2000–01 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
2000–01 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
BB&T Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 11
2000–01 record	25–11 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Gary Williams
Assistant coach	Billy Hahn; Dave Dickerson; Jimmy Patsos
Home arena	Cole Field House

The 2000–2001 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2000–2001 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at the Cole Field House. They were the first team to reach the Final Four in school history.

Pre-Season

Accolades

Team
ESPN/USA Today ranked No. 7
AP ranked No. 5 ^[1]

Terence Morris
Naismith Award Player of the Year candidate
Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate
Playboy First Team All-American

Lonny Baxter, Juan Dixon
Naismith Award Player of the Year candidate
Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate

Roster

2000–01 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	1	Byron Mouton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Rayne, Louisiana
G	3	Juan Dixon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Jr	Baltimore, Maryland
G	4	Earl Badu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Baltimore, Maryland
G	11	Calvin McCall	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Orlando, Florida
G	12	Drew Nicholas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Hempstead, New York
G/F	15	Danny Miller	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Mt. Holly, New Jersey
F	21	LaRon Cephas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Wilmington, Delaware
G	25	Steve Blake	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Miami Lakes, Florida
F/C	33	Mike Mardesich	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Boston, Massachusetts
F/C	35	Lonny Baxter	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Jr	Silver Spring, Maryland
C	40	Matt Slaninka	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	257 lb (117 kg)	RS Fr	Olney, Maryland
F	44	Terence Morris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Frederick, Maryland
F	45	Tahj Holden	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	So	Red Bank, New Jersey
F/C	54	Chris Wilcox	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Whiteville, North Carolina

Head coach

Gary Williams (Maryland)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2000-03-19

Season Recap

Accolades

Juan Dixon
1st Team All-ACC
Lonny Baxter
NCAA West Regional MVP
2nd Team All-ACC

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/00*	No. 6	Basketball Travelers	W 110-77	–	20 – Baxter, Dixon	10 – Baxter	11 – Blake	Cole Field House (12,206) College Park, Maryland
11/15/00*	No. 6	California All-Stars	W 91-55	–	21 – Dixon	7 – Baxter, Morris	7 – Blake	Cole Field House (11,150) College Park, Maryland
Regular season
11/20/00* 9:00PM, ESPN2	No. 6	vs. Louisville Maui Invitational	W 95-73	1-0	24 – Morris	9 – Morris	9 – Blake	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/21/00* 7:15PM, ESPN	No. 6	vs. No. 8 Illinois Maui Invitational	L 90-80	1-1	24 – Morris	9 – Morris	9 – Blake	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/22/00* 6:15PM	No. 6	vs. Dayton Maui Invitational	L 77-71	1-2	20 – Baxter	6 – Baxter, Morris	6 – Blake, Nicholas	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Lahaina, HI
11/29/00* 9:00PM, ESPN	No. 13	at No. 23 Wisconsin ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 78-75 ^OT	1-3	14 – Mouton	7 – Dixon	7 – Blake	Bradley Center (7,157) Milwaukee
12/02/00* 1:00PM, Raycom	No. 13	vs. Michigan BB&T Classic	W 82-51	2-3	19 – Dixon	7 – Mardesich	5 – Blake	MCI Center (16,681) Washington, D.C.
12/03/00* 5:30PM, Raycom	No. 13	vs. George Washington BB&T Classic	W 71-63	3-3	17 – Mouton	7 – Morris	6 – Blake	MCI Center (16,826) Washington, D.C.
12/06/00* 8:00PM	No. 19	Stony Brook	W 107-59	4-3	19 – Baxter, Dixon, Mouton	7 – Baxter	13 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,206) College Park, Maryland
12/09/00* 7:30PM, HTS	No. 19	Penn	W 87-81	5-3	23 – Dixon	8 – Baxter	3 – Blake, Mouton	The Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia
12/13/00* 8:00PM	No. 20	UMBC	W 93-67	6-3	23 – Dixon	12 – Baxter	10 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,021) College Park, Maryland
12/23/00* 1:30PM, HTS	No. 20	Norfolk State	W 123-79	7-3	32 – Baxter	8 – Blake, Morris	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,687) College Park, Maryland
12/27/00* 8:00PM	No. 18	Chicago State	W 117-55	8-3	24 – Dixon	8 – Morris	12 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,506) College Park, Maryland
12/30/00* 1:30PM, HTS	No. 18	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 105-53	9-3	28 – Mouton	8 – Baxter	8 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,107) College Park, Maryland
01/02/01 8:00PM, RJ	No. 17	at Clemson	W 104-92	10-3 (1-0)	26 – Morris	4 – Baxter, Blake	6 – Blake, Nicholas	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,500) Clemson, South Carolina
01/06/01 1:30PM, RJ	No. 17	Georgia Tech	W 93-80	11-3 (2-0)	28 – Dixon	13 – Morris	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
01/10/01 7:00PM, ESPN	No. 14	No. 9 North Carolina	L 86-83	11-4 (2-1)	22 – Dixon	12 – Morris	5 – Morris	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
01/14/01 1:30PM, RJ	No. 14	at Florida State	W 76-55	12-4 (3-1)	19 – Dixon	14 – Morris	4 – Nicholas	Leon County Civic Center (6,899) Tallahassee, Florida
01/17/01 9:00PM, ESPN	No. 12	No. 10 Wake Forest	W 81-71	13-4 (4-1)	30 – Dixon	15 – Baxter	4 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
01/21/2001 3:30PM, ABC	No. 12	at NC State	W 75-61	14-4 (5-1)	20 – Morris	10 – Morris	7 – Miller	Entertainment and Sports Arena (12) Raleigh, North Carolina
01/27/01 8:00PM, ESPN	No. 8	No. 2 Duke	L 98-96 ^OT	14-5 (5-2)	17 – Dixon	12 – Mouton	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
01/31/01 9:00PM, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 11 Virginia	L 99-78	14-6 (5-3)	15 – Baxter	15 – Morris	9 – Blake	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
02/04/01 1:00PM, RJ	No. 9	Clemson	W 69-54	15-6 (6-3)	18 – Morris	13 – Baxter	5 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
02/06/01 7:00PM, HTS	No. 13	at Georgia Tech	L 72-62	15-7 (6-4)	18 – Dixon	13 – Morris	6 – Blake	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (8,802) Atlanta
02/10/01 1:00PM, CBS	No. 13	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 96-82	15-8 (6-5)	19 – Baxter	8 – Baxter, Morris	6 – Morris	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
02/14/01 9:00PM, RJ	No. 17	Florida State	L 74-71	15-9 (6-6)	14 – Dixon	6 – Baxter, Blake	10 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,282) College Park, Maryland
02/17/01 1:30PM	No. 17	at No. 23 Wake Forest	W 73-57	16-9 (7-6)	19 – Baxter	14 – Baxter	4 – Blake	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (13,800) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
02/20/01 8:00PM, ESPN2	No. 20	NC State	W 95-66	17-9 (8-6)	30 – Dixon	7 – Baxter	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
02/24/01* 3:30PM, ABC	No. 20	No. 16 Oklahoma	W 68-60	18-9	23 – Dixon	7 – Baxter	5 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
02/27/01 8:00PM, RJ	No. 16	at No. 2 Duke	W 91-80	18-9 (9-6)	28 – Dixon	12 – Morris	11 – Blake	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
03/03/01 2:00PM, CBS	No. 16	No. 7 Virginia	W 102-67	20-9 (10-6)	21 – Dixon	13 – Morris	10 – Nicholas	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
03/09/01 9:30PM, RJ	No. 11 (3)	vs. No. 22 (6) Wake Forest 1st Round	W 71-53	21-9	15 – Dixon	11 – Baxter	9 – Blake	Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta, Georgia
03/10/01 4:15PM, ESPN	No. 11 (3)	vs. No. 3 (2) Duke Semifinal	L 84-82	21-10	17 – Dixon	12 – Baxter	11 – Blake	Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta, Georgia
2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
03/15/01* 3:05PM, CBS	No. 11 (W3)	vs. No. (W14) George Mason NCAA First Round	W 83-80	22-10	22 – Dixon, Mouton	6 – Baxter	6 – Blake	BSU Pavilion (10,824) Boise, ID
03/17/01* 3:20PM, CBS	No. 11 (W3)	vs. No. (W11) Georgia State NCAA Second Round	W 79-60	23-10	19 – Baxter	14 – Baxter	7 – Blake	BSU Pavilion (11,250) Boise, ID
03/22/01* 7:55PM, CBS	No. 11 (W3)	vs. No. 21 (W10) Georgetown NCAA Sweet Sixteen	W 76-66	24-10	26 – Baxter	14 – Baxter	5 – Blake	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (18,008) Anaheim, California
03/24/01* 4:40PM, CBS	No. 11 (W3)	vs. No. 2 (W1) Stanford NCAA Regional Final	W 87-73	25-10	24 – Baxter	10 – Morris	7 – Blake	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (18,008) Anaheim, California
03/31/01* 8:15PM, CBS	No. 11 (W3)	vs. No. 1 (E1) Duke NCAA Final Four	L 95-84	25-11	19 – Dixon	10 – Baxter	5 – Blake	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (45,406) Minneapolis
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time^[2].

References

↑ "Terps No. 5 In AP Preseason Poll". Maryland Men's Basketball. UMTerps.com. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
↑ 2000–01 Men's Basketball Results

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[1] "Terps No. 5 In AP Preseason Poll". Maryland Men's Basketball. UMTerps.com. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

[2] 2000–01 Men's Basketball Results

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