The 2000–01 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by 2nd-year head coach Ralph Willard, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 22–8, 10–2 in Patriot League play to win the regular season league title. As the #1 seed, they defeated Lehigh and Navy to be champions of the Patriot League tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 14 seed in the East region, they were beaten by No. 3 seed Kentucky, 72–68.[1]
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Patriot League regular season and tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First round | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 22–8 (10–2 Patriot) |
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| Home arena | Hart Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2001 Patriot League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 18, 2000* | at Providence | L 57–63 | 0–1 | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
| Dec 4, 2000* | at Boston College | L 48–77 | 4–2 | Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
| Patriot League Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 4, 2001* | Lehigh Semifinals | W 69–57 | 21–7 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Mar 9, 2001* | Navy Championship game | W 68–64 OT | 22–7 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 15, 2001* | (14 E) | vs. (3 E) No. 9 Kentucky First round | L 68–72 | 22–8 | Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.. | |||||||||||
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