# 2000–01 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 2000–01 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Ron Ganulin, who was in his tenth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terriers' home games were played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981.
The Terriers finished the season at 18–11 overall and 16–4 in conference play, to win their first Conference Regular Season Championship since being members of the NEC. The Terriers received a bye in the first round of the 2001 NEC Tournament and proceeded to defeat Wagner in the semifinals. The Terriers were just one game away from playing in their first NCAA Tournament before losing to Monmouth in the NEC Championship game 64–67, a game in which they led by 20 points with less than 14 minutes to play.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| November 19, 2000* 1:00PM | at Syracuse | L 53–73 | 0–1 | Carrier Dome (17,730) Syracuse, NY |
| November 28, 2000* 7:30 pm | at Iona | L 94–102 | 0–2 | Hynes Athletic Center (1,540) New Rochelle, NY |
| November 30, 2000 7:00 pm | Quinnipiac | W 86–80 | 1–2 (1–0) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (522) Brooklyn, NY |
| December 7, 2000 7:00 pm | at Fairleigh Dickinson | W 79–75 | 2–2 (2–0) | Rothman Center (1,250) Teaneck, NJ |
| December 9, 2000* 7:30 pm | at Pittsburgh | L 68–79 | 2–3 | Fitzgerald Field House (3,233) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 12, 2000* 7:00 pm | Fairfield | L 83–91 | 2–4 | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (364) Brooklyn, NY |
| December 23, 2000* 3:00 pm | at Saint Peter's | L 82–85 | 2–5 | Yanitelli Center (225) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 29, 2000* 10:00 pm | at Montana State | L 68–86 | 2–6 | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (4,044) Bozeman, MT |
| December 30, 2000* 8:00 pm | vs. Portland | W 85–77 | 3–6 | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (4,011) Bozeman, MT |
| January 3, 2001 7:00 pm | Central Connecticut State | L 73–77 | 3–7 (2–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (364) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 6, 2001 7:00 pm | at UMBC | W 95–91 $^{OT}$ | 4–7 (3–1) | Retriever Activities Center (892) Baltimore, MD |
| January 8, 2001 7:30 pm | at Mount St. Mary's | W 59–56 | 5–7 (4–1) | Knott Arena (982) Emmitsburg, MD |
| January 13, 2001 4:00 pm | Long Island Battle of Brooklyn | W 81–63 | 6–7 (5–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (674) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 15, 2001 7:00 pm | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 71–61 | 7–7 (6–1) | DeGol Arena (1,043) Loretto, PA |
| January 20, 2001 4:00 pm | Robert Morris | W 82–76 $^{OT}$ | 8–7 (7–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (361) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 22, 2001 7:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA) | W 98–75 | 9–7 (8–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (224) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 25, 2001 7:00 pm | Monmouth | W 86–80 | 10–7 (9–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (319) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 27, 2001 2:00 pm | at Quinnipiac | W 83–75 | 11–7 (10–1) | Burt Kahn Court (1,144) Hamden, CT |
| January 29, 2001 7:30 pm | at Central Connecticut State | W 80–68 | 12–7 (11–1) | Burt Kahn Court (1,433) Hamden, CT |
| February 1, 2001 7:00 pm | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 79–53 | 13–7 (12–1) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (369) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 4, 2001 6:30 pm | at Monmouth | L 77–86 | 13–8 (12–2) | William T. Boylan Gymnasium (2,500) West Long Branch, NJ |
| February 8, 2001 7:00 pm | Mount St. Mary's | W 98–93 $^{OT}$ | 14–8 (13–2) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (479) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 10, 2001 4:00 pm | UMBC | W 74–64 | 15–8 (14–2) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (511) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 13, 2001 7:00 pm | at Long Island | L 83–88 | 15–9 (14–3) | Schwartz Athletic Center (895) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 15, 2001 7:00 pm | Wagner | W 91–75 | 16–9 (15–3) | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (605) Brooklyn, NY |
| February 21, 2001 7:30 pm | at Sacred Heart | L 66–70 | 16–10 (15–4) | William H. Pitt Center (401) Fairfield, CT |
| February 25, 2001 6:00 pm | at Wagner | W 87–83 | 17–10 (16–4) | Spiro Sports Center (2,187) Staten Island, NY |
| 2001 NEC tournament |||||
| March 4, 2001 12:00 pm | vs. Wagner Semifinals | W 72–65 | 18–10 | Sovereign Bank Arena (N/A) Trenton, NJ |
| March 5, 2001 9:30 pm | vs. Monmouth Finals | L 64–67 | 18–11 | Sovereign Bank Arena (817) Trenton, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||