# 2000–01 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2000–01. The team was coached by Larry Hunter in his 12th and final season at Ohio and played their home games at the Convocation Center. Hunter was terminated after the season for a lack of postseason success.

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 4, 2000. Ohio was picked fifth in the MAC East.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Marshall (29) 265
* Kent State (11) 229
* Bowling Green 174
* Miami 165
* Ohio 144
* Akron 100
* Buffalo 43

#### West Division

* Ball State (20) 219
* Toledo (19) 213
* Central Michigan (1) 133
* Eastern Michigan 122
* Northern Illinois 79
* Western Michigan 74

#### Tournament champs

Marshall (14), Ball State (10), Kent State (7), Toledo (6), Bowling Green (1), Miami (1), Central Michigan (1)

## Schedule and results

Source: Archived 2014-04-21 at archive.today
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/22/00* 7:00 pm | Rio Grande | W 91–70 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (3,648) Athens, OH |
| 12/2/00* 8:30 pm | Niagara | W 77–64 | 2–0 | Convocation Center (5,300) Athens, OH |
| 12/6/00* 7:30 pm | at No. 16 Virginia | L 71–90 | 2–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (7,750) Charlottesville, VA |
| 12/9/00* 4:00 pm | at No. 17 Wisconsin | L 46–65 | 2–2 | Kohl Center (16,190) Madison, WI |
| 12/12/00* 7:35 pm | at Duquesne | L 89–94 | 2–3 | A. J. Palumbo Center (4,483) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/16/00 2:00 pm | at Western Michigan | L 65–76 | 2–4 (0–1) | University Arena (2,758) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 12/19/00* 7:00 pm | West Virginia | W 79–67 | 3–4 (0–1) | Convocation Center (7,314) Athens, OH |
| 12/22/00* 7:00 pm | at Oakland | W 92–85 | 4–4 (0–1) | Athletics Center O'rena (1,253) Rochester, MI |
| 12/29/00* 10:30 pm | vs. Arizona State AZcentral.com Holiday Classic 1st Round | W 75–71 | 5–4 (0–1) | Wells-Fargo Arena (8,118) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/30/00* 10:30 pm | vs. Pepperdine AZcentral.com Holiday Classic 2nd Round | L 76–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–5 (0–1) | Wells-Fargo Arena (7,852) Tempe, AZ |
| 1/2/01 7:00 pm | at Ball State | W 68–58 | 6–5 (1–1) | John E. Worthen Arena (4,099) Muncie, IN |
| 1/8/01 7:00 pm | Kent State | W 67–65 | 7–5 (2–1) | Convocation Center (7,812) Athens, OH |
| 12/13/01 6:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 62–60 $^{OT}$ | 8–5 (3–1) | Convocation Center (9,510) Athens, OH |
| 12/17/01 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan | L 69–75 | 8–6 (3–2) | McGuirk Arena (3,418) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 1/20/01 4:00 pm | Akron | W 85–67 | 9–6 (4–2) | Convocation Center (8,001) Athens, OH |
| 1/23/01 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois | W 91–63 | 10–6 (5–2) | Convocation Center (6,214) Athens, OH |
| 1/27/01 7:00 pm | at Buffalo | W 83–66 | 11–6 (6–2) | Alumni Arena (1,612) Buffalo, NY |
| 1/31/01 4:00 pm | at Toledo | L 53–66 | 11–7 (6–3) | Savage Arena (5,073) Toledo, OH |
| 2/3/01 1:00 pm | Marshall | W 77–71 | 12–7 (7–3) | Convocation Center (9,201) Athens, OH |
| 2/7/01 7:00 pm | Bowling Green | L 68–78 | 12–8 (7–4) | Convocation Center (7,881) Athens, OH |
| 2/10/01 2:30 pm | Eastern Michigan | W 94–68 | 13–8 (8–4) | Convocation Center (9,245) Athens, OH |
| 2/14/01 4:00 pm | at Akron | W 70–61 | 14–8 (9–4) | Rhodes Arena (2,524) Akron, OH |
| 2/17/01 4:00 pm | at Marshall | L 70–92 | 14–9 (9–5) | Cam Henderson Center (9,016) Huntington, WV |
| 2/21/01 7:00 pm | Buffalo | W 86–76 | 15–9 (10–5) | Convocation Center (6,340) Athens, OH |
| 2/24/01 2:00 pm | at Kent State | W 69–63 | 16–9 (11–5) | MAC Center (5,711) Kent, OH |
| 2/26/01 8:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 77–64 | 17–9 (12–5) | Convocation Center (7,415) Athens, OH |
| 2/28/01 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 72–76 | 17–10 (12–6) | Millett Hall (5,655) Oxford, OH |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/5/01 7:30 pm | Buffalo 1st Round | W 101–78 | 18–10 | Convocation Center (7,112) Athens, OH |
| 3/8/01 2:30 pm | vs. Toledo Quarterfinals | W 64–63 | 19–10 | Gund Arena (4,623) Cleveland, OH |
| 3/9/01 7:00 pm | vs. Miami (OH) Semifinals | L 61–62 | 19–11 | Gund Arena (9,270) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2000–01 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2248 | 2132 |
| Scoring Average | 74.93 | 71.07 |
| Field goals – Att | 771–1687 | 696–1629 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 196–564 | 165–450 |
| Free throws – Att | 510–761 | 575–825 |
| Rebounds | 1108 | 1025 |
| Assists | 446 | 358 |
| Turnovers | 462 | 440 |
| Steals | 215 | 200 |
| Blocked Shots | 146 | 64 |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Brandon Hunter | 30 | 30 | 988 | 32.9 | 543 | 18.1 | 181 | 355 | 0.51 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 178 | 271 | 0.657 | 81 | 201 | 282 | 9.4 | 80 | 76 | 117 | 23 | 15 |
| Anthony Jones | 29 | 27 | - | - | 369 | 12.7 | 127 | 321 | 0.396 | 24 | 76 | 0.316 | 91 | 124 | 0.734 | 33 | 79 | 112 | 3.9 | 99 | 94 | 113 | 50 | 5 |
| Steve Esterkamp | 30 | 17 | - | - | 321 | 10.7 | 108 | 237 | 0.456 | 45 | 114 | 0.395 | 60 | 75 | 0.8 | 36 | 74 | 110 | 3.7 | 51 | 78 | 43 | 29 | 3 |
| Patrick Flomo | 30 | 27 | - | - | 273 | 9.1 | 100 | 158 | 0.633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 120 | 0.608 | 82 | 114 | 196 | 6.5 | 36 | 86 | 44 | 23 | 105 |
| Jon Sanderson | 30 | 23 | - | - | 268 | 8.9 | 98 | 238 | 0.412 | 46 | 138 | 0.333 | 26 | 44 | 0.591 | 53 | 60 | 113 | 3.8 | 27 | 72 | 23 | 16 | 11 |
| Dustin Ford | 29 | 23 | - | - | 221 | 7.6 | 66 | 179 | 0.369 | 46 | 129 | 0.357 | 43 | 58 | 0.741 | 13 | 53 | 66 | 2.3 | 75 | 76 | 40 | 39 | 2 |
| Thomas Stephens | 28 | 2 | - | - | 67 | 2.4 | 24 | 60 | 0.4 | 15 | 42 | 0.357 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 1.1 | 42 | 52 | 21 | 14 | 1 |
| Jaivon Harris | 27 | 0 | - | - | 65 | 2.4 | 23 | 57 | 0.404 | 13 | 38 | 0.342 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 1.3 | 5 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Alex Liastos | 20 | 0 | - | - | 46 | 2.3 | 17 | 33 | 0.515 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 0.75 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 1.4 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Shaun McVicker | 29 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0.526 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 1.4 | 12 | 54 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| Jason Crawford | 24 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0.8 | 8 | 15 | 0.533 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.4 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Adam Howell | 16 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 14 | 0.5 | 3 | 10 | 0.3 | 3 | 10 | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Smith | 7 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0.7 | 2 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | - | - | - | 2248 | 74.9 | 771 | 1687 | 0.457 | 196 | 564 | 0.348 | 510 | 761 | 0.670 | 384 | 724 | 1108 | 36.9 | 446 | 695 | 462 | 215 | 146 |
| Opponents | 30 | - | - | - | 2132 | 71.1 | 696 | 1629 | 0.427 | 165 | 450 | 0.367 | 575 | 825 | 0.697 | 347 | 678 | 1025 | 34.2 | 358 | 663 | 440 | 200 | 64 |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC First Team | Brandon Hunter | F | So. |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Patrick Flomo | F | Sr. |
Source