Overall: 18-11, .621 W-L% (87th of 318)
Conference: 9-7, 4th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Brad Soderberg (16-10), Dick Bennett (2-1)
PS/G: 59.4 (311th of 318) ▪ PA/G: 56.6 (1st of 318)
SRS: 14.91 (26th of 318) ▪ SOS: 12.08 (3rd of 318)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (50-49) versus #11 Georgia 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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| 19 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 21, 2000 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 56 | 66 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 25, 2000 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 68 | 64 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 29, 2000 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 78 | 75 | OT | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 2, 2000 | REG | Xavier | A-10 | W | 61 | 46 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 6, 2000 | REG | @ | Green Bay | MW Coll | W | 61 | 53 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 9, 2000 | REG | Ohio | MAC | W | 65 | 46 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 14, 2000 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | W | 66 | 58 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 16, 2000 | REG | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 55 | 47 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 23, 2000 | REG | @ | Marquette | CUSA | W | 52 | 47 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 30, 2000 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 63 | 61 | OT | 9 | 1 | W 9 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 4, 2001 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 49 | 46 | 10 | 1 | W 10 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 6, 2001 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 49 | 54 | 10 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 10, 2001 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 67 | 73 | 10 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 13, 2001 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 69 | OT | 10 | 4 | L 3 |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 16, 2001 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 67 | 54 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 24, 2001 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 57 | 42 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 27, 2001 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 63 | 58 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Jan 30, 2001 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | L | 44 | 58 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 3, 2001 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 60 | 41 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 7, 2001 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 73 | 54 | 15 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 10, 2001 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 58 | 63 | 15 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Tue, Feb 13, 2001 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 67 | 68 | 15 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Sun, Feb 18, 2001 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 59 | 37 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 21, 2001 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 64 | 54 | 17 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 24, 2001 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 55 | 85 | 17 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 27, 2001 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 47 | 51 | 17 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 3, 2001 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 59 | 57 | 18 | 9 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 9, 2001 | CTOURN | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 52 | 64 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 15, 2001 | NCAA | N | Georgia State | A-Sun | L | 49 | 50 | 18 | 11 | L 2 |