Mode: | Basketball |
Sex: | none |
Year: | 2000–01 |
Team: | Alabama State Hornets |
Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | SWAC |
Record: | 22–9 |
Conf Record: | 15–3 |
Champion: | SWAC tournament champions SWAC Regular season champions |
Tourney Result: | First round |
The 2000–01 Alabama State Hornets basketball team represented Alabama State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by head coach Rob Spivery, played their home games at the Dunn–Oliver Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). After finishing atop the SWAC regular season standings, the Hornets won the SWAC tournament, earning the conference's automatic bid to play in the NCAA tournament the first appearance in school history. Playing as No. 16 seed in the South region, Alabama State was beaten by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant, and defending National champion Michigan State in the opening round,[1] to finish the season 22–9 (15–3 SWAC).
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