Overall: 26-7, .788 W-L% (11th of 318)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in WAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry Tarkanian (26-7)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 9-7 (more)
PS/G: 81.5 (12th of 318) ▪ PA/G: 71.0 (163rd of 318)
SRS: 15.65 (22nd of 318) ▪ SOS: 5.14 (79th of 318)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in South)
Won South First Round (82-70) versus #8 California
Lost South Second Round (81-65) versus #1 Michigan State
| Pre | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/5 | 12/12 | 12/19 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/9 | 1/16 | 1/23 | 1/30 | 2/6 | 2/13 | 2/20 | 2/27 | 3/6 | Final |
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| 22 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 17, 2000 | REG | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | W | 104 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 19, 2000 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | L | 74 | 87 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 22, 2000 | REG | N | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 82 | 63 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Mon, Nov 27, 2000 | REG | San Diego State | MWC | W | 70 | 62 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 30, 2000 | REG | Pacific | Big West | W | 66 | 55 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 2, 2000 | REG | @ | San Francisco | WCC | L | 89 | 90 | 2OT | 4 | 2 | L 1 |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 13, 2000 | REG | @ | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 64 | 51 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 16, 2000 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 87 | 67 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 19, 2000 | REG | Toledo | MAC | W | 88 | 72 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Dec 20, 2000 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 85 | 69 | 8 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 23, 2000 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 80 | 61 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Dec 28, 2000 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 84 | 59 | 10 | 2 | W 6 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Dec 30, 2000 | REG | Norfolk State | MEAC | W | 107 | 80 | 11 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 4, 2001 | REG | @ | Rice | WAC | W | 69 | 58 | 12 | 2 | W 8 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 6, 2001 | REG | @ | Tulsa | WAC | W | 93 | 79 | 13 | 2 | W 9 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 10, 2001 | REG | Texas Christian | WAC | W | 94 | 82 | 14 | 2 | W 10 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 13, 2001 | REG | Southern Methodist | WAC | W | 92 | 86 | 15 | 2 | W 11 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 20, 2001 | REG | @ | Nevada | WAC | W | 72 | 69 | 16 | 2 | W 12 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 25, 2001 | REG | Texas-El Paso | WAC | W | 108 | 56 | 17 | 2 | W 13 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 1, 2001 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 73 | 91 | 17 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 3, 2001 | REG | @ | San Jose State | WAC | W | 86 | 75 | 18 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 8, 2001 | REG | San Jose State | WAC | W | 82 | 57 | 19 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Feb 11, 2001 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | W | 86 | 63 | 20 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 15, 2001 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | WAC | L | 88 | 102 | 20 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 17, 2001 | REG | @ | Texas-El Paso | WAC | L | 61 | 80 | 20 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 22, 2001 | REG | @ | Southern Methodist | WAC | W | 77 | 64 | 21 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Sun, Feb 25, 2001 | REG | Nevada | WAC | W | 91 | 68 | 22 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 1, 2001 | REG | Rice | WAC | W | 79 | 74 | 23 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Mar 3, 2001 | REG | Tulsa | WAC | W | 84 | 77 | 24 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 8, 2001 | CTOURN | N | Rice | WAC | W | 60 | 52 | 25 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 31 | Fri, Mar 9, 2001 | CTOURN | N | Hawaii | WAC | L | 67 | 76 | 25 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 16, 2001 | NCAA | N | California | Pac-10 | W | 82 | 70 | 26 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 18, 2001 | NCAA | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 65 | 81 | 26 | 7 | L 1 |