# 2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Under 6th year head coach Phil Martelli, the Hawks held an overall record of 26–7 and a conference record of 14–2. In the A-10 tournament, Saint Joseph's beat La Salle before falling to UMass in the semifinals. The Hawks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament – as No. 9 seed in the West region – where they beat No. 8 seed Georgia Tech in the opening round before falling to No. 1 seed Stanford in the round of 32.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 17, 2000* 9:00 p.m. | | vs. Western Carolina America's Youth Classic | W 103–53 | 1–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (4,250) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Nov 18, 2000* | | vs. South Carolina State America's Youth Classic | W 84–71 | 2–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (4,875) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Nov 19, 2000* | | at Vanderbilt America's Youth Classic | L 76–78 | 2–1 | Memorial Gymnasium (5,200) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Nov 26, 2000* | | at Colorado | W 92–78 | 3–1 | Coors Events/Conference Center (3,284) Boulder, Colorado |
| Nov 29, 2000* | | Old Dominion | W 70–65 | 4–1 | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 5, 2000* | | at Rutgers | W 67–65 | 5–1 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,427) Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Dec 9, 2000* | | Drexel | W 68–54 | 6–1 | Palestra (4,337) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 11, 2000* | | Villanova | L 75–78 | 6–2 | Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 17, 2000* | | at DePaul | L 76–80 | 6–3 | Allstate Arena (6,124) Rosemont, Illinois |
| Dec 21, 2000* | | at Western Kentucky | W 74–68 | 7–3 | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,100) Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Dec 27, 2000* | | Saint Peter's | W 79–69 | 8–3 | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 30, 2000* | | Delaware | W 72–67 | 9–3 | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1,732) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 3, 2001 | | Duquesne | W 75–60 | 10–3 (1–0) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,030) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 6, 2001 | | at Rhode Island | W 92–67 | 11–3 (2–0) | Keaney Gymnasium (2,107) Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Jan 10, 2001 | | at George Washington | W 76–71 | 12–3 (3–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (3,215) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 14, 2001 | | Dayton | W 84–71 | 13–3 (4–0) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 16, 2001 | | at Temple | W 73–51 | 14–3 (5–0) | Liacouras Center (8,329) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 20, 2001 | | at Xavier | L 73–86 | 14–4 (5–1) | Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Jan 24, 2001 | | Rhode Island | W 82–67 | 15–4 (6–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (2,913) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 27, 2001* | | at Penn | W 67–61 | 16–4 | Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 1, 2001 | | St. Bonaventure | W 104–97 $^{OT}$ | 17–4 (7–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 7, 2001 | | No. 24 Xavier | W 79–76 | 18–4 (8–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 10, 2001 | | at St. Bonaventure | W 78–76 | 19–4 (9–1) | Reilly Center (6,000) St. Bonaventure, New York |
| Feb 13, 2001 | | Temple | W 71–62 | 20–4 (10–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 18, 2001 | | Fordham | W 88–78 | 21–4 (11–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 21, 2001 | No. 23 | at Dayton | W 82–72 | 22–4 (12–1) | UD Arena (13,553) Dayton, Ohio |
| Feb 25, 2001 | No. 23 | at Duquesne | W 90–70 | 23–4 (13–1) | A.J. Palumbo Center (5,575) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 27, 2001 | No. 18 | UMass | W 84–69 | 24–4 (14–1) | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (3,200) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 3, 2001 | No. 18 | at La Salle | L 90–91 | 24–5 (14–2) | Tom Gola Arena (4,000) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 2001* | (1) No. 21 | vs. (8) La Salle Quarterfinals | W 82–74 | 25–5 | First Union Spectrum (7,121) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 9, 2001* | (1) No. 21 | (4) UMass Semifinals | L 70–75 | 25–6 | First Union Spectrum (13,796) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 15, 2001* | (9 W) No. 22 | vs. (8 W) Georgia Tech First Round | W 66–62 | 26–6 | Cox Arena (9,120) San Diego, California |
| Mar 17, 2001* | (9 W) No. 22 | vs. (1 W) No. 2 Stanford Second Round | L 83–90 | 26–7 | Cox Arena (11,091) San Diego, California |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||