2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Big 12 regular season champions; Yahoo! Sports Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 10
Record	25–6 (13–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Larry Eustachy (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Terry Carroll; Leonard Perry; Randy Brown;
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Iowa State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	6	.806
No. 12 Kansas	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 13 Oklahoma †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 18 Texas	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Oklahoma State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	10	.667
Missouri	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
Nebraska	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
Baylor	6	–	10	.375	19	–	12	.613
Colorado	5	–	11	.313	15	–	15	.500
Kansas State	4	–	12	.250	11	–	18	.379
Texas A&M	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333
Texas Tech	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321

† 2001 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Larry Eustachy, who was in his 3rd season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.

They finished the season 25–6, 13–3 in Big 12 play to finish in first place. They lost to Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament. They received an at-large bid as a No. 2 seed to the NCAA tournament, where they were upset by 15th-seeded Hampton.^[2]

Previous season[edit]

They finished the season 32–5, 14–2 in Big 12 play to finish in first place. They defeated Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma to become champions of the Big 12 Conference tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was their first regular season and conference tournament since joining the Big 12. In the NCAA Tournament they defeated Central Connecticut State, Auburn, and UCLA to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to Michigan State.^[3]

The Cyclones saw individual success with Marcus Fizer being named a consensus First Team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year^[4] and Larry Eustachy being named AP Coach of the Year.^[5]

Incoming players[edit]

Incoming Players
Name	Position	Height	Weight	Previous School	Hometown
Omar Bynum	Forward	6'7	210 lbs.	Indian Hills CC	Omaha, NE
Shane Power	Forward	6'5"	210 lbs.	Merrillville Andrean	Crown Point, IN
Tyray Pearson	Forward	6'7"	225 lbs.	Kankakee CC	Hammond, IN
Jake Sullivan	Guard	6'1"	195 lbs.	Tartan High	Oakdale, MN
Zach Fortune	Guard	6'3"	185 lbs.	Bellevue West	Bellevue, NE
Marcus Jefferson	Forward	6'5"	205 lbs.	Notre Dame Prep	East Chicago
Anderw Skoglund	Center	7'1"	250 lbs.	Hopkins High	Minnetonka, MN
Reference:^[6]

Roster[edit]

2000–01 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	00	Richard Evans	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Kimball	Dallas, TX
G	3	Brandon Nicol	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Graettinger High	Graettinger, IA
G	4	Kantrail Horton (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Middle Georgia JC	Covington, GA
F	10	Omar Bynum	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Indian Hills CC	Omaha, NE
G	11	Jamaal Tinsley (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Mt. San Jacinto CC	Brooklyn, NY
G	12	Brandon Hawkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	St. Thomas More Academy	Fontana, CA
F	21	Shane Power	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Merrillville Andrean	Crown Point, IN
F	23	Tyray Pearson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Kankakee CC	Hammond, IN
G	24	Jake Sullivan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Tartan High	Oakdale, MN
G	30	Zach Fortune	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Bellevue West	Bellevue, NE
F	33	Clint Varley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Greenfield High	Menlo, IA
G/F	34	Marcus Jefferson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Notre Dame Prep	East Chicago
G	40	Brad Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Knoxville High	Knoxville, IA
G	42	Justin Fries	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Washington High	Sioux Falls, SD
F	45	Paul Shirley (C)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Sr	Jefferson West	Meriden, KS
F	51	Martin Rancik	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Saint Louis Parl	Nitra, SK
C	54	Andrew Skoglund	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Fr	Hopkins High	Minnetonka, MN

Head coach

Larry Eustachy (Long Beach State)

Assistant coach(es)

Terry Carroll (Drake)
Leonard Perry (Idaho)
Randy Brown (Arizona)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2000 7:00 pm		Next Level Sports	W 85–72		Hilton Coliseum (12,776) Ames, IA
November 15, 2000 7:00 pm		Global Sports	W 91–85		Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Regular Season
November 21, 2000* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Morningside	W 102–97	1–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
November 24, 2000* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Texas Southern	W 109–70	2–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
November 27, 2000* 7:05 pm, KFXA/KFXB/KDSM		at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 69–55	3–0	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
December 1, 2000* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Southern Tribune Cyclone Challenge	W 94–62	4–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 2, 2000* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Southern Miss Tribune Cyclone Challenge	W 69–67	5–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 5, 2000* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 25	Tennessee Tech	W 89–74	6–0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 9, 2000* 7:05 pm, ITN	No. 25	at Iowa Rivalry	L 68–80	6–1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
December 17, 2000* 12:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 75–55	7–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
December 21, 2000* 5:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming^[7]		vs. Troy Yahoo Sports Invitational quarterfinal	W 66–56	8–1	Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
December 22, 2000* 10:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming		vs. BYU Yahoo Sports Invitational semifinal	W 77–71	9–1	Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
December 23, 2000* 9:00 pm, Yahoo! Streaming		vs. No. 24 Ole Miss Yahoo Sports Invitational championship	W 73–68	10–1	Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
December 30, 2000* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 25	Western Carolina	W 91–53	11–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 2, 2001* 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 23	Illinois-Chicago	W 95–44	12–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 6, 2001 12:45 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 23	No. 15 Oklahoma	W 100–80	13–1 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 8, 2001 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 18	at Oklahoma State	L 80–88 ^OT	13–2 (1–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 13, 2001 3:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 18	at Missouri	L 109–112 ^4OT	13–3 (1–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
January 16, 2001 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 23	Colorado	W 84–68	14–3 (2–2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 20, 2001 12:45 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 23	at Nebraska	W 60–59	15–3 (3–2)	Bob Devaney Center Lincoln, NE
January 25, 2001 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 17	Baylor	W 72–51	16–3 (4–2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 28, 2001 12:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 17	at Texas A&M	W 72–53	17–3 (5–2)	Reed Arena College Station, TX
January 31, 2001 8:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 15	at Colorado	W 71–61	18–3 (6–2)	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
February 3, 2001 12:45 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 15	Kansas State	W 84–78	19–3 (7–2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 5, 2001 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 12	at No. 3 Kansas	W 79–77	20–3 (8–2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 11, 2001 3:00 pm, ABC	No. 12	Missouri	W 72–64	21–3 (9–2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 17, 2001 12:00 pm, CBS	No. 7	No. 6 Kansas	W 79–71	22–3 (10–2)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 21, 2001 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 6	at Kansas State	W 62–51	23–3 (11–2)	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 24, 2001 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	at Texas	L 78–94	23–4 (11–3)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 28, 2001 6:30 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 8	Texas Tech	W 80–63	24–4 (12–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
March 3, 2001 3:00 pm, ESPN Plus	No. 8	Nebraska	W 86–73	25–4 (13–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Big 12 Tournament
March 9, 2001 12:00 pm, ESPN Plus	(1) No. 7	vs. (8) Baylor Quarterfinals	L 49–62	25–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2001 9:07 pm, CBS	(2 W) No. 10	vs. (15 W) Hampton First Round	L 57–58	25–6	BSU Pavilion Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	25	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	25	23	18	23	17	15	12	7	6	8	7	10	Not released
Coaches	23	23^	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	23	18	18	14	9	6	8	8	9	15

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

Awards and honors[edit]

All-American^[8]

Jamaal Tinsley (Consensus Second Team)

Big 12 Player of the Year^[9]

Jamaal Tinsley

Big 12 Freshman of the Year^[9]

Jake Sullivan

Big 12 Coach of the Year^[9]

Larry Eustachy

All-Conference Selections^[9]

Jamaal Tinsley (1st Team)

Kantrail Horton (2nd Team)

Martin Rancik (3rd Team)

Paul Shirley (Honorable Mention)

Academic All American

Paul Shirley (Second Team)

Academic All-Big 12 First Team^[9]

Paul Shirley

Big 12 Player of the Week^[9]

Kantrail Horton (January 8)

Jamaal Tinsley (January 22)

Big 12 Rookie of the Week^[9]

Jake Sullivan

Ralph A. Olsen Award^[10]

Jamaal Tinsley

References[edit]

^ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "Iowa State vs. Hampton Box Score, March 15, 2001 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
^ "Michigan State vs. Iowa State Box Score, March 25, 2000 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
^ "Iowa State basketball great Marcus Fizer makes return to Ames". The Des Moines Register.
^ "Iowa State Big 12 Coach of the Year Larry Eustachy Signs 10-Year Contract".
^ "2000-01 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
^ "Official Athletic Site, Iowa State University - Men's Basketball". cyclones.fansonly.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams - Basketball-Reference.com".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2008-09 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). \big12sports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
^ "Men's Basketball Traditions" (PDF). cyclones.com. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[Standings-1] 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[2] "Iowa State vs. Hampton Box Score, March 15, 2001 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".

[3] "Michigan State vs. Iowa State Box Score, March 25, 2000 - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".

[4] "Iowa State basketball great Marcus Fizer makes return to Ames". The Des Moines Register.

[5] "Iowa State Big 12 Coach of the Year Larry Eustachy Signs 10-Year Contract".

[6] "2000-01 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".

[7] "Official Athletic Site, Iowa State University - Men's Basketball". cyclones.fansonly.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[8] "NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams - Basketball-Reference.com".

[auto-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2008-09 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). \big12sports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

[10] "Men's Basketball Traditions" (PDF). cyclones.com. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

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v t e Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	Margaret Hall Gymnasium (1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics