2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

The 2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Jerry Dunn, in his sixth season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Lions finished the season 21–12, 7–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a two-way tie for 6th place. They defeated Michigan and Michigan State before losing to Iowa in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament. They received a bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they defeated Providence and North Carolina before losing to Temple in the Sweet 16.

2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–12 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Dunn (6th season)
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3		.813			27	–	8		.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			18	–	11		.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9		.438			23	–	12		.657
Penn State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Purdue	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
Northwestern	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2001 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Roster

2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 1 Jamaal Tate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr G 3 Joe Crispin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Sr Pitman, New Jersey G 4 Ken Krimmel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr G 5 Jon Crispin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So	Head coach Jerry Dunn Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 22*		Loyola (MD)	W 87–58	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
November 25*		at Kentucky	W 73–68	2–0	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
November 29*		at North Carolina State	L 76–84	2–1	RBC Center  Raleigh, NC
December 2*		Penn	W 84–74	3–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 6*		Pittsburgh	W 88–74	4–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 9*		Temple	W 66–60	5–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 18*		Wagner	W 100–91	6–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22*		Bucknell	W 82–72	7–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 26*		vs. Princeton	W 65–52	8–1	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
December 27*		vs. Hofstra	W 74–71	9–1	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
January 3		vs. No. 1 Michigan State	L 73–98	9–2 (0–1)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
January 6		Iowa	L 85–86	9–3 (0–2)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 10		at Ohio State	W 78–75	10–3 (1–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
January 13		Northwestern	W 73–66	11–3 (2–2)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 17		at Indiana	L 69–77	11–4 (2–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
January 20		at No. 11 Illinois	L 60–92	11–5 (2–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
January 23*		at Yale	W 90–75	12–5 (2–4)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
January 27		at No. 15 Wisconsin	L 58–63	12–6 (2–5)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
January 31		No. 6 Illinois	W 98–95 OT	13–6 (3–5)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 3		Indiana	L 78–85 OT	13–7 (3–6)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 7		Michigan	W 77–66	14–7 (4–6)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 14		at Minnesota	W 82–62	15–7 (5–6)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 17		Purdue	W 92–71	16–7 (6–6)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 21		at Northwestern	L 61–62	16–8 (6–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
February 24		Michigan State	L 57–76	16–9 (6–8)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
March 1		at Iowa	W 78–73	17–9 (7–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
March 3		Ohio State	L 87–93	17–10 (7–9)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, Pennsylvania
Big Ten tournament
March 8		vs. Michigan	W 82–80	18–10 (7–9)	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
March 9		vs. No. 2 Michigan State	W 65–63	19–10 (7–9)	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
March 10		vs. Iowa	L 74–94	19–11 (7–9)	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
2001 NCAA tournament
March 16*		vs. Providence	W 69–59	20–11 (7–9)	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, Louisiana
March 18*		vs. North Carolina	W 82–74	21–11 (7–9)	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, Louisiana
March 23*		vs. Temple South Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 72–84	21–12 (7–9)	Georgia Dome  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.