2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2000–01 1999–00 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Sun Belt Conference East Division Sun Belt 24–7 14–2 Dennis Felton Pete Herrmann E. A. Diddle Arena Sun Belt Conference tournament ChampionSun Belt Conference East Division Champion NCAA Tournament first round The 2000–01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by coach Dennis Felton and Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Chris Marcus.What ever happened to Chris Marcus?, By ELLIOTT PRATT Daily News Apr 28, 2020, retrieved 30 April 2020 The team won the East Division Championship and the Sun Belt Basketball tournament, earning an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.Tops going dancing, By the Daily News Online, Mar 7, 2001, retrieved 28 April 2020 Marcus was SBC tournament MVP and conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.SBC 2016-17 Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 28 April 2020 Nashon McPherson joined Marcus on the SBC All-Tournament team.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule 2000-01 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 28 April 2020 2000-01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2000 |- !colspan=6| Regular season 11/18/2000 yes yes Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN 7,904 61–59 1–0 |- 11/21/2000 yes Union (KY) E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,500 75–45 2–0 11/25/2000 yes Tennessee State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,500 90–66 3–0 11/28/2000 yes Vanderbilt E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Area Bank Classic 7,500 66–70 3–1 12/2/2000 yes yes New Mexico The Pit (arena) Albuquerque, NM 16,518 57–75 3–2 12/5/2000 yes yes Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 3,927 81–83 3–3 12/9/2000 yes yes Louisville Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 18,427 68–65 4–3 12/16/2000 yes Akron E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,000 73–58 5–3 12/18/2000 yes Savannah State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,100 103–60 6–3 12/21/2000 yes Saint Joseph's (PA) E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,100 68–74 6–4 12/28/2000 yes New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 697 68–63 7–4 (1-0) 12/31/2000 yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 433 80–61 8–4 (2-0) 1/3/2001 yes Asbury (KY) E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,400 81–29 9–4 1/6/2001 Louisiana–Lafayette E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,800 79–62 10–4 (3-0) 1/10/2001 yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,421 66–74 OT 10–5 (3-1) 1/13/2001 Arkansas–Little Rock E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,800 59–49 11–5 (4-1) 1/16/2001 New Mexico State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,000 72–61 12–5 (5-1) 1/18/2001 Louisiana Tech E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,300 55–47 13–5 (6-1) 1/25/2001 Arkansas State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,400 79–61 14–5 (7-1) 1/27/2001 yes FIU Ocean Bank Convocation Center University Park, FL 685 55–46 15–5 (8-1) 2/1/2001 yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,437 71–63 16–5 (9-1) 2/3/2001 North Texas E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,400 107–63 17–5 (10-1) 2/10/2001 yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,879 72–73 OT 17–6 (10-2) 2/15/2001 FIU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,500 69–49 18–6 (11-2) 2/17/2001 yes Arkansas–Little Rock Alltel Arena North Little Rock, AR 5,912 86–73 19–6 (12-2) 2/22/2001 yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 6,539 100–60 20–6 (13-2) 2/24/2001 Middle Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 6,800 92–51 21–6 (14-2) |- !colspan=6| 2001 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament 3/3/2001 E1 FIU E5 Mitchell Center Mobile, AL Second Round 4,975 68–51 22–6 3/5/2001 E1 Louisiana–Lafayette W2 Mitchell Center Mobile, AL Semifinals 6,128 82–75 23–6 3/6/2001 yes E1 South Alabama W1 Mitchell Center Mobile, AL Championship 8,069 64–54 24–6 |- !colspan=6| 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3/16/2001 yes yes 14 S Florida 8 3 S Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA First Round 10,948 56–69 24–7 AP Poll (S#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region https://wkusports.com/documents/2014/4/24/2000-01.pdf 2000-2001 Men's Basketball Statistics WKU Sports References Western Kentucky Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Category:Long stubs with short prose