2000–01 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team

2000–01 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
2000–01 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
Big Sky tournament champions; Big Sky Regular season champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	22–10 (13–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Braswell (5th season);
Home arena	Matadome
	Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cal State Northridge †	13	–	3	.813	22	–	10	.688
Eastern Washington	11	–	5	.688	17	–	11	.607
Idaho State	10	–	6	.625	14	–	14	.500
Montana State	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
Northern Arizona	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
Weber State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
Montana	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
Portland State	6	–	10	.375	9	–	18	.333
Sacramento State	2	–	14	.125	5	–	22	.185

† 2001 Big Sky tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2000–01 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team represented California State University, Northridge during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Matadors, led by head coach Bobby Braswell, played their home games at the Matadome in Northridge, California as members of the Big Sky Conference.Cal State Northridge won the Big Sky regular season and Big Sky tournament titles, the latter earning them the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in program history. Playing as the No. 13 seed in the Midwest region, the Matadors were beaten by No. 4 seed and perennial power Kansas in the opening round.^[2]

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C		Brian Heinle	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 2000*		at No. 15 UCLA	W 78–74	2–0	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Nov 25, 2000*		at UNLV	L 69–70	2–1	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec 21, 2000*		vs. UAB Nike Festival	L 67–71	6–4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 22, 2000*		at Hawaii Nike Festival	L 70–76	6–5	Stan Sheriff Center (5,727) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 23, 2000*		vs. Georgia State Nike Festival	L 88–97	6–6	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii
Big West tournament
Mar 9, 2001*		Weber State Semifinals	W 91–74	21–9	The Matadome Northridge, California
Mar 10, 2001*		Eastern Washington Championship game	W 73–58	22–9	The Matadome Northridge, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 16, 2001*	(13 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 12 Kansas First round	L 75–99	22–10	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[4]

v t e Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
Venues	Granada Hills High School Gymnasium (1958–1962) Premier America Credit Union Arena (1962–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25