2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	20–11 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Braun (5th season);
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Stanford	16	–	2	.889	31	–	3	.912
No. 2 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	28	–	8	.778
No. 12 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	23	–	9	.719
No. 14 USC	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
California	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
Oregon	5	–	13	.278	14	–	14	.500
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	16	.448
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	20	.333
Washington	4	–	14	.222	10	–	20	.333

As of November 30, 2007 Rankings from Coaches Poll

^[1] The 2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2000–01 season.

Led by head coach Ben Braun, the Bears finished the regular season with a 11–7 record in the Pac-10, placing them in fourth. The Bears would receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they fell to No. 9 seed Fresno State^[2] in the opening round. The team finished the season with an overall record of 20–11.

Roster

2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	15	Dennis Gates	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Country Club Hills, Illinois
G	25	Brian Wethers	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Murietta, California
F	34	Joe Shipp	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 13, 2000*		Mississippi State	W 83–76 ^OT	1–0	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Nov 15, 2000*		at Texas	L 54–57	1–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Nov 29, 2000*		at Saint Louis	L 66–88	1–2	Savvis Center St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 2, 2000*		at UC Irvine	L 52–56	1–3	Bren Events Center Irvine, California
Dec 5, 2000*		Cleveland State	W 62–54	2–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 9, 2000*		Colorado	W 75–63	3–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 11, 2000*		Albany	W 95–61	4–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 21, 2000*		vs. Georgia Pete Newell Challenge	W 85–64	5–3	SAP Center San Jose, California
Dec 23, 2000*		Coppin State	W 75–59	6–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 29, 2000*		Yale	W 76–62	7–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Dec 30, 2000*		La Salle	W 81–59	8–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 4, 2001		at No. 16 Arizona	L 75–78	8–4 (0–1)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Jan 6, 2001		at Arizona State	W 82–67	9–4 (1–1)	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona
Jan 11, 2001		Oregon	W 78–62	10–4 (2–1)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 13, 2001		Oregon State	W 81–67	11–4 (3–1)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 17, 2001		at No. 1 Stanford	L 58–84	11–5 (3–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Jan 20, 2001*		South Florida	W 79–69	12–5	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Jan 25, 2001		at Washington State	W 75–71 ^OT	13–5 (4–2)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
Jan 27, 2001		at Washington	W 79–64	14–5 (5–2)	Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington
Feb 1, 2001		UCLA	W 92–63	15–5 (6–2)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Feb 3, 2001		No. 21 USC	L 66–80	15–6 (6–3)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Mar 10, 2001		No. 8 Arizona	L 76–78	20–10 (11–7)	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 2001*	(8 S)	vs. (9 S) Fresno State First round	L 70–82	20–11	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific.

Rankings

References

^ "2001-02 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.

[1] "2001-02 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[ncaa-2] "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics