2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball

Big West Regular Season Champions
NIT First round vs. Tulsa, L 71–75
Conference	Big West Conference
2000–01 record	25–5 (15–1 Big West)
Head coach	Pat Douglass (4th season)
Home arena	Bren Events Center

2000–01 Big West basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	15	–	1	.938	25	–	5	.833
Utah State †	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
Long Beach State	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Pacific	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
Boise State	8	–	8	.500	17	–	14	.548
Cal Poly	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321
Idaho	3	–	13	.188	6	–	21	.222
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	13	.188	5	–	23	.179


† 2001 Big West Tournament winner

The 2000–01 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Pat Douglass^[1] and played their home games at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season with a school record 25–5 and 15–1 in Big West play to win the Big West regular season championship. They advanced to the Big West Conference Tournament where they lost to the Pacific Tigers. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament they earned an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.^[2]

Roster

Name	Position	Height	Year
Aras Baskauskas	Guard	6–4	Freshman
J. R. Christ	Center	6-9	Junior
Malachi Edmond	Guard	6-1	Senior
Jerry Green	Guard	6–3	Junior
Mike Hood	Guard	6–4	Junior
Sean Jackson	Guard		Senior
Ben Jones	Forward	6–7	Senior
Dave Korfman	Center	7-2	Junior
Albert Miller	Guard	6–3	Junior
Adam Parada	Center	7-0	Freshman
Stanislav Zuzak	Forward	6–11	Freshman

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 17*	Howard	W 71–47	1–0	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Nov. 21*	Loyola Marymount	W 62–57	2–0	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Nov. 29*	San Diego	L 60–63	2–1	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Dec. 2*	California	W 56–52	3–1	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Dec. 13*	UC San Diego	W 97–60	4–1	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Dec. 16*	at #17 UCLA	L 60–65	4–2	Pauley Pavilion (-) Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 19*	Belmont	W 84-74	5-2	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Dec. 23*	at UC Riverside	W 80-72	6-2	Student Recreation Center (-) Riverside, CA
Dec. 28*	at Washington	W 56-55	7-2	Bank of American Arena (-) Seattle, WA
Jan. 3*	at Saint Mary's	W 57-37	8-2	McKeon Pavilion (-) Moraga, CA
Jan. 6	at Pacific	W 85-80	9-2 (1–0)	Alex G. Spanos Center (-) Stockton, CA
Jan. 11	Idaho	W 65-61	10-2 (2–0)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Jan. 13	UC Santa Barbara	W 80-56	11-2 (3–0)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Jan. 18	Boise State	W 76-71	12-2 (4–0)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Jan. 20	at Cal State Fullerton	W 62-54	13-2 (5–0)	Titan Gym (-) Fullerton, CA
Jan. 25	at UC Santa Barbara	W 66-56	14-2 (6–0)	UC Santa Barbara Events Center (-) Santa Barbara, CA
Jan. 27	at Cal Poly	W 75-63	15-2 (7–0)	Mott Athletic Center (-) San Luis Obispo, CA
Jan. 31	Utah State	W 56-51	16-2 (8–0)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Feb. 3	at Long Beach State	W 58-57	17-2 (9–0)	Walter Pyramid (-) Long Beach, CA
Feb. 08	at Utah State	L 52-67	17-3 (9–1)	Smith Spectrum (-) Logan, UT
Feb. 10	at Boise State	W 89-87 ^OT	18-3 (10–1)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Feb. 15	Pacific	W 69-60	19-3 (11–1)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Feb. 17	Cal Poly	W 93-89	20-3 (12–1)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Feb. 22	Long Beach State	W 83-78	21-3 (13–1)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Feb. 24*	UC Riverside	W 74-66	22-3	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Mar. 01	Cal State Fullerton	W 58-55	23-3 (14–1)	Bren Events Center (-) Irvine, CA
Mar. 3	at Idaho	W 84-80 ^OT	24-3 (15–1)	Cowan Spectrum (-) Moscow, ID
Big West Tournament
Mar. 08	vs. Cal Poly Quarterfinals	W 71-66	25–3	Anaheim Convention Center (-) Anaheim, CA
Mar. 09	vs. Pacific Semifinals	L 58–74	25-4	Anaheim Convention Center (-) Anaheim, CA
NIT
Mar. 14*	at Tulsa First round	L 71–74	25–5	Reynolds Center (-) Tulsa, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) during NIT is seed within region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Venues	Crawford Hall (1965–1987) Bren Events Center (1987–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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