2000–01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tom Izzo, in his sixth year as head coach, led the team that played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 28–5, 13–3 to finish in a tie for the Big Ten regular season championship for the fourth consecutive year. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. For the third consecutive year, they received a No. 1 seed and reached the Final Four before falling to Arizona.

2000–01 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record28–5 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tom Izzo (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Stan Heath (5th season)
  • Mike Garland (5th season)
  • Brian Gregory (2nd season)
Captains
Home arenaBreslin Center
2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Illinois133 .813278  .771
No. 3 Michigan State133 .813285  .848
No. 20 Indiana106 .6252113  .618
No. 25 Wisconsin97 .5631811  .621
No. 24 Iowa79 .4382312  .657
Penn State79 .4382112  .636
Purdue610 .3751715  .531
Minnesota511 .3131814  .563
Michigan412 .2501018  .357
Northwestern313 .1881119  .367
Ohio State*00 00  
2001 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)
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