2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
Record	18–11 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Bennett (6th season; first 3 games) Brad Soderberg (remaining 26 games)
Assistant coaches	Shawn Hood Tony Bennett
Home arena	Kohl Center

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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)

The 2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Dick Bennett, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. Bennett resigned after the third game of the season citing burnout – he said he "simply was drained".[1] Assistant coach Brad Soderberg took over as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin finished 18–11, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the West Region, where they were upset by Georgia State, 50–49.

Roster

2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 2 Travon Davis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Argo, IL G 3 Pete Schmit (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Saint Charles, IL F 5 Maurice Linton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Calumet City, IL G 13 Ike Ukawuba (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Chicago, IL G 14 Ricky Bower 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Meridian, ID F 15 Andy Kowske 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Brookfield, WI G 20 Kirk Penney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Auckland F 21 Kyle Grusczynski 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Seymour, WI G 22 Mike Kelley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Menomonee Falls, WI G 24 Freddie Owens 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Milwaukee, WI F/C 30 Dave Mader 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS Fr Appleton, WI G 32 Roy Boone 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Madison, WI F 40 Charlie Wills 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Angola, IN F 50 Mark Vershaw 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr East Peoria, IL F 54 Mike Wilkinson  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Blue Mounds, WI	Head coach Dick Bennett (Ripon) Assistant coach(es) Brad Soderberg (Ripon) Shawn Hood Tony Bennett (UW-Green Bay) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-1-13

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/21/2000*	No. 18	at No. 9 Tennessee	L 58–66	0–1	Thompson–Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
11/25/2000*	No. 18	Northern Illinois	W 68–64	1–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
11/29/2000*	No. 23	vs. No. 13 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 78–75 ^OT	2–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
12/02/2000*	No. 23	Xavier	W 61–46	3–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/06/2000*	No. 17	at UW–Green Bay	W 61–53	4–1	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena  Ashwaubenon, WI
12/09/2000*	No. 17	Ohio	W 65–46	5–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/14/2000*	No. 16	at Temple	W 66–58	6–1	Liacouras Center  Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2000*	No. 16	UW–Milwaukee	W 55–47	7–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
12/23/2000*	No. 16	at Marquette	W 52–47	8–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
12/30/2000*	No. 13	South Florida	W 63–61 ^OT	9–1	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/03/2001	No. 12	Indiana	W 49–46	10–1 (1–0)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/06/2001	No. 12	at Minnesota	L 49–54	10–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
1/10/2001	No. 17	at Purdue	L 67–73	10–3 (1–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/13/2001	No. 17	at No. 3 Michigan State	L 59–69 ^OT	10–4 (1–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
1/16/2001	No. 19	No. 14 Iowa	W 67–54	11–4 (2–3)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/24/2001	No. 15	Ohio State	W 57–42	12–4 (3–3)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/27/2001	No. 15	Penn State	W 63–58	13–4 (4–3)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/30/2001*	No. 10	Butler	L 44–58	13–5	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/03/2001	No. 10	at Michigan	W 60–41	14–5 (5–3)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/07/2001	No. 16	Purdue	W 73–54	15–5 (6–3)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/10/2001	No. 16	at Ohio State	L 58–63	15–6 (6–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
2/13/2001	No. 19	at No. 4 Illinois	L 67–68	15–7 (6–5)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/18/2001	No. 19	Northwestern	W 59–37	16–7 (7–5)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/21/2001	No. 19	Minnesota	W 64–54	17–7 (8–5)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
2/24/2001 1:00, CBS	No. 19	Indiana	L 55–85	17–8 (8–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/27/2001	No. 22	No. 3 Michigan State	L 47–51	17–9 (8–7)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
3/03/2001	No. 22	at Iowa	W 59–57	18–9 (9–7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/09/2001	(5) No. 23	vs. (4) Indiana Big Ten tournament - Quarterfinals	L 52–64	18–10	United Center  Chicago, IL
NCAA tournament
3/15/2001*  CBS	(6 W) No. 25	vs. (11 W) Georgia State NCAA Tournament - First Round	L 49–50	18–11	BSU Pavilion  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. AP (November 30, 2000). "Wisconsin's Bennett Steps Down". CBS Sports.
2. "Badgers 2000-01 Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.