2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000–01
Teams 10
Site GSU Sports Arena
Atlanta, GA
Champions Georgia State (2nd title)
Winning coach Lefty Driesell (1st title)
MVP Thomas Terrell (Georgia State)

The 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 28–March 3 at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] This was the final tournament before the TAAC changed its name to its current moniker, the Atlantic Sun.

Top-seeded Georgia State defeated conference newcomer Troy State in the championship game, 79–55, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Panthers, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

Format

With no teams joining or leaving the conference, the field remained set at ten. All teams were eligible for the tournament, seeded based on their conference records.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, February 28		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1		 Semifinals
Friday, March 2		 Championship
Saturday, March 3
                                     
       
  1 Georgia State 96  
    9 Florida Atlantic 57  
9 Florida Atlantic 70
8 Campbell 65  
  1 Georgia State 66  
  4 Samford 56  
       
       
  5 Jacksonville 41
    4 Samford 44  
     
       
  1 Georgia State 79
  2 Troy State 55
       
       
  3 Stetson 71
    6 Mercer 67  
     
       
  3 Stetson 69
  2 Troy State 78  
7 Jacksonville State 57  
10 Central Florida 100  
  2 Troy State 89
    10 Central Florida 68  
     

References

  1. ↑ "2000-2001 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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