2001 Utah Starzz season

2001 Utah Starzz season
2001 Utah Starzz season
Coach	Fred Williams (resigned Jul. 6, 5–8 record) ; Candi Harvey (14–5 record)
Arena	Delta Center
Attendance	6,907 per game
Results
Record	19–13 (.594)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to Sacramento Monarchs
Media
Television	KJZZ (IND 14)
	← 2000 season 2002 season →

CoachFred Williams (resigned Jul. 6, 5–8 record)
Candi Harvey (14–5 record)

Attendance6,907 per game

Record19–13 (.594)

The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz entered the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, where they lost in the first round to the Sacramento Monarchs.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Marie Ferdinand	United States	LSU
2	24	Michaela Pavlíčková	Czechoslovakia	Denver
3	40	Shea Ralph	United States	UConn
4	56	Cara Consuegra	United States	Iowa

Date	Transaction
April 19, 2001	Waived Kym Hope^[1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Marie Ferdinand, Michaela Pavlíčková, Shea Ralph and Cara Consuegra in the 2001 WNBA draft^[1]
April 30, 2001	Signed Tanja Kostić^[1]
May 11, 2001	Waived Tanja Kostić^[1]
May 26, 2001	Waived Naomi Mulitauaopele and Stacy Frese^[1]
June 21, 2001	Signed Keitha Dickerson^[1]
July 6, 2001	Fred Williams resigned as Head Coach^[1]
July 6, 2001	Hired Candi Harvey as Head Coach
July 11, 2001	Waived Keitha Dickerson^[1]

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz ^x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire ^o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm ^o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jennifer Azzi	32	32	37.7	.408	.514	.917	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.3	8.6
Natalie Williams	31	31	34.3	.490	.000	.729	9.9	1.8	1.3	0.3	14.2
Adrienne Goodson	28	25	30.5	.433	.161	.697	5.4	2.1	1.0	0.0	12.3
Margo Dydek	32	32	30.3	.440	.400	.798	7.6	2.0	0.8	3.5	10.9
Marie Ferdinand	32	22	27.0	.493	.262	.611	2.7	2.5	1.3	0.1	11.4
Korie Hlede	27	10	16.9	.390	.348	.868	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.0	5.6
Amy Herrig	32	1	14.0	.462	N/A	.761	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.4	3.8
Kate Starbird	23	7	13.5	.373	.217	.815	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	4.7
LaTonya Johnson	26	0	8.8	.262	.167	.786	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.9
Cara Consuegra	15	0	3.3	.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1
Michaela Pavlíčková	10	0	2.1	.000	N/A	.500	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1
Keitha Dickerson	4	0	1.5	N/A	N/A	.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

WNBA draft

v t e 2001 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
← 2000 WNBA season 2002 →