# 2000–01 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

The 2000–01 UNC Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2000–01 college basketball season. This was head coach Bobby Lutz's third season at the school. The 49ers competed in Conference USA and played their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena. They finished the season 22–11 (10–6 in C-USA play) and received an at-large bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the Midwest region. The 49ers defeated No. 8 seed Tennessee, 70–63, in the opening round before falling to No. 1 seed Illinois in the round of 32.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 17, 2000* 9:20 p.m. | | vs. Fordham CoSIDA Classic | W 89–75 | 1–0 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Nov 18, 2000* 9:20 p.m. | | at NC State CoSIDA Classic | W 95–78 | 2–0 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Nov 25, 2000* 4:00 p.m. | | at St. Bonaventure | L 78–79 | 2–1 | Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Nov 28, 2000* 7:30 p.m. | | Miami (FL) | W 95–63 | 3–1 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dec 2, 2000* 7:30 p.m. | | South Carolina | W 98–77 | 4–1 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dec 6, 2000* 8:05 p.m. | | Charleston Southern | W 88–46 | 5–1 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dec 9, 2000* 7:30 p.m. | | at Davidson | W 69–53 | 6–1 | John M. Belk Arena Davidson, North Carolina |
| Dec 16, 2000* 3:00 p.m. | No. 24 | at Indiana | L 72–76 | 6–2 | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana |
| Dec 20, 2000* 9:05 p.m. | | at UTEP | W 94–81 | 7–2 | Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas |
| Dec 29, 2000* 8:00 p.m. | | vs. Pepperdine AZCentral Holiday Classic | L 70–81 | 7–3 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Dec 30, 2000* | | at Arizona State AZCentral Holiday Classic | L 78–91 | 7–4 | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| Jan 3, 2001* 7:30 p.m. | | George Washington | W 84–73 | 8–4 | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Jan 6, 2001 6:05 p.m. | | at No. 25 Cincinnati | L 66–76 | 8–5 (0–1) | Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Jan 10, 2001 7:30 p.m. | | South Florida | L 71–78 | 8–6 (0–2) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Jan 13, 2001 7:30 p.m. | | Saint Louis | L 56–69 | 8–7 (0–3) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Jan 17, 2001 8:30 p.m. | | at DePaul | W 73–62 | 9–7 (1–3) | Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois |
| Jan 20, 2001 3:00 p.m. | | at Marquette | W 74–71 | 10–7 (2–3) | Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Jan 24, 2001 8:00 p.m. | | at UAB | L 61–81 | 10–8 (2–4) | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
| Jan 27, 2001 7:30 p.m. | | Southern Miss | W 71–60 | 11–8 (3–4) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Feb 1, 2001 9:00 p.m. | | Cincinnati | W 60–58 | 12–8 (4–4) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Feb 4, 2001 | | at Houston | L 72–73 | 12–9 (4–5) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Feb 11, 2001 9:00 p.m. | | at Louisville | W 106–72 | 13–9 (5–5) | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Feb 14, 2001 8:00 p.m. | | at Tulane | W 98–93 $^{OT}$ | 14–9 (6–5) | Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Feb 17, 2001 3:00 p.m. | | Memphis | W 83–76 | 15–9 (7–5) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Feb 21, 2001 7:30 p.m. | | Louisville | W 74–68 | 16–9 (8–5) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Feb 25, 2001 7:00 p.m. | | at Saint Louis | L 70–85 | 16–10 (8–6) | Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri |
| Feb 28, 2001 7:30 p.m. | | DePaul | W 90–66 | 17–10 (9–6) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Mar 3, 2001 1:00 p.m. | | Marquette | W 85–62 | 18–10 (10–6) | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina |
| C-USA tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 2001* 1:00 p.m. | (3) | vs. (6) South Florida Quarterfinals | W 77–74 | 19–10 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Mar 9, 2001* 5:30 p.m. | (3) | vs. (2) Southern Miss Semifinals | W 75–63 | 20–10 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Mar 10, 2001* 12:00 p.m. | (3) | vs. (1) Cincinnati Championship game | W 80–72 | 21–10 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 2001* 2:45 p.m. | (9 MW) | vs. (8 MW) Tennessee First round | W 70–63 | 22–10 | University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Mar 18, 2001* 2:45 p.m., CBS | (9 MW) | vs. (1 MW) No. 4 Illinois Second round | L 61–79 | 22–11 | University of Dayton Arena (13,159) Dayton, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Players in the 2001 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 9 | Rodney White | Detroit Pistons |