The 2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big West Conference, the Vandals were led by fourth-year head coach David Farrar and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| Record | 6–21 (3–13 Big West) |
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| Assistant coach | Joe Harge |
| Home arena | Kibbie Dome (Cowan Spectrum) |
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| 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[1] winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Vandals were 6–21 overall and 3–13 in conference play, in a three-way tie for seventh (last). They lost the tiebreaker for the final berth in the conference tournament to Cal Poly. Idaho had qualified for the tourney in the previous three seasons, but was the sole team not to participate this year.
The Cowan Spectrum (configuration inside the Kibbie Dome) debuted late in the season with a victory over rival Boise State, which drew a season-high attendance of 5,184 on Saturday, February 17.[2][3]
Farrar was fired by athletic director Mike Bohn days after the regular season ended;[4] he was succeeded by alumnus Leonard Perry, an assistant at Iowa State, regular season champions of the Big 12 Conference.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Big West MBB Record Book
- ^ Grummert, Dale (February 17, 2001). "Vandals unveil Cowan Spectrum for Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (February 18, 2001). "Vandals provide crowd pleaser". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
- ^ Blanchard, Ben M. (March 13, 2001). "Fire and ice". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. 1.
- ^ Grummert, Dale (March 21, 2001). "Perry returns to his Moscow roots". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Meehan, Jim (March 21, 2001). "Perry gets to the point and then gets to work". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
External links edit
- Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 2000–01 basketball season
- Gem of the Mountains: 2001 University of Idaho yearbook – 2000–01 basketball season
- Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 2001 editions