2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record6–21 (3–13 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKibbie Dome (Cowan Spectrum)
Seasons
2000–01 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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 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.

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

  1. ^ Big West MBB Record Book
  2. ^ Grummert, Dale (February 17, 2001). "Vandals unveil Cowan Spectrum for Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
  3. ^ Grummert, Dale (February 18, 2001). "Vandals provide crowd pleaser". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
  4. ^ Blanchard, Ben M. (March 13, 2001). "Fire and ice". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. 1.
  5. ^ Grummert, Dale (March 21, 2001). "Perry returns to his Moscow roots". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  6. ^ Meehan, Jim (March 21, 2001). "Perry gets to the point and then gets to work". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.