====== 2000-01 Season ====== **Overall Record:** 15-14\\ **CUSA Record:** 9-7\\ **Final RPI:** 113\\ Most preseason polls and publications had Marquette picked no higher than fifth in Conference USA's American Division for the 2000-01 season. As was the case for the previous season, [[Tom Crean]] and his club exceeded expectations and recorded their second consecutive 15-14 season. In contention until the regular season's final day for a top seed at the conference tournament, MU defeated [[DePaul]], [[Saint Louis]] and [[Cincinnati]] twice, on its way to a 9-7 finish in C-USA, its best since 1997. Marquette's two victories over [[Cincinnati]] represented the first time a league member had registered a regular-season sweep of the Bearcats. Marquette played just two contests against ranked opponents this year, losing both games. ===== Schedule ===== ^Day^ Date^ Opponent^ Time/Result^ Record^ |Thursday |Nov. 2|California East All-Stars (exh.) |W, 84-76| --| |Thursday |Nov. 9|Foreign Team Exhibition |W, 85-57| --| |Tuesday |Nov. 14|[[South Alabama]]|L, 54-67| 0-1|Preseason NIT| |Monday |Nov. 20|[[Massachusetts]]|W, 68-64| 1-1| |Friday |Dec. 1|[[Centenary]]|W, 66-47| 2-1|Blue & Gold Coca-Cola Classic| |Saturday |Dec. 2|[[Cal State-Northridge]] |W, 69-66| 3-1|Blue & Gold Coca-Cola Classic| |Thursday |Dec. 7|[[Minnesota]]|L, 61-59| 3-2|U.S. Cellular Arena| |Saturday |Dec. 9|[[Arkansas-Little Rock]] |W, 48-46| 4-2| |Saturday |Dec. 16|at [[Xavier (OH)]] |L, 75-59| 4-3| |Wednesday |Dec. 20|[[Western Carolina]] |W, 78-66| 5-3| |Saturday |Dec. 23|#16 [[UW-Madison]] |L, 52-47| 5-4| |Saturday |Dec. 30|at [[Dayton]] |L, 61-60| 5-5| |Saturday |Jan. 6|at [[DePaul]]|W, 69-49| 6-5(1-0)| |Wednesday |Jan. 10|[[Cincinnati]]|W, 47-44| 7-5 (2-0)| |Saturday |Jan. 13|at #9 [[North Carolina]] |L, 84-54| 7-6| |Wednesday |Jan. 17|[[South Florida]]|W, 72-68| 8-6 (3-0)| |Saturday |Jan. 20|[[UNC Charlotte]]|L, 74-71| 8-7 (3-1)| |Wednesday |Jan. 24|at [[Saint Louis]] |W, 73-64| 9-7 (4-1)| |Saturday |Jan. 27|[[Tulane]]|W, 82-57| 10-7 (5-1)|Marquette set a school record for three point field goal percentage (67.4%) (19th in NCAA History)| |Tuesday |Jan. 30|[[Southern Mississippi]] |L, 78-65| 10-8 (5-2)| |Saturday |Feb. 2|at [[Memphis State]] |W, 71-65| 11-8 (6-2)| |Thursday |Feb. 8|at [[Louisville]] |L, 75-65| 11-9 (6-3)| |Sunday |Feb. 11|[[Saint Louis]] |W, 75-69| 12-9 (7-3)| |Wednesday |Feb. 14|at [[UAB]]|L, 72-66| 12-10 (7-4)| |Sunday |Feb. 18|at [[Cincinnati]] |W, 66-63| 13-10 (8-4)| |Thursday |Feb. 22|[[DePaul]]|W, 82-64| 14-10 (9-4)| |Saturday |Feb. 24|[[Louisville]]|L, 77-74 (3 OT)| 14-11 (9-5)| |Wednesday |Feb. 28|at [[Houston]]|L, 66-64| 14-12 (9-6)| |Saturday |March 3|at [[UNC Charlotte]] |L, 85-62| 14-13 (9-7)| |Wednesday |March 7|[[Tulane]]|W, 72-67| 15-13 (9-7)|Conference USA Tournament (Louisville, KY)| |Thursday |March 8|[[Memphis State]]|L, 71-64| 15-14 (9-7)|Conference USA Tournament (Louisville, KY)| ===== Roster ===== | **No.** | **Name** | **Pos.** | **Ht.** | **Wt.** | **Yr.** | **Hometown/High School** | | 12 | [[Brian Barone]] | G | 6-0 | 160 | Sr. | College Station, Texas/Consolidated | | 2 | [[Odartey Blankson]] | G/F | 6-7 | 205 | Fr. | Country Club Hills, Ill./Hillcrest | | 55 | [[Greg Clausen]] | C | 6-11 | 260 | Sr. | Dixon, Ill./Dixon | | 33 | [[David Diggs]] | G | 6-4 | 215 | Jr. | Dayton, Ohio/Northmont | | 34 | [[Jon Harris]] | F | 6-7 | 225 | Jr. | Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville | | 4 | [[Cordell Henry]] | G | 5-10 | 160 | Jr. | Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young | | 5 | [[Scott Merritt]] | F | 6-10 | 240 | Fr. | Wauwatosa, Wis./East | | 35 | [[John Mueller]] | C | 6-10 | 240 | Sr. | Cedarburg, Wis./Marquette | | 43 | [[Oluoma Nnamaka]] | F | 6-7 | 218 | Jr. | Uppsala, Sweden/Sallen Basket | | 40 | [[Terry Sanders]] | F | 6-7 | 215 | Fr. | Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent/Hargrave Academy | | 25 | [[Dwyane Wade]] | G | 6-4 | 200 | Fr. | Oaklawn, Ill./Richards | | 22 | [[Brian Wardle]] | G | 6-5 | 205 | Sr. | Clarendon Hills, Ill./Hinsdale Central | ===== Coaches ===== Head coach: [[Tom Crean]] \\ Assistant coaches: [[Dwayne Stephens]], [[Darrin Horn]], [[Tod Kowalczyk]] \\ Special Assistant: [[Eddie Nunez]] \\ ===== 2000-2001 Season Statistics ===== ^ name ^ G ^ GS^ MIN ^FGM ^FGA ^FG% ^3PM^3PA^3P%^FTM^FTA ^FT% ^REB^AST^STL^BLK^TO^PF^PTS^PPG^ | [[Brian Wardle]] | 29| 29| 1025| 175| 433| .404| 65| 170| .382| 129| 154| .838| 106| 58| 17| 2| 68| 77| 544| 18.8| | [[Cordell Henry]] | 29| 29| 988| 134| 305| .439| 30| 95| .316| 76| 105| .724| 95| 128| 37| 1| 72| 73| 374| 12.9| | [[Oluoma Nnamaka]] | 29| 28| 850| 92| 212| .434| 11| 40| .275| 101| 129| .783| 152| 37| 14| 6| 51| 72| 296| 10.2| | [[Odartey Blankson]]| 29| 28| 725| 66| 168| .393| 16| 45| .356| 30| 54| .556| 160| 11| 27| 7| 38| 67| 178| 6.1| | [[Scott Merritt]] | 29| 0| 526| 61| 142| .430| 3| 10| .300| 48| 67| .716| 104| 22| 11| 25| 31| 62| 173| 6.0| | [[Jon Harris]] | 29| 3| 604| 50| 86| .581| 0| 0| --| 28| 63| .444| 120| 22| 10| 3| 37| 76| 128| 4.4| | [[Brian Barone]] | 29| 0| 517| 24| 70| .343| 12| 42| .286| 22| 31| .710| 57| 43| 14| 7| 41| 49| 82| 2.8| | [[John Mueller]] | 29| 28| 368| 25| 55| .455| 0| 0| --| 10| 15| .667| 56| 3| 7| 12| 16| 54| 60| 2.1| | [[Terry Sanders]] | 15| 0| 111| 10| 16| .625| 1| 1| 1.00| 10| 17| .588| 20| 4| 5| 4| 12| 8| 31| 2.1| | [[Greg Clausen]] | 26| 0| 156| 11| 18| .611| 0| 0| --| 4| 7| .571| 33| 3| 0| 0| 11| 37| 26| 1.0| | [[David Diggs]] | 14| 0| 47| 3| 10| .300| 2| 5| .400| 1| 2| .500| 8| 2| 2| 0| 4| 2| 9| 0.6| | [[Pat Duffy]] | 8| 0| 8| 0| 1| .000| 0| 1| .000| 1| 2| .500| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0.1| | **TOTALS** | **29**| -| **5925**| **651**| **1516**| **.429**| **140**| **409**| **.342**| **460**| **646**| **.712**| **912**| **325**| **144**| **67**| **382**| **577**| **1902**| **65.6**|