2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 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)

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Georgia State, L, 49–50
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	#25
2000–01 record	18–11 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dick Bennett (3 games); Brad Soderberg (26 games)
Home arena	Kohl Center
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The 2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Dick Bennett, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. Bennett resigned after three games into the 2000–01 citing burnout – he said he "simply was drained".^[1] Assistant coach Brad Soderberg then took over as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and is a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	2	Travon Davis	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Argo, IL
G	3	Pete Schmit	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Saint Charles, IL
F	5	Maurice Linton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Calumet City, IL
G	13	Ike Ukawuba	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Chicago, IL
G	14	Ricky Bower	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Meridian, ID
F	15	Andy Kowske	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Brookfield, WI
G	20	Kirk Penney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Auckland
F	21	Kyle Grusczynski	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Seymour, WI
G	22	Mike Kelley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Menomonee Falls, WI
G	24	Freddie Owens	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Milwaukee, WI
F/C	30	Dave Mader	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Fr	Appleton, WI
G	32	Roy Boone	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Madison, WI
F	40	Charlie Wills	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Angola, IN
F	50	Mark Vershaw	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	East Peoria, IL
F	54	Mike Wilkinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Blue Mounds, WI

Head coach

Dick Bennett (Ripon)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Soderberg (Ripon)
Tony Bennett (UW-Green Bay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-1-13

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
11/21/2000*	#18	at #9 Tennessee	L 58–66	0–1	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
11/25/2000*	#18	Northern Illinois	W 68–64	1–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
11/29/2000*	#23	vs. #13 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 78–75 ^OT	2–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
12/02/2000*	#23	Xavier	W 61–46	3–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/06/2000*	#17	at UW–Green Bay	W 61–53	4–1	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Ashwaubenon, WI
12/09/2000*	#17	Ohio	W 65–46	5–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/14/2000*	#16	at Temple	W 66–58	6–1	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2000*	#16	UW–Milwaukee	W 55–47	7–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
12/23/2000*	#16	at Marquette	W 52–47	8–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
12/30/2000*	#13	South Florida	W 63–61 ^OT	9–1	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/03/2001	#12	Indiana	W 49–46	10–1 (1–0)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/06/2001	#12	at Minnesota	L 49–54	10–2 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/10/2001	#17	at Purdue	L 67–73	10–3 (1–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/13/2001	#17	at #3 Michigan State	L 59–69 ^OT	10–4 (1–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
1/16/2001	#19	#14 Iowa	W 67–54	11–4 (2–3)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/24/2001	#15	Ohio State	W 57–42	12–4 (3–3)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/27/2001	#15	Penn State	W 63–58	13–4 (4–3)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/30/2001*	#10	Butler	L 44–58	13–5	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/03/2001		at Michigan	W 60–41	14–5 (5–3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/07/2001	#16	Purdue	W 73–54	15–5 (6–3)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/10/2001	#16	at Ohio State	L 58–63	15–6 (6–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/13/2001	#19	at #4 Illinois	L 67–68	15–7 (6–5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/18/2001	#19	Northwestern	W 59–37	16–7 (7–5)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/21/2001	#19	Minnesota	W 64–54	17–7 (8–5)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
2/24/2001	#19	Indiana	L 55–85	17–8 (8–6)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/27/2001	#22	#3 Michigan State	L 47–51	17–9 (8–7)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
3/03/2001	#22	at Iowa	W 59–57	18–9 (9–7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Tournament
3/09/2001	#22	vs. Indiana Big Ten Tournament - Quarterfinals	L 52–64	18–10	United Center Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
3/15/2001*	#(6 seed)	vs. #(11 seed) Georgia State NCAA Tournament - First Round	L 49–50	18–11	BSU Pavilion Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
#3 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
#20 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
#25 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
#24 Iowa †	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Penn State	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
Purdue	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 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)