2000–01 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

2000–01 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
2000–01 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	17–13 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach	Paul Hewitt (1st season);
Home arena	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2000–01 season. Led by first-year head coach Paul Hewitt, the Jackets finished the regular season with a 16–11 record, before losing to North Carolina in the ACC tournament. Georgia Tech received a bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 8 seed in the West region. The Yellow Jackets were beaten by No. 9 seed Saint Joseph's, 66–62, in the opening round ^[2]

ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference

Record17–13 (8–8 ACC)

Headcoach

Paul Hewitt (1st season)

HomearenaAlexander Memorial Coliseum

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2000–01 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 North Carolina	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
No. 1 Duke †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	4	.897
No. 11 Maryland	10	–	6	.625	25	–	11	.694
No. 16 Virginia	9	–	7	.563	20	–	9	.690
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	17	–	13	.567
No. 23 Wake Forest	8	–	8	.500	19	–	11	.633
NC State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	16	.448
Florida State	4	–	12	.250	9	–	21	.300
Clemson	2	–	14	.125	12	–	19	.387

† 2001 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2000*		Wofford	W 92–49	1–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 21, 2000*		Charleston Southern	W 85–62	2–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 24, 2000*		Davidson	W 92–61	3–0	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 28, 2000* ESPN2		at Iowa ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 67–85	3–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 2, 2000*		at UCLA	W 72–67	4–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Dec 6, 2000*		Georgia	L 70–75	4–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 9, 2000*		vs. Kentucky	W 86–84	5–2	State Farm Arena Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 18, 2000*		vs. Idaho State Stanford Invitational	W 78–56	6–2	Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, California
Dec 19, 2000*		at No. 3 Stanford Stanford Invitational	L 66–80	6–3	Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, California
ACC tournament
Mar 9, 2001*		No. 12 Virginia Quarterfinals	W 74–69	17–11	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 10, 2001*		vs. No. 6 North Carolina Semifinals	L 63–70	17–12	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(8 W)	vs. (9 W) No. 22 Saint Joseph's First round	L 62–66	17–13	Cox Arena San Diego, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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