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2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

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Conference
  
Pacific-10 Conference

AP
  
No. 5

Head coach
  
Lute Olson

Coaches
  
No. 2

2000–01 record
  
28–8 (15–3 Pac-10)

Home arena
  
McKale Center


The 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head Coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record. Arizona reached the National Championship game in the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to Duke 82–72 and finishing the season with a 28–8 record.

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Mideast
  • Arizona (#2 seed) 101, Eastern Illinois 76
  • Arizona 73, Butler 52
  • Arizona 66, Mississippi 56
  • Arizona 87, Illinois 81
  • Final Four
  • Arizona 80, Michigan State 61
  • Duke 82, Arizona 72
  • References

    2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team Wikipedia