# 2000–01 Eredivisie (basketball)

The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was the 41st season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. Ricoh Astronauts won their 3rd national title.

## Regular season

Each side played teams in their own group four times (twice home and twice away), while they played teams from other groups two times (once home and once away).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ricoh Astronauts | 32 | 24 | 8 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | Conesco Den Helder | 32 | 21 | 11 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Image Center Werkendam | 32 | 19 | 13 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 4 | Omniworld Almere | 32 | 14 | 18 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 5 | NAC | 32 | 14 | 18 | |
| 6 | C3 Cobra's Den Haag (R) | 32 | 5 | 27 | Relegated |
* ↑ C3 Cobra's Den Haag was relegated from the Eredivisie because of financial problems.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vanilla Weert | 32 | 20 | 12 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | MPC Donar | 32 | 19 | 13 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Canoe Jeans EBBC | 32 | 19 | 13 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 4 | EiffelTowers Nijmegen | 32 | 18 | 14 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 5 | Gunco Rotterdam | 32 | 11 | 21 | |
| 6 | Landstede Zwolle | 32 | 6 | 26 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Ricoh Astronauts | 2 | | | | | | |
| B4 | EiffelTowers Nijmegen | 0 | | | | | | |
| B4 | EiffelTowers Nijmegen | 0 | A1 | Ricoh Astronauts | 3 | | | |
| | | | B2 | MPC Donar | 0 | | | |
| B2 | MPC Donar | 2 | B2 | MPC Donar | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Image Center Werkendam | 1 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Image Center Werkendam | 1 | | | | A1 | Ricoh Astronauts | 4 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Vanilla Weert | 2 |
| A2 | Conesco Den Helder | 0 | | | | | | | B1 | Vanilla Weert | 2 |
| B3 | Canoe Jeans EBBC | 2 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Canoe Jeans EBBC | 2 | B2 | Canoe Jeans EBBC | 2 | | | |
| | | | B1 | Vanilla Weert | 3 | | | |
| B1 | Vanilla Weert | 2 | B1 | Vanilla Weert | 3 | | | |
| A4 | BC Omniworld Almere | 0 | | | | | | |

### Finals

* 21 April 19:30
* Boxscore
Ricoh Astronauts 91, Vanilla Weert 70 :
| Pts: Joe Spinks 22 Rebs: Egidijus Mikalajūnas 7 Asts: Riley Inge 9 | Pts: Omar Sneed 19 Rebs: Omar Sneed 9 Asts: Omar Sneed 5 |
| Astronauts lead series 1–0 |||
* Apollohal, Amsterdam
* 24 April 19:30
* Boxscore
Vanilla Weert 82, Ricoh Astronauts 72 :
| Pts: Omar Sneed 30 Rebs: Jermaine Carlton 11 Asts: Omar Sneed 4 | Pts: Sydmill Harris 14 Rebs: Spinks, Bennes 7 each Asts: Chris McGuthrie 10 |
| Series tied 1–1 |||
* Sporthal Boshoven, Weert
* 26 April 19:30
* Boxscore
Ricoh Astronauts 106, Vanilla Weert 67 :
| Pts: Sydmill Harris 22 Rebs: Egidijus Mikalajūnas 9 Asts: Joe Spinks 6 | Pts: Jermaine Carlton 16 Rebs: Jermaine Carlton 12 Asts: Jermaine Carlton 4 |
| Astronauts lead series 2–1 |||
* Apollohal, Amsterdam
* 28 April 19:30
* Boxscore
Vanilla Weert 79, Ricoh Astronauts 78 :
| Pts: Omar Sneed 41 Rebs: Omar Sneed 10 Asts: Chatney Howard 6 | Pts: Chris McGuthrie 20 Rebs: Joe Spinks 10 Asts: Chris McGuthrie 9 |
| Series tied 2–2 |||
* Sporthal Boshoven, Weert
* 1 May 19:30
* Boxscore
Ricoh Astronauts 76, Vanilla Weert 51 :
| Pts: Spinks, Rouwhorst 11 each Rebs: Koen Rouwhorst 12 Asts: Riley Inge 6 | Pts: Omar Sneed 16 Rebs: Jermaine Carlton 10 Asts: Somefun, Barth 3 each |
| Astronauts lead series 3–2 |||
* Apollohal, Amsterdam
* 3 May 19:30
* Boxscore
Vanilla Weert 62, Ricoh Astronauts 78 :
| Pts: Omar Sneed 13 Rebs: Omar Sneed 10 Asts: Three players 4 each | Pts: Joe Spinks 27 Rebs: Joe Spinks 10 Asts: Mario Bennes 5 |
| Astronauts win series 4–2 |||
* Sporthal Boshoven, Weert

## Individual awards

* Most Valuable Player: Chris McGuthrie (Ricoh Astronauts)
* Coach of the Year: Ton Boot (Ricoh Astronauts)
* Rookie of the Year: Sydmill Harris (Ricoh Astronauts)
* First-team All-Eredivisie:
** Ryan Robertson (EiffelTowers Nijmegen)
** Hakeem Ward (Den Helder)
** Joe Spinks (Ricoh Astronauts)
** Eric Nelson (EiffelTowers Nijmegen)
** Lamont Randolph (MPC Donar)

## Individual statistical leaders

| Category | Player | Team(s) | Statistic |
| Points per game | Omar Sneed | Vanilla Weert | 27.1 |
| Rebounds per game | Lamont Randolph | Donar | 12.4 |
| Assists per game | Ed Norvell | Canoe Jeans EBBC | 9.1 |
| Steals per game | Joe Spinks | Ricoh Astronauts | 4.4 |
| Blocks per game | Eric Nelson | Omniworld Almere | 1.4 |