2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 2001 at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. For the third consecutive year, the tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.[1]

2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	6
Site	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA
Champions	Winthrop (3rd title)
Winning coach	Gregg Marshall (3rd title)
MVP	Andrey Savtchenko (Radford)
Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2000–01 Big South Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Radford	12	–	2		.857			19	–	10		.655
Winthrop †	11	–	3		.786			18	–	13		.581
UNC Asheville	9	–	5		.643			15	–	13		.536
Coastal Carolina	6	–	8		.429			8	–	20		.286
Charleston Southern	6	–	8		.429			10	–	19		.345
Liberty	5	–	9		.357			15	–	13		.536
Elon*	4	–	10		.286			9	–	20		.310
High Point*	3	–	11		.214			8	–	20		.286
† 2001 Big South Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament

Format

Six teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. As part of their transitional phase, conference members Elon and High Point were ineligible for the tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 1					Semifinals March 2					Finals March 3
						1	Radford	65
	4	Coastal Carolina	64			5	Charleston Southern	62
	5	Charleston Southern	77								1	Radford	65
											2	Winthrop	67*
						2	Winthrop	67**
	3	UNC Asheville	48			6	Liberty	62
	6	Liberty	60

* Asterisk indicates overtime game

• Source

All-Tournament Team

• Andrey Savtchenko, Radford
• Tyrone Walker, Winthrop
• Derrick Knox, Winthrop
• Jason Williams, Radford
• Chris Caldwell, Liberty

[1]

References

1. Big South Men's Basketball History - p. 6