2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

The 2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Jerry Dunn, in his sixth season with the team, and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Lions finished the season 21–12, 7–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a two-way tie for 6th place. They defeated Michigan and Michigan State before losing to Iowa in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament. They received a bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they defeated Providence and North Carolina before losing to Temple in the Sweet 16.

2000–01 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–12 (7–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaBryce Jordan 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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