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2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 65 Finals Site H.H.H. Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota Champions Duke (3rd title) Runner-Up Arizona (2nd title game) Semifinalists Maryland (1st Final Four) Michigan State (5th Final Four) Winning Coach Mike Krzyzewski (3rd title) MOP Shane Battier Duke Attendance 612,089 Top scorer Jason Williams Duke (154 points) |
The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing
in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
I college basketball. It began on March 13, 2001 with the play-in game, and
ended with the championship game on April 2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total
of 64 games were played. This tournament is the first to feature 65 teams, due to the Mountain West Conference receiving an automatic bid for the first time. This change necessitated a play-in game between the #64 and #65 ranked teams, with the winner playing against a #1 seed in the first round. Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, won the national title with a 82-72 victory in the final game over Arizona, coached by Lute Olson. Shane Battier of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. |
Duke has won three NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships and appeared in
14 Final Fours. Eleven players have been named the National Player of the Year,
while 71 players have been drafted in the NBA Draft. Additionally, Duke has had
55 All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans. Duke is tied with the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the most Atlantic Coast Conference championships,
with 16 (1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999 - 2003,
2005, 2006). Duke has also won the regular season 18 times (1954, 1958, 1963
- 1966, 1979, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997 - 2001, 2004, 2006). |
The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball program is among the most reputable college
basketball programs in the United States. It is widely renowned in American college
sports, especially in conjunction with its heated rivalry with the North
Carolina Tarheels. The fourth-winningest men's basketball program of all-time,
the team from Duke University has had great success over the past 27 years under
coach Mike Krzyzewski, nicknamed Coach K. They are currently ranked ahead of
UNC. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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Duke won Southern Conference championships five times (1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946).
Duke finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll seven times (1986, 1992,
1999 - 2002, 2006). Duke is second, behind only UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 110 weeks. The Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007. This streak only trails UCLA's 221 consecutive polls from 1966-1980 as the longest of all time. |
