# 2000–01 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Beginning the season 20–0, the team finished 1st in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 16–2 conference record, 31–3 overall. The Cardinal competed in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to Maryland 73–87 in the Elite Eight.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 8, 2000* 7:30 pm | No. 4 | EA Sports All-Stars | W 91–70 | – | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| November 14, 2000* 7:30 pm | No. 5 | Global Sports | W 107–74 | – | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 19, 2000* 5:00 pm | No. 5 | San Francisco State | W 100–49 | 1–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| November 23, 2000* 12:00 pm | No. 5 | vs. Old Dominion Puerto Rico Shootout | W 84–60 | 2–0 | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| November 24, 2000* 11:00 am | No. 5 | vs. Memphis Puerto Rico Shootout | W 83–60 | 3–0 | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| November 25, 2000* 12:00 pm | No. 5 | vs. Georgia Puerto Rico Shootout | W 71–58 | 4–0 | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| November 29, 2000* 7:30 pm | No. 4 | UC Riverside | W 84–41 | 5–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| December 2, 2000* 7:30 pm | No. 4 | at Long Beach State | W 86–63 | 6–0 | Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA |
| December 18, 2000* 6:30 pm | No. 3 | Sacred Heart Stanford Invitational | W 94–52 | 7–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| December 19, 2000* 8:30 pm | No. 3 | Georgia Tech Stanford Invitational | W 80–66 | 8–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| December 21, 2000* 6:00 pm, FSN | No. 3 | vs. No. 1 Duke Pete Newell Challenge | W 84–83 | 9–0 | The Arena in Oakland (19,804) Oakland, CA |
| December 29, 2000* 8:00 pm | No. 2 | vs. Fordham Cable Car Classic | W 86–60 | 10–0 | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| December 30, 2000* 8:00 pm | No. 2 | vs. Santa Clara Cable Car Classic | W 78–63 | 11–0 | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| January 4, 2001 6:30 pm | No. 2 | at Arizona State | W 94–77 | 12–0 (1–0) | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ |
| January 8, 2001 CBS | No. 2 | No. 16 Arizona | W 85–76 | 13–0 (2–0) | McKale Center Tucson, AZ |
| January 11, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | Oregon State | W 73–49 | 14–0 (3–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| January 13, 2001 3:00 pm | No. 1 | Oregon | W 100–76 | 15–0 (4–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| January 18, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | California | W 84–58 | 16–0 (5–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| January 20, 2001* 5:00 pm | No. 1 | New Mexico | W 75–44 | 17–0 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| January 25, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | at Washington | W 94–63 | 18–0 (6–0) | Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA |
| January 27, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | at Washington State | W 72–61 | 19–0 (7–0) | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA |
| February 1, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | No. 21 USC | W 77–71 | 20–0 (8–0) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| February 3, 2001 12:00 pm, ABC | No. 1 | UCLA | L 73–79 | 20–1 (8–1) | Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA |
| February 8, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 2 | at Oregon | W 69–62 | 21–1 (9–1) | McArthur Court Eugene, OR |
| February 10, 2001 7:05 pm | No. 2 | at Oregon State | W 82–63 | 22–1 (10–1) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR |
| February 17, 2001 3:00 pm | No. 2 | at California | W 88–56 | 23–1 (11–1) | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA |
| February 22, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | Washington State | W 75–64 | 24–1 (12–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| February 24, 2001 5:00 pm | No. 1 | Washington | W 99–79 | 25–1 (13–1) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| March 1, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | at USC | W 70–68 | 26–1 (14–1) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA |
| March 3, 2001 1:00 pm, CBS | No. 1 | at No. 12 UCLA | W 85–79 | 27–1 (15–1) | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| March 8, 2001 7:30 pm | No. 1 | No. 8 Arizona | L 75–76 | 27–2 (15–2) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| March 10, 2001 1:00 pm | No. 1 | Arizona State | W 99–75 | 28–2 (16–2) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 15, 2001* 2:18 pm, CBS | (1 W) No. 2 | (16 W) UNC Greensboro First round | W 89–60 | 29–2 | Cox Arena San Diego, CA |
| March 17, 2001* 5:08 pm, CBS | (1 W) No. 2 | (9 W) Saint Joseph's Second round | W 90–83 | 30–2 | Cox Arena San Diego, CA |
| March 22, 2001* 7:00 pm, CBS | (1 W) No. 2 | (5 W) Cincinnati Sweet Sixteen | W 78–65 | 31–2 | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (18,008) Anaheim, CA |
| March 24, 2001* 1:40 pm, CBS | (1 W) No. 2 | (3 W) No. 11 Maryland Elite Eight | L 73–87 | 31–3 | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (18,008) Anaheim, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region. W = West Region. ||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Not released |
| Coaches | 3 | 3^ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

## 2001 NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team |
| 1 | 18 | Jason Collins | Houston Rockets |
| 2 | 53 | Jarron Collins | Utah Jazz |