) • Check Byrd (1922–1923) • James L. White (1923–1925) • Brady Cowell (1925–1933) • Ben Clemons (1933–1936) • Josh Cody (1936–1937) • Sam J. McAllister (1937–1942) • Spurgeon Cherry (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • Spurgeon Cherry (1944–1946) • Sam J. McAllister (1946–1951) • John Mauer (1951–1960) • Norm Sloan (1960–1966) • Tommy Bartlett (1966–1973) • John Lotz (1973–1980) • Ed Visscher (1980) • Norm Sloan (1980–1989) • Don DeVoe (1989–1990) • Lon Kruger (1990–1996) • Billy Donovan (1996– )

NCAA national championships	2006 • 2007

NCAA Final Four	1994 • 2000 • 2006 • 2007

NCAA tournaments	1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1994 • 1995 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2010 • 2011

Conference championships	1989 • 2000 • 2001 • 2007 • 2011

Conference tournament titles	2005 • 2006 • 2007

Seasons	1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

Conference affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1916–1921) • Southern Conference (1922–1932) • Southeastern Conference (1933– )

Culture and lore	Albert and Alberta • "The Orange and Blue" • "We are the Boys" • Florida Gators Dazzlers • Gatorade • Gator Chomp • Left–Right • Stephen C. O'Connell

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