2000–01 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

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

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

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

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 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

Main article: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings