2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big West Conference, the Vandals were led by fourth-year head coach David Farrar and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

2000–01 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
2000–01 record6–21 (3–13 Big West)
Head coachDavid Farrar (4th season)
Assistant coachJoe Harge
Home arenaKibbie Dome (Cowan Spectrum)
2000–01 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UC Irvine151 .938  255  .833
Utah State133 .813  286  .824
Long Beach State106 .625  1813  .581
UC Santa Barbara106 .625  1813  .581
Pacific88 .500  1812  .600
Boise State88 .500  1714  .548
Cal Poly313 .188  919  .321
Idaho313 .188  621  .222
Cal State Fullerton313 .188  523  .179
2001 Big West Tournament[1] winner

The Vandals were 6–21 overall and 3–13 in conference play, tied for seventh in the standings. They lost the tiebreaker for the final berth in the conference tournament to Cal Poly. Idaho had qualified for the tourney in the previous three seasons.

The Cowan Spectrum (configuration inside the Kibbie Dome) debuted late in the season with a victory over rival Boise State, which drew a season-high attendance of 5,184 on Saturday, February 17,[2][3]

Farrar was fired by athletic director Mike Bohn days after the regular season ended;[4] he was succeeded by alumnus Leonard Perry, an assistant at Iowa State, regular season champions of the Big 12 Conference.[5][6]

References

  1. Big West MBB Record Book
  2. Grummert, Dale (February 17, 2001). "Vandals unveil Cowan Spectrum for Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
  3. Grummert, Dale (February 18, 2001). "Vandals provide crowd pleaser". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
  4. Blanchard, Ben M. (March 13, 2001). "Fire and ice". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. 1.
  5. Grummert, Dale (March 21, 2001). "Perry returns to his Moscow roots". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  6. Meehan, Jim (March 21, 2001). "Perry gets to the point and then gets to work". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
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