2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round vs Ole Miss 56-59
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 19
Record20–10 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach
Home arenaJoyce Center
2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 7 Boston College 13 3   .813 27 5   .844
Providence 11 5   .688 21 10   .677
St. John's# 8 8   .500 5 15   .250
Miami 8 8   .500 16 13   .552
Villanova 8 8   .500 18 13   .581
Connecticut 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Virginia Tech* 2 14   .125 8 19   .296
West
No. 19 Notre Dame 11 5   .688 20 10   .667
No. 21 Georgetown 10 6   .625 25 8   .758
No. 17 Syracuse 10 6   .625 25 9   .735
West Virginia 8 8   .500 17 12   .586
Pittsburgh 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Seton Hall 5 11   .313 16 15   .516
Rutgers* 3 13   .188 11 16   .407
2001 Big East tournament winner
As of April 2, 2001
Rankings from AP Poll
#St. John's had 9 regular-season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; the school′s disputed record was 8–8, 14–15.
*Did not qualify for 2001 Big East tournament.

The 2000–01 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 20–10, 11–5. There, they defeated Xavier to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #3 seed Ole Miss, 59–56. This was Mike Brey's first year at Notre Dame.

Forward Troy Murphy was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points per game.