2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, SunCom 200
The SunCom 200 was held March 17 at Darlington Raceway. Ryan Newman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Cheez-It 250
The Cheez-It 250 was held March 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Jani-King 300
The Jani-King 300 was held March 31 at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pepsi 300
The inaugural Pepsi 300 was held April 14 at Nashville Superspeedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Subway 300
The Subway 300 was held April 21 at Talladega Superspeedway. Joe Nemechek won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Auto Club 300
The Auto Club 300 was held April 28 at California Speedway. Bobby Hamilton Jr. won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Hardee's 250
The Hardee's 250 was held May 4 at Richmond International Raceway. Matt Kenseth won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, CVS Pharmacy 200 presented by Bayer
The CVS Pharmacy 200 presented by Bayer was held May 12 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Nazareth 200
The Nazareth 200 was held May 20 at Nazareth Speedway. Tony Raines won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carquest Auto Parts 300
The Carquest Auto Parts 300 was held May 26 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carquest Auto Parts 300
Failed to qualify: Dan Pardus (#32), Rich Woodland Jr. (#40), Dave Blaney (#93), Dwayne Leik (#81)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, MBNA Platinum 200
The MBNA Platinum 200 was held June 2 at Dover International Speedway. Jeff Green won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Outback Steakhouse 300
The inaugural Outback Steakhouse 300 was held June 16 at Kentucky Speedway. Jay Sauter won the pole. In his first Busch Series start, Travis Kvapil flipped. Tim Sauter suffered a 60-point penalty after an illegal rollcage was found on his car after the race.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Outback Steakhouse 300
Failed to qualify: Dan Pardus (#32), Jeff Falk (#8), Mike Harmon (#44)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, GNC Live Well 250
The GNC Live Well 250 was held July 1 at The Milwaukee Mile. Kevin Harvick won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, GNC Live Well 200
The GNC Live Well 200 was held July 8 at Watkins Glen International. Scott Pruett won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Club presents the Hill Bros. Coffee 300
The inaugural Sam's Club presents the Hill Bros. Coffee 300 was held July 14 at Chicagoland Speedway. Ryan Newman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Club presents the Hill Bros. Coffee 300
Failed to qualify: Mike Harmon (#44), Rich Woodland Jr. (#40)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carquest Auto Parts 250
The Carquest Auto Parts 250 was held July 21 at Gateway International Raceway. Greg Biffle won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Autocare 250
The NAPA Autocare 250 was held July 28 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Kenny Wallace won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held August 4 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Kenny Wallace won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPAonline.com 250
The NAPAonline.com 250 was held August 18 at Michigan International Speedway. Jimmy Spencer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250
The Food City 250 was held August 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250
Failed to qualify: Nate Monteith (#44), Randy Ratliff (#75), Ron Young (#71)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, South Carolina 200
The South Carolina 200 was held September 1 at Darlington Raceway. Ryan Newman won the pole. On lap 19 of this race, Steve Park lost control of his race car under caution and was T-boned by rookie Larry Foyt. Park suffered near-fatal injuries that made him miss the remainder of the 2001 racing season and the 2002 Daytona 500.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Autolite / Fram 250
The Autolite / Fram 250 was held September 7 at Richmond International Raceway. Jeff Green won the pole. During the race, Greg Biffle and Jay Sauter tangled, resulting in Biffle running from his car to punch Sauter. Both drivers were given a 100-point penalty for their actions.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Autolite / Fram 250
Failed to qualify: Steven Christian (#94), Randy Ratliff (#75), Dion Cicarelli (#84), A. J. Alsup (#72), Ron Young (#71), Robbie Faggart (#97), Chad Chaffin (#16), Jeff Oakley (#96), Eddie Beahr (#5)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, MBNA.com 200
The MBNA.com 200 was held September 22 at Dover International Speedway. Ryan Newman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Mr. Goodcents 300
The inaugural Mr. Goodcents 300 was held September 29 at Kansas Speedway. Kevin Lepage won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Mr. Goodcents 300
Failed to qualify: Mike Swaim Jr. (#12), Jason Rudd (#85), A. J. Alsup (#72)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Little Trees 300
The Little Trees 300 was held October 6 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Jeff Burton won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Little Trees 300
Failed to qualify: Jeff Fultz (#86), Dwayne Leik (#81), Jason Rudd (#85), J. R. Robbs (#89), Josh Richeson (#6)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 250
The Sam's Town 250 was held October 13 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Kevin Harvick won the pole. The race was supposed to be tape delayed and shown on TNT after the Cup race, but due to rain that also delayed the Winston Cup race at Martinsville, NBC showed this race live instead.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Outback Steakhouse 200
The Outback Steakhouse 200 was held October 27 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jimmy Spencer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Club 200
The Sam's Club 200 was held November 3 at North Carolina Speedway. Ryan Newman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, GNC Live Well 300
The GNC Live Well 300 was held November 10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jeff Green won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, GNC Live Well 300
Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd (#89), Tim Fedewa (#12), Martin Truex Jr. (#56), Dan Pardus (#32), Jeff Fultz (#86), Ron Young (#71), Tom Carey Jr. (#01), Mike Harmon (#44), Michael Dokken (#8), Dion Ciccarelli (#84), Brian Tyler (#94), Danny Bagwell (#22)


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Full Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.


2001 NASCAR Busch Series, Rookie of the Year
Greg Biffle of Roush Racing won the Rookie of the Year title in 2001, winning a record five races and finishing fourth in points, in addition to leading the championship standings at one point in the season. Runner-up was Scott Wimmer, who finished twenty-six points out of tenth in final standings. Jamie McMurray and Larry Foyt finished 3rd and 4th respectively, while Kelly Denton and Christian Elder signed to run limited schedules with their teams. Marty Houston, Tim Sauter, and David Donohue were either released during the season or had their team shut down due to sponsor issues.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the seventh season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Jack Sprague of Hendrick Motorsports was crowned drivers' champion.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2001 teams and drivers, Part-time teams
TABLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION / COMING SOON  Note: If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the truck is unknown.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Florida Dodge Dealers 250
The Florida Dodge Dealers 250 was held on February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Joe Ruttman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Florida Dodge Dealers 400K
The Florida Dodge Dealers 400K was held March 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Florida Dodge Dealers 400K
This was the first career NASCAR major racing series win for Ted Musgrave.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, OSH 250
The OSH 250 was held March 17 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Ted Musgrave won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Advance Auto Parts 250
The Advance Auto Parts 250 was held April 7 at Martinsville Speedway. Joe Ruttman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Advance Auto Parts 250
Failed to qualify: Brian Sockwell (#54), Willy T. Ribbs (#8), Stan Boyd (#7), Dana White (#23), Jim Mills (#70), Rodney Sawyers (#68)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi
The Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi was held May 6 at Gateway International Raceway. Ted Musgrave won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Darlington 200
The Darlington 200 was held May 12 at Darlington Raceway. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Jelly Belly 200
The Jelly Belly 200 was held May 20 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Scott Riggs  won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, MBNA E-Commerce 200
The MBNA E-Commerce 200 was held June 2 at Dover International Speedway. Scott Riggs won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 400K
The O'Reilly 400K was held June 8 at Texas Motor Speedway. Scott Riggs won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Memphis 200
The Memphis 200 was held June 23 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, GNC Live Well 200
The GNC Live Well 200 was held June 30 at The Milwaukee Mile. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held July 7 at Kansas Speedway. Dennis Setzer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 225
The Kroger 225 was held July 14 at Kentucky Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 225
Failed to qualify: Michael Dokken (#71), Phil Bonifield (#23), Conrad Burr (#87), Rodney Sawyers (#68)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, New England 200
The New England 200 was held July 21 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Power Stroke Diesel 200
The Power Stroke Diesel 200 was held August 3 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Joe Ruttman won the pole. This race marked the NASCAR debut of sixteen-year-old Kyle Busch.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Power Stroke Diesel 200
Failed to qualify: Jim Mills (#70), Howard Bixman (#30), Mike Harmon (#93), G. J. Mennan (#53), Scotty Sands (#47), Morris Coffman (#71), Bob Coffey (#74)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Federated Auto Parts 200
The Federated Auto Parts 200 was held August 10 at Nashville Superspeedway. Scott Riggs won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Sears Craftsman 175
The Sears Craftsman 175 was held August 18 at Chicago Motor Speedway. Joe Ruttman won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 200
The Chevy Silverado 200 was held August 26 at Nazareth Speedway. Terry Cook won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 200
Failed to qualify: Clay Young (#53), Ed Spencer III (#00)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held September 6 at Richmond International Raceway. Dennis Setzer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, NetZero 250 presented by John Boy & Billy
The NetZero 250 presented by John Boy & Billy was held September 28 at South Boston Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Silverado 350K
The Silverado 350 was held October 5 at Texas Motor Speedway. Scott Riggs won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Orleans 350K
The Orleans 350 was held October 14 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Orleans 350K
Failed to qualify: Tom Powers (#55), Michael Dokken (#23), Mike Hamby (#90), Donny Morelock (#0)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 150
The Chevy Silverado 150 was held October 26 at Phoenix International Raceway. Stacy Compton won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevy Silverado 150
Failed to qualify: Eric Jones (#34), Auggie Vidovich (#70), D. J. Hoelzle (#85), G. J. Mennan (#53), Tom Powers (#55), Jerry Hill (#93), Phil Bonifield (#25), Gene Christensen (#07)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Auto Club 200
The Auto Club 200 was held November 3 at California Speedway. Scott Riggs won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Auto Club 200
Failed to qualify: Ronnie Hornaday (#07), Mike Hamby (#09), Tom Powers (#55), Conrad Burr (#87), G. J. Mennan (#71), Phil Bonifield (#23)


2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Rookie of the Year
After winning once and finishing fourth in points, Travis Kvapil of Addington Racing was named the Truck Series Rookie of the Year, narrowly defeating Ricky Hendrick, teammate to champion Jack Sprague. Matt Crafton and Billy Bigley both posted several top-tens during the season and finished close to each other in points. Jon Wood, Brian Rose, Larry Gunselman, and Ricky Sanders all made limited runs, while Willy T. Ribbs became the first African American to make a full-time bid for the Craftsman Truck Series championship. Chuck Hossfeld and Nathan Haseleu signed to drive for Roush Racing after winning its "Gong Show" competition, but were released early in the season.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 53rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States, the 30th modern-era Cup series. It began on February 11, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 23, 2001, at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports was declared as the series champion for the fourth time in seven years.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The season was marred by a two-car collision at the end of the season-opening Daytona 500, which claimed the life of seven-time Series champion Dale Earnhardt. The accident resulted in safety upgrades being instituted. It also was the first year to have a unified television contract with Fox Sports, NBC Sports, and Turner Sports/TNT broadcasting the season's races; previous seasons saw each racetrack negotiate their own TV coverage, creating a patchwork of broadcast companies covering races throughout the season. Dodge returned to the sport for the first time since 1985 after DaimlerChrysler spent six years in a CART FedEx Championship Series via Mercedes-Benz brand as an engine supplier. Chevrolet captured the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship with 16 wins and 248 points.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Budweiser Shootout
The Budweiser Shootout, an invitational event for all recent Bud Pole winners, was held February 11 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader drew the pole. This was the first race broadcast on Fox.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Gatorade 125s
The Gatorade 125s, qualifying races for the Daytona 500, were held February 15 at Daytona International Speedway. Bill Elliott and Stacy Compton started on pole for both races, respectively. The qualifying races were broadcast live for the first time; races prior to 2001 were broadcast on tape delay.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, 43rd Daytona 500
The 43rd Daytona 500 was held February 18, 2001 at Daytona International Speedway.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, 43rd Daytona 500
Failed to qualify: Dave Marcis (No. 71), Todd Bodine (No. 66), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Rick Mast (No. 50), Derrike Cope (No. 37), Norm Benning (No. 84), Carl Long (No. 85), Morgan Shepherd (No. 80), Dwayne Leik (No. 72)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dura Lube 400
The Dura Lube 400 started on February 25 but ended on February 26 due to a rain delay, making it a two-day race at the North Carolina Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dura Lube 400
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Kyle Petty (No. 45)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400
The UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 was held March 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400
Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty (No. 45), Brendan Gaughan (No. 62), Andy Houston (No. 96), Rick Mast (No. 50)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500
The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 was held March 11 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500
Failed to qualify: Rick Mast (No. 50), Carl Long (No. 85), Casey Atwood (No. 19)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Carolina Dodge Dealers 400
The Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 was held March 18 at Darlington Raceway. Jeff Gordon started on pole after qualifying was rained out.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Carolina Dodge Dealers 400
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Rick Mast (No. 50), Dave Marcis (No. 71)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Food City 500
The Food City 500 was held March 25 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Food City 500
Failed to qualify: Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Jason Leffler (No. 01), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Harrah's 500
The Harrah's 500 was held April 1 at Texas Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Harrah's 500
Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty (No. 45), Rick Mast (No. 50)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Virginia 500
The Virginia 500 was held April 8 at Martinsville Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Virginia 500
Failed to qualify: Jason Leffler (No. 01), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Hut Stricklin (No. 90)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Talladega 500
The Talladega 500 was held April 22 at Talladega Superspeedway. Stacy Compton won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Talladega 500
Failed to qualify: Kenny Wallace (No. 27), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Rick Mast (No. 50), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Andy Hillenburg (No. 49)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 500
The NAPA Auto Parts 500 was held April 29 at California Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 500
Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage (No. 4), Buckshot Jones (No. 44), Shawna Robinson (No. 84)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pontiac Excitement 400
The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held May 5 at Richmond International Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pontiac Excitement 400
Failed to qualify: Buckshot Jones (No. 44), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Hut Stricklin (No. 90)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, The Winston
The 2001 edition of The Winston, took place on May 19, 2001 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Rusty Wallace won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 27 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman won the pole; this was the first career pole on his 2nd start at Lowe's on a limited schedule.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
Failed to qualify: John Andretti (No. 43), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Derrike Cope (No. 37), Mike Wallace (No. 7), Jeff Fultz (No. 54), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA Platinum 400
The MBNA Platinum 400 was held June 3 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole after qualifying was canceled because of rain.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA Platinum 400
Failed to qualify: Rick Mast (No. 50), Jeff Green (No. 30), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Lance Hooper (No. 47), Dave Marcis (No. 71)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Kmart 400
The Kmart 400 was held June 10 at Michigan International Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Kmart 400
Failed to qualify: Mike Wallace (No. 7), Rick Mast (No. 50), Andy Houston (No. 96), Stacy Compton (No. 92), Kenny Wallace (No. 27)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pocono 500
The Pocono 500 was held June 17 at Pocono Raceway. Ricky Rudd won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pocono 500
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Kenny Wallace (No. 27)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dodge/Save Mart 350
The Dodge/Save Mart 350 was held June 24 at Sears Point Raceway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dodge/Save Mart 350
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Kenny Wallace (No. 27), Anthony Lazzaro (No. 68), Jason Leffler (No. 04)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400
The Pepsi 400 was held July 7 at Daytona International Speedway. Sterling Marlin won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400
Failed to qualify: Buckshot Jones (No. 44), Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 14), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Mike Bliss (No. 27), Andy Hillenburg (No. 49)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tropicana 400
The inaugural Tropicana 400 was held July 15 at Chicagoland Speedway. Todd Bodine won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tropicana 400
Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty (No. 45), Dave Marcis (No. 71), Mike Bliss (No. 27), Shawna Robinson (No. 84)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, New England 300
The New England 300 was held July 22 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pennsylvania 500
The Pennsylvania 500 was held July 29 at Pocono Raceway. Todd Bodine won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pennsylvania 500
Failed to qualify: Andy Hillenburg (No. 49), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400
The Brickyard 400 was held August 5 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jimmy Spencer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400
Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage (No. 4), Derrike Cope (No. 37), Mike Wallace (No. 7), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Ed Berrier (No. 95), David Keith (No. 57), Rick Mast (No. 27), Dave Marcis (No. 71), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Shawna Robinson (No. 84), Andy Hillenburg (No. 49)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Global Crossing @ The Glen
The Global Crossing @ The Glen was held August 12 at Watkins Glen International. Dale Jarrett won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Global Crossing @ The Glen
Failed to qualify: Mike Wallace (No. 7), Wally Dallenbach Jr. (No. 44)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400 presented by Meijer
The Pepsi 400 presented by Meijer was held August 19 at Michigan International Speedway. Ricky Craven won the pole. The race was shortened to 162 laps (324 miles) due to rain.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400 presented by Meijer
Failed to qualify: David Keith (No. 57), Buckshot Jones (No. 44)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Sharpie 500
The Sharpie 500 was held August 25 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jeff Green won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Sharpie 500
Failed to qualify: Stacy Compton (No. 92), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Dave Marcis (No. 71), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Mountain Dew Southern 500
The Mountain Dew Southern 500 was held September 2 at Darlington Raceway. Kurt Busch won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Mountain Dew Southern 500
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Dave Marcis (No. 71)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400
The Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 was held September 8 at Richmond International Raceway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400
Failed to qualify: Andy Houston (No. 96), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Hut Stricklin (No. 90), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400
The MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 was held September 23 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole. This was the first race to be held after the September 11th attacks. Most cars sported patriotic decals and tributes.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400
Failed to qualify: Rick Mast (No. 27), Jason Leffler (No. 01), Lance Hooper (No. 47), Dave Marcis (No. 71)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Protection One 400
The inaugural Protection One 400 was held September 30 at Kansas Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Protection One 400
Failed to qualify: Rick Mast (No. 27), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 14)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-GM Quality 500
The UAW-GM Quality 500 was held October 7 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Jimmy Spencer won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-GM Quality 500
Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty (No. 45), Derrike Cope (No. 57), Jeff Green (No. 30), Robby Gordon (No. 31), Buckshot Jones (No. 44), Frank Kimmel (No. 46)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Old Dominion 500
The Old Dominion 500 was scheduled for October 14 at Martinsville Speedway, but was held October 15 due to rain. Todd Bodine won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Old Dominion 500
Failed to qualify: Carl Long (No. 85), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Frank Kimmel (No. 46)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, EA Sports 500
The EA Sports 500 was held on October 21 at Talladega Superspeedway. Stacy Compton won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, EA Sports 500
Failed to qualify: Rick Mast (No. 91), Dave Marcis (No. 71)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil
The Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil was held October 28 at Phoenix International Raceway. Casey Atwood won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400
The Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 was held November 4 at North Carolina Speedway. Kenny Wallace won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pennzoil Freedom 400
The Pennzoil Freedom 400 was held on November 11 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bill Elliott won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pennzoil Freedom 400
Failed to qualify: Rich Bickle (No. 49), Derrike Cope (No. 57), Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 14), Hermie Sadler (No. 13), Carl Long (No. 85)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA 500
The NAPA 500 was held November 18 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race was scheduled to be the finale to the 2001 season, but as the fall race in New Hampshire had been postponed due to the attacks of September 11, it became the penultimate race instead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA 500
Failed to qualify: Mark Green (No. 41), Robby Gordon (No. 31), Jason Leffler (No. 01), Kurt Busch (No. 97), Rick Mast (No. 90), Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 14), Dave Marcis (No. 71), Frank Kimmel (No. 46)


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, New Hampshire 300
The New Hampshire 300 was scheduled for September 16 but was moved to November 23 (the Friday after Thanksgiving) due to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The starting order was set according to the owner's points as of September 10 meaning new champion Jeff Gordon would start first.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Drivers' championship
Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by owner's points standings. * – Most laps led.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the Year
Kevin Harvick emerged as the victor of the Rookie of the Year battle despite not declaring for the award until the second race of the season, as he took over for Dale Earnhardt following his fatal crash. Harvick won 2 races and finished 9th in points. Kurt Busch finished 2nd, despite only having one year of experience in a major NASCAR series. 3rd-place finisher Casey Atwood was pre-season favorite, but was held back due to a rough start and only finished 26th in points.


2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the Year
Jason Leffler had a sub-par season that cost him his job with Chip Ganassi Racing, and Ron Hornaday Jr. was a disappointment after years of success in the Busch and Truck series. The last-place driver was Andy Houston, another pre-season favorite who had a tough season, suffering from several DNQs and DNFs that resulted in his team closing after the Kansas race.


2001 NATO Headquarters summit
The 2001 NATO Headquarters summit was a special Meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the participation of Heads of State and Government on June 13, 2001.


2001 NATO Headquarters summit
The Heads of State and Government evaluated the success of the Membership Action Plan, which assists aspiring NATO members with their preparation for membership. NATO also expressed his hope and expectation, based on the anticipated progress by aspiring members, to launch the next round of enlargement at the 2002 Prague summit.


2001 NBA All-Star Game
The 2001 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 11, 2001 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., home of the Washington Wizards. This game was the 50th edition of the North American National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2000–01 NBA season.


2001 NBA All-Star Game
Allen Iverson was named the game's Most Valuable Player after he rallied the East to garner an improbable 111–110 comeback victory over the West. The East trailed 95–74 with nine minutes left after the West dominated the first 39 minutes behind its superior size. Iverson sparked the comeback scoring 15 of his 25 points in the final nine minutes of the game. Stephon Marbury also helped the East by hitting two three-pointers in the final 53 seconds, including one with 28 seconds left, which proved to be the game-winner.


2001 NBA All-Star Game
Kobe Bryant scored the most points for the West squad (19 points), which led by as much as twenty-one points before the team squandered the lead. Bryant, the NBA's leading scorer at the time, could have taken the last shot; instead, he threw a pass that resulted in a last-second miss by Tim Duncan.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Coaches
The coach for the Western Conference team was Sacramento Kings head coach Rick Adelman. The Kings had a 31-15 record on February 11. The coach for the Eastern Conference team was Philadelphia 76ers head coach Larry Brown. The 76ers had a 36-14 record on February 11.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players
The rosters for the All-Star Game were chosen in two ways. The starters were chosen via a fan ballot. Two guards, two forwards and one center who received the highest vote were named the All-Star starters. The reserves were chosen by votes among the NBA head coaches in their respective conferences. The coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. The reserves consist of two guards, two forwards, one center and two players regardless of position. If a player is unable to participate due to injury, the commissioner will select a replacement.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players
For the second consecutive year, Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors was the lead vote-getter with 1,717,687. He was closely followed by Allen Iverson, who earned his second consecutive All-Star appearances. Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill, and Alonzo Mourning completed the Eastern Conference starting position. This was the first All-Star appearance by McGrady. Iverson, Hill, and Mourning were all starters the previous year. The Eastern Conference reserves included two first-time selections, Theo Ratliff and Stephon Marbury. The other reserves were Dikembe Mutombo, Ray Allen, Allan Houston, Glenn Robinson, Latrell Sprewell, and Jerry Stackhouse. Because of injuries to Mourning and Hill, Antonio Davis and Anthony Mason were selected as replacements.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players
The Western Conference's leading vote-getter was Shaquille O'Neal, who earned his eight consecutive All-Star Game selection with 1,541,298 votes. Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Chris Webber, and Tim Duncan completed the Western Conference starting positions. Kidd, Bryant, Duncan, and O'Neal were starters for the previous year's Western Conference team, while Webber was a reserve. The Western Conference reserves include two first-time selections, Vlade Divac and Antonio McDyess. The team was rounded out by Gary Payton, Michael Finley, Rasheed Wallace, Karl Malone, and David Robinson. Because of an injury to O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, who had started the previous year, was selected as his replacement.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Roster
Grant Hill, Alonzo Mourning, Theo Ratliff, and Shaquille O'Neal were unable to participate due to injury. Lattrell Sprewell, Dikembe Mutombo, Antonio Davis, and Vlade Divac were named as Hill, Mourning, Ratliff, and O'Neal's replacements respectively. Anthony Mason, Davis, and Kevin Garnett were named as starters, replacing Hill, Mourning, and O'Neal respectively.


2001 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Rising Stars Challenge
The Rising Stars Challenge featured the best first-year players ('Rookies') against the best second-year players ('Sophomores'). Kevin Loughery and Elvin Hayes served as head coaches for the rookies and sophomores respectively.


2001 NBA Finals
The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. The defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers took on the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers for the championship, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format.


2001 NBA Finals
The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series.


2001 NBA Finals
NBA MVP Allen Iverson scored 48 points in his only NBA Finals victory, as the 76ers took Game 1 107–101 in overtime, handing the Lakers their only loss of the playoffs. However, the Lakers went on to win the next four games, despite being out-shot and out-rebounded in the series. Los Angeles punished Philadelphia with their three-point shooting, which was the key to this series. In Game 3 Robert Horry hit a three-point shot in the last minute, and in the next two games the Lakers used hot 3-point shooting to build big leads and hold off late 76ers comeback attempts in games 4 and 5, pulling away for double-digit wins to win the title.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2000–01 NBA season as the defending NBA champions. The club lost a few players to free agency, but they signed veteran players like Isaiah Rider and Horace Grant. The Lakers began the season struggling on and off the court, as they were losing games at the beginning with the Shaq–Kobe feud. Injuries also riddled the team as they struggled through the season.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
But by April 1, 2001, the Lakers last loss was to the New York Knicks and they never looked back as the team closed out the season on an eight-game winning streak, thus finishing the season 56-26 and closing out as the number 2 seed in the West behind the San Antonio Spurs.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
The Lakers began the 2001 NBA Playoffs versus the team against whom they played the previous year in the Western Conference finals, the Portland Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers were a team that struggled throughout the season but battled back to claim the 7th seed. The series wasn't close, as the Lakers swept the Trail Blazers by double digits in all three games.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
In the semifinals the Lakers took on the Sacramento Kings, a team who had also given the Lakers a tough series the previous season, but the Lakers took two close games at home and went to Sacramento to finish the Kings off with a 4–0 sweep as well. In the conference finals the Lakers went up against the number 1 seed San Antonio Spurs, who were expected to be more competitive than the Lakers' previous opponents.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
But the Lakers took games 1 and 2 in San Antonio, and then blew them out in games 3 and 4 in Los Angeles in another complete sweep as they became the second team in NBA history to sweep the conference playoffs at 11–0, the 1988-1989 Los Angeles Lakers being the first.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
But the Lakers met a snag on their quest to the first NBA sweep in playoff history as they went up against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers, seeded number 1 in the Eastern Conference, had just come out of two straight seven-game series against the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks. During the first game, the trio of Iverson, Dikembe Mutombo and Eric Snow, coming hot off a long Eastern Conference championship road, beat the Lakers in overtime, showcasing their endurance.


2001 NBA Finals, Background
The Lakers then took Game 2. Afterwards, Kobe Bryant ball quoted as saying he was coming to Philadelphia to cut their hearts out. The Sixers dropped all three games in Philadelphia, giving the Lakers their second straight championship.


2001 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series
Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team:


2001 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1
The Lakers dominated early, in what looked like to be their fourth series sweep. Scoring 16 straight points, the Lakers took a 21–9 lead over the Allen Iverson-led 76ers. Despite this major lead, Allen Iverson began dominating at the half of the 2nd quarter scoring 30 first half points. The 76ers turned the game around and even went up by 15 points during the third quarter before the Lakers started a comeback. Shaquille O'Neal was a major factor in the comeback, scoring 18 points in the quarter.


2001 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1
The Lakers played fantastically during the 4th quarter, and Tyronn Lue came off the bench and limited Allen Iverson to merely 3 points and had 3 assists and 2 steals of his own. The game was eventually tied at 94, and when Dikembe Mutombo missed two free throws and Eric Snow's desperation three-pointer at the buzzer bounced off the rim, the game went to overtime.


2001 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1
The Lakers dominated for the first half of the overtime, scoring 5 points, Raja Bell then hit a tough layup to answer followed by Allen Iverson scoring 7 straight points, including a three pointer to give them the lead followed by and step back 2-pointer over Tyronn Lue which is famously known as he stepped over Lue after hitting the shot. The 76ers finished up with a 6 point win to take the first game of the series.


2001 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2
Kobe Bryant started off the game with 12 points in the first quarter, while Shaq scored 12 points in the second quarter. Despite their points, the 76ers kept a close lead as Larry Brown ran over 10 plays searching for the right quartet, and the fact that all the Lakers besides Bryant and O'Neal were shooting only at 27%. The Sixers were down by 13 in the fourth quarter, and were making a comeback due to Shaq sitting out with 5 fouls, which helped the 76ers to score 7 straight.


2001 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2
Even though the 76ers were within 3 points of the Lakers, the 6 of 16 foul shooting in the fourth quarter put them behind permanently. O'Neal finished with 28 points, 20 rebounds, nine assists, and eight blocks, coming close to a quadruple double. Before the game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had growled at O'Neal, "Don't be afraid to block a shot!" after O'Neal failed to block a shot in Game 1.


2001 NBA Finals, Broadcasting
The 2001 NBA Finals was aired in the United States on NBC, with Marv Albert and Doug Collins on play-by-play and color commentary respectively. Albert, who last worked the Finals for NBC Sports in 1997, had been rehired by the network in 1999, two years after a sex scandal led to his dismissal. Albert also began working for TNT during this period, a role he continues today. Collins departed NBC following the series to serve as head coach of the Washington Wizards.


2001 NBA Finals, Broadcasting
Ahmad Rashād served as the studio host in place of Hannah Storm, who took a maternity leave during the finals. Kevin Johnson and P. J. Carlesimo served as studio analysts, while Lewis Johnson and Jim Gray served as sideline reporters.


2001 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Lakers won their third straight championship in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets the following year. The Lakers won 58 games in the season, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games, the San Antonio Spurs in five games, and the Sacramento Kings in seven games before sweeping the Nets in the Finals.


2001 NBA Finals, Aftermath
As of the 2018–19 season, the series remains the 76ers’ last NBA Finals appearance. The Sixers would win only 43 games in the 2001-02 NBA season, as injuries were the story of their season. Nevertheless, they made the playoffs as the sixth seed, but were defeated by the Boston Celtics in five games. The Celtics themselves came within two games of returning to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987, but were ousted by the upstart Nets, who made the NBA Finals for the first time, denying a possible Celtics-Lakers final. As for the Sixers, they would never challenge for the title again in the Allen Iverson era, with the team reaching the playoffs only twice for the next four years, winning only one series.


2001 NBA Finals, Aftermath
Larry Brown later coached the Detroit Pistons to their third championship in the 2004 NBA Finals, defeating the Lakers 4–1.


2001 NBA draft
The 2001 NBA draft took place on June 27, 2001 in New York City, New York. Kwame Brown became the first high school player to be drafted with the first overall pick in the history of the NBA. The selection of Kwame Brown by the Washington Wizards, over players that have gone on to have more successful NBA careers, has been a source of great criticism by numerous media outlets. Several international players from this draft, Pau Gasol (Spain), Tony Parker (France) and Mehmet Okur (Turkey), became NBA All-Stars.


2001 NBA draft
This was the last draft the Vancouver Grizzlies participated in while in their original city; their move to Memphis was finalized several weeks later. This was also the final draft participated by the Charlotte Hornets until 2014; the then-current team moved to New Orleans the following year as the future Pelicans, while an expansion Charlotte team (formerly the Bobcats) was later formed in 2004.


2001 NBA draft
The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations. It would be the first of two first rounders that would have to forfeit their picks during the early 2000s.


2001 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the draft  but have played at least one game in the NBA.


2001 NBA playoffs
The 2001 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. Since 2001, the 76ers have not advanced beyond the conference semifinals.


2001 NBA playoffs
This was the 76ers' first Finals appearance since Moses Malone and Julius Erving led the 1983 team to the NBA title (coincidentally, last defeating the Lakers) in the famous "fo', fo', fo'" year (it ended up being "fo', fi', fo'", as Philadelphia lost one second-round game to the Milwaukee Bucks that year).


2001 NBA playoffs
However, it was the Lakers' turn to put together the most dominant postseason in NBA history, going 15–1 with their only loss coming in OT to the Sixers in Game 1 of the Finals. They set many records, including going undefeated in regulation and on the road (finishing 8–0 in the latter category). They were the second NBA champion to defeat four 50-win or better teams on their way to the title as the Rockets did it first in 1995.


2001 NBA playoffs
The Lakers also equaled the previous records set by their 1989 team by winning their first 11 post-season games and sweeping three series in the post-season. Their playoff dominance would be bested after the first round of playoffs was extended to a best of seven format instead of the best of five in the 2003 NBA playoffs by the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors who would go 16-1 on their way to their fifth championship.


2001 NBA playoffs
The Milwaukee Bucks won their first playoff series since 1989, made the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1986 and won the division for the first time since that year. The Dallas Mavericks made the playoffs for the first time since 1990. Along the way they had many abysmal seasons, including back-to-back years with 11 and 13 wins. By beating Utah in the first round, they won their first playoff series since 1988. Reunion Arena, their home court for 21 years, hosted its last game (Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Spurs); they moved to American Airlines Center, the next season.


2001 NBA playoffs
The Sacramento Kings won their first playoff series since 1981 (when they were the Kansas City Kings) and the first since moving to Sacramento.


2001 NBA playoffs
The Toronto Raptors won their first playoff series in franchise history 3–2 over the New York Knicks. For the first time since 1991, the Knicks failed to win a first-round playoff series.


2001 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference, Best record in NBA
The San Antonio Spurs clinched the best record in the NBA, and earned home court advantage throughout the entire playoffs. However, when they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers gained home court advantage for the NBA Finals. San Antonio's 58 games remains the lowest for a team with home court advantage throughout the playoffs, being 3 games fewer than the Pacers and Cavs' 61 in 2004 and 2010, respectively.


2001 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference, Clinched a playoff berth
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:


2001 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference, Best record in conference
The Philadelphia 76ers clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference, and had home court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs.


2001 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference, Clinched a playoff berth
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (8) Indiana Pacers
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pacers winning two of the first three meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (7) Orlando Magic
This was the first playoff meeting between the Bucks and the Magic.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Miami Heat vs. (6) Charlotte Hornets
This was the first playoff meeting between the Heat and the Charlotte Hornets/Bobcats franchise.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) New York Knicks vs. (5) Toronto Raptors
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning the first meeting.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Minnesota Timberwolves
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning the first meeting.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (7) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the tenth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning seven of the first nine meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Sacramento Kings vs. (6) Phoenix Suns
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning two of the first three meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Mavericks winning the first meeting.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) Toronto Raptors
This was the first playoff meeting between the 76ers and the Raptors.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Charlotte Hornets
This was the first playoff meeting between the Hornets and the Bucks.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks
This was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the Spurs.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Sacramento Kings
This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning seven of the first eight meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks
This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning five of the first eight meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning four of the first six meetings.


2001 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (E1) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning four of the first five meetings.


2001 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2001 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


2001 NC State Wolfpack football team
The originally scheduled home game on September 13, 2001 against Ohio was rescheduled to November 24, 2001 in the wake of the September 11 attacks.


2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty fifth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series.


2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-fifth tournament's champion was Miami (FL), coached by Jim Morris. The Most Outstanding Player was Charlton Jimerson of Miami (FL).


2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals & Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings. Italics indicates host.


2001 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 63rd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 21st annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


2001 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 19, 2001, the combined meet was hosted by Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) for the first time, 1,000 meets longer than in previous years.


2001 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team championship was won by Colorado (90 points), the Buffaloes' first. The women's team championship was won by BYU (62 points), the Cougars' third overall (and third in five years).


2001 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The two individual champions were, for the men, Boaz Cheboiywo (Eastern Michigan, 28:47) and, for the women, Tara Chaplin (Arizona, 20:24).


2001 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 2001 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 21st women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Michigan Wolverines won their first championship, defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final. The semifinals and championship were hosted by Kent State University at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio.


2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States after the 2000–01 season, the 37th annual meet for men and 19th annual meet for women.


2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The championships were held at the Randal Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Defending champions LSU and UCLA won the men's and women's team titles, respectively, the second title for both the Tigers and Bruins.


2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2000-01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season  The 2001 National Title Game was played on April 2, 2001 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The 2001 National Title Game was played between the 2001 East Regional Champions, #1-seeded Duke and the 2001 Midwest Regional Champions, #2-seeded Arizona.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Arizona
Arizona would enter the 2001 NCAA Tournament as the #2 seed in the Midwest Regional. Arizona would crush Eastern Illinois and Butler to reach the Sweet 16. Arizona would beat #3 Ole Miss 66-56 and #1 Illinois to reach the Final Four.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Arizona
In an emotional season in which coach Lute Olson suffered the loss of his wife, he would be just 40 minutes away from a second National Championship after his Wildcats destroyed the defending national champion Michigan State Spartans. The game was close at halftime with Arizona leading by just 2. However, Arizona outscored Michigan State 48–31 in the second half en route to the 19-point victory.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Duke
The Blue Devils would travel the same path they took nine years ago when they claimed their last championship in 1992, from Greensboro to Philadelphia to Minneapolis, where they met Maryland for the fourth time that season, this time in the Final Four with a berth in the championship game at stake. Finding themselves down 39–17 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 49–38 at the half, Duke went on to stage a comeback against the Terrapins and win 95–84 to advance to the championship game. Duke's 22-point deficit and 11-point halftime deficit marked the largest comeback in Final Four history.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary
The second-ranked team coming into the NCAA Tournament would leave giving coach Mike Krzyzewski his third National Championship at Duke. Arizona cut Duke's lead to 39-37 early in the second half, but Mike Dunleavy Jr. connected on three three-pointers during an 11–2 Duke run. Dunleavy Jr. led the Duke Blue Devils with 21 points. The Arizona Wildcats would cut the gap to 3 four times, twice inside the four-minute TV timeout. However, Shane Battier proved himself too much for the Wildcats to handle as he hit two critical shots to put the Blue Devils comfortably ahead. Jason Williams, despite a poor shooting night, iced the game with a three-pointer from the top of the key with under 2 minutes to play to give Duke an eight-point lead. The final score was Duke 82 - Arizona 72.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball for the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It began on March 13, 2001, with the play-in game, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Minneapolis, at the Metrodome. A total of 64 games were played.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This tournament is the first to feature 65 teams, due to the Mountain West Conference receiving an automatic bid for the first time. This meant that 31 conferences would have automatic bids to the tournament. The NCAA decided to maintain 34 at-large bids, which necessitated a play-in game between the #64 and #65 ranked teams, with the winner playing against a #1 seed in the first round. (Another option would have been to reduce the number of at-large bids to 33, which was the option chosen for the women's tournament.) This is also the first tournament to have been broadcast in high-definition, being broadcast on CBS.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This was the last tournament where the first- and second-round sites were tied to specific regionals. The "pod system" was instituted for the 2002 tournament to keep as many teams as possible closer to their campus in the first two rounds.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The Final Four consisted of Duke, making their second appearance in the Final Four in three years, Maryland, making their first appearance, Michigan State, the defending national champions, and Arizona, making their first appearance since winning the national championship in 1997.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Duke defeated Arizona 82–72 in the national championship game to win their third national title and first since 1992. Shane Battier of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2001 tournament:


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the second time, the Metrodome in Minneapolis hosted the Final Four; it was its last time hosting the event, as the building has been replaced by U.S. Bank Stadium, which hosted the Final Four in 2019. The Metrodome was the last of four MLB stadiums to host Final Fours, including the Astrodome, the Kingdome and Tropicana Field. Three of the four regional cities were former Final Four host cities; Anaheim is within the Los Angeles metropolitan area but has not hosted itself. There were two new venues in cities that had previously hosted tournament games.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The First Union Center (now Wells Fargo Center) hosted games for the first time, replacing its neighbor, The Spectrum. Cox Arena, located within the shell of the old Aztec Bowl at San Diego State University, was also a new venue, hosting games in San Diego for the first time since the 1975 Final Four. This also marked the second straight year that a new on-campus venue was used for the tournament. The 2001 tournament marked the last time hosting for Nassau Coliseum and the Memphis Pyramid.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The Pyramid has since been converted into a Bass Pro Shops destination store, and the Nassau Coliseum was recently renovated into a smaller arena, lessening the chances that it will return to the tournament. Any future tournament games to be held on Long Island or in Memphis would be played at Barclays Center, UBS Arena, or FedEx Forum, respectively.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Upsets
This tournament featured many upsets in the first two rounds, with two #13 seeds and two #12 seeds winning in the first. The best remembered and most unexpected occurred when Hampton beat number 2 seed Iowa State 58–57 in the first round. The Pirates were down by as much as 11 in the game and outscored the Cyclones 10–0 in the final seven minutes of the game. Tarvis Williams made the winning shot with 6.9 seconds left. The video of Hampton coach Steve Merfield being lifted in the air by player David Johnson during the celebration has become a classic clip, often played by CBS and ESPN to showcase the excitement of the underdog in the NCAA Tournament.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Upsets
Hampton became only the fourth #15 seed to win a game since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 and the first since 1997. They went on to lose to Georgetown in the second round, failing to become the first seed that low to make the Round of 16. The Pirates were the last #15 seed to advance in the tournament until 2012, in which two #15 seeds beat their #2-seeded opponents.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Upsets
12-seed Gonzaga also made the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row, all as a double digit seed.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 63rd annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Duke University Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Florida won the team championship, the Gators' fourth NCAA title and first since 1993.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Qualifying
The NCAA held three regional qualifying tournaments, with the top ten teams from each event qualifying for the national championship.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college ice hockey.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The final event was played at Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York. Boston College, coached by Jerry York, won its first national title since 1949 by defeating North Dakota, 3-2, in overtime on April 7 on a goal scored by sophomore forward Krys Kolanos just 4:43 into the extra session. The Eagles had advanced to the title game after a 4-2 victory over Michigan in one semifinal on April 5, while the national runners-up Fighting Sioux, coached by Dean Blais, shut out Michigan State, 2-0, in the other semifinal earlier that day.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
BC, which finished the season with a record of 33-8-2, earned its first NCAA hockey crown in 52 years by besting the three schools that had eliminated it in the three previous Frozen Fours: Maine (1999); Michigan (1998) and; North Dakota (2000).


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2001 was the first year in which the MAAC received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, with their representative being the Mercyhurst Lakers. Also, 2001 was the first year Frozen Four patches would debut and be worn by the final four teams.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Game locations
The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 12 teams representing five Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 12 within two regionals of 6 teams. The winners of five Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. The top regional placements are given to the best teams from each of the two regions (East and West) while the remaining 10 teams are seeded based upon their rankings regardless of region.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 17, 2001. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had two berths, while the ECAC and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) each received one entry into the tournament, with the latter making its first appearance in the NCAA championship.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2001 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium in front of 21,268 fans. A Princeton goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first overtime period lifted second-seeded Tigers (14-1) to a 10-9 victory against top-seeded Syracuse (13-3). With the victory, Princeton earned its sixth national championship (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) in ten years. This marked the fourth time that the Tigers had won the title game in overtime.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The victory was the 11th straight for Princeton in one-goal games, including all three of its tournament games. Most outstanding player B.J. Prager scored the game-winner, his fourth tally of the day, with 41 seconds left in the five-minute overtime period.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 42nd organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The North Carolina won their first national title by defeating the Indiana in the championship game, 2–0. This was the first tournament to feature an expanded 48-team field although it remained that only the top eight teams were seeded. The final match was played on December 16, 2001 in Columbus, Ohio at Columbus Crew Stadium, as were the two semi-final matches on December 14. All first, second, third and forth round games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 2001 at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas at the 78th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Texas again topped the team standings, finishing 140 points ahead of Stanford. It was the Longhorns' second consecutive and eighth overall national title.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships were the 55th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
Hosts Georgia defeated Tennessee in the championship final, 4–1, to claim the Bulldog's fourth team national title. Georgia thus completed a sweep of all three men's titles: team, singles, and doubles.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
This year's tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.


2001 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the 80th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team champions of men's and women's Division I collegiate track and field in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's championships, the 20th event for both men and women, were held May 30–June 2, 2001 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.


2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Tennessee won the men's title, finishing one point ahead of TCU in the cumulative standings.


2001 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
USC won the women's title, nine points ahead of rivals UCLA.


2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the twentieth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 2001, forty-eight Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of six teams, each in a double elimination format. The 2001 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 24 through May 28 and marked the conclusion of the 2001 NCAA Division I softball season. Arizona won their sixth NCAA championship by defeating UCLA 1–0 in the final game. Arizona pitcher Jennie Finch was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.


2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, Participants
* : Excludes UCLA's vacated 1995 WCWS participation. †: Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four, held at the Savvis Center (now Scottrade Center) in St. Louis, consisted of Connecticut, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State), with Notre Dame defeating Purdue 68–66 to win its first NCAA title. Notre Dame's Ruth Riley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
With the Final Four held in the state of Missouri for the first time in NCAA history, 10th seeded University of Missouri rose to the occasion and upset 7th seeded Wisconsin in the first round. They then went on to play the 2nd seeded team from Georgia and won that game as well, advancing to the regional, where their bid to play in their home state ended in a loss to Louisiana Tech. Missouri State also did well.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
They were seeded 5th, so expected to win their first-round game, but they went on to upset 4th seed Rutgers to set up a game against the Regional's top seed, Duke. Missouri State upset Duke 81—71 to head to the regional final against Washington, who had upset both Florida and Oklahoma. The upsets came to an end as 5th seeded Missouri State beat 6th seeded Washington 104–87 to advance to the Final Four, and a chance to play in front of home state fans.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the Mideast Regional, the top four seeds all advanced to the regional semifinal, then both higher seeds were upset. 4th seed Xavier knocked off the number one seed in the regional, Tennessee, by a score of 80–65. Third seeded Purdue played second seeded Texas Tech in a game that came down to the wire. Purdue won 74–72, then went on to defeat Xavier for the spot in the Final Four against Missouri State. The upset run by Missouri State came to an end in the semifinal, as Purdue beat them 81–64. The career of Jackie Stiles, who had scored 1,064 points during the season, the only player in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to score 1000 points in a season, came to an end.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the Midwest and East regionals, both number one seeds advanced to the Final Four. Both Notre Dame and Connecticut were from the Big East and met in the other semifinal. The two teams had met twice before in the season, with Notre Dame winning at their home and UConn beating Notre Dame in the Big East Championship. Early in the game, the prior year National Champion Connecticut looked to be on their way to another championship game. The Huskies led at one point by 16 points in the first half.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the second half, Notre Dame came back, and with just over twelve minutes left, took their first lead of the game. Connecticut went into a scoring drought, going more than five minutes without a point. Notre Dame went on to win 90–75, to head to their first national championship game.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The championship game featured two teams from Indiana. Notre Dame began the game with a repeat of their performance against Connecticut, falling behind by double digits in the first half. The Irish were the best three-point shooting team in the country, but ended up hitting just one of ten attempts. Purdue's Katie Douglas scored 18 points for Purdue, with her final points being a three-pointer to put the Boilermakers in front 66–64 with a little over one minute left in the game. Notre Dame's Ruth Riley scored to tie the game, then rebounded a miss by Purdue. She then took a shot, missed, but was fouled with 5.8 seconds left in the game. Riley sank both free throws to give the Irish a two-point lead and their first national championship.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 2001, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1–16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and  Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general  location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites:


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and  Final Four
Each regional winner advanced to the  Final Four held  March 30 and April  1  in St. Louis, Missouri at  the Savvis Center (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C.  Texas had the most teams with five bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Fourteen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Seventeen conferences  went 0-1: America East, Big Sky Conference,  Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference,  Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC,  and Trans America


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships were contested at the 20th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's Division I collegiate golf in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 20th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2001. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 12 to 16 teams, its current size.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Maryland defeated Georgetown, 14–13 after triple overtime, to win their ninth overall, and seventh consecutive, national championship. This was the last of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001). With the win, the Terrapins also secured an undefeated season (23–0).


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
For the third consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was Jen Adams from Maryland (26 goals). Courtney Martinez, also from Maryland, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2001 Women's College Cup) was the 20th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Southern Methodist University's Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas from December 5–7, 2001.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
Santa Clara defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. The Broncos (23–2) were coached by Jerry Smith.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Aly Wagner from Santa Clara, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Danielle Slaton, also from Santa Clara. Wagner and Slaton, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The tournament's leading scorer, with 5 goals and 4 assists, was Abby Wambach from Florida.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded from 48 teams to its current size of 64 teams.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Format
Just as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams, only eight of which were actually seeded, hosted four teams at their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2001 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 20th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, Long Island, New York.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Two-time defending champions Georgia once again topped the team standings for the first time, finishing a mere 11⁄2 points ahead of Stanford. This was the Bulldogs' third women's team title.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 20th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
Stanford defeated Vanderbilt in the team final, 4–0, to claim their eleventh national title (and third in five years).


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
This year's tournaments were hosted by Georgia Tech at the Bill Moore Tennis Center in Atlanta, Georgia.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
The men's and women's NCAA tennis championships would not be held jointly until 2006.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on November 29, 2001 with 64 teams and ended December 15 when Stanford defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 0 in San Diego, California for the program's fifth NCAA title.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Led by future Olympians Logan Tom and Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford stunned previously unbeaten Long Beach State in the title match. Long Beach State was attempting to become the first program to go undefeated in more than one season, as they went 36-0 just 3 years before in 1998.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
On their way to the title, Stanford was able to knock off defending champion Nebraska in the national semifinals. The other semifinal participant, Arizona, made the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The win gave Stanford head coach John Dunning, who was in his first year as Stanford's head coach, his third NCAA title as he won two with Pacific in the 1980s.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
This was the first year of rally point scoring in the NCAA Division I tournament, with games going to 30 points to win. Previous years used the side out scoring (SOS), with 15 points needed to win. Games became "sets" in 2008 and were reduced to 25 points to win.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals, Long Beach State vs. Arizona
Top ranked and undefeated Long Beach State easily defeated Arizona in three sets. Tayyiba Haneef led Long Beach with 21 kills. Long Beach out-hit Arizona .384 to .216, out-blocked the Wildcats 10 to 8 and had 8 service aces while Arizona had just 3. Arizona was led by Shannon Torregrosas's 14 kills. Arizona ended their season at 25-5 with the program's first ever Final Four appearance. Long Beach upped their record to 33-0.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinals, Stanford vs Nebraska
Led by Logan Tom's 22 kills, Stanford knocked off defending national champion Nebraska in three sets. Ogonna Nnamani added 13 kills to help the Cardinal sweep. Stanford out-blocked Nebraska, 12 to 9, and hit .270 as a team while Nebraska hit just .186. Nancy Metcalf led Nebraska with 14 kills as Nebraska ended their season at 31-2. Stanford advanced to the program's ninth NCAA title match.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford
In the title match, Stanford stunned top ranked and previously undefeated Long Beach State in three sets.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford
In game 1, Stanford went up 20-14 before Long Beach State closed the gap to 23-22. Down 26-24, Long Beach State rallied off four straight points, and eventually earned game point at 29-27. The 49'ers squandered both opportunities, with a Logan Tom kill and a Long Beach hitting error tying it up at 29. A Tom kill gave Stanford the game, 31-29. It was the first time all season that Long Beach lost the first game of a match.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford
In game 2, Stanford went up 11-7, then extended the lead to 20-13. Stanford remained in control, going up 27-20 and earning game point at 29-23. Long Beach State, however, did not go away and reeled off five consecutive points to cut the deficit to 29-28. The comeback ended, however, on a 49er service error giving Stanford the game, 30-28.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford
Game 3 remained even midway through. Stanford led 15-14 at the media timeout, before a Logan Tom service ace gave the Cardinal some separation at 25-21. Stanford remained ahead, going up 28-24 after an Ogonna Nnamani kill, before earning championship point after a Tom kill. A Stanford block ended the match, 30-25, ending Long Beach State's undefeated season, while Stanford ended their season at 33-2 - with one of the losses coming from Long Beach State earlier in the year.


2001 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford
Stanford won their fifth NCAA title. The win over Long Beach improved Stanford's record to 2-0 against undefeated teams in the national championship, as Stanford beat previously undefeated UCLA in the 1992 final. Stanford head coach John Dunning became the first Division I coach to win the national championship at two different schools, as he led Pacific to back-to-back titles in 1985 and 1986.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
The pre-season poll ranked the top 40 teams. Those not listed in the table above were: 31. FIU  32. Southern Miss  33. Tulane  34. Texas A&M  35. Oklahoma State  36. Fresno State  37. Pepperdine  38. Virginia Tech  39. Minnesota  40. Penn State.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, NCBWA
Currently, only the final poll from the 2001 season is available.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 2001. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 2001 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty fifth time in 2001, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the fourth time.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 2001 season. The NCAA sponsored regional and super regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the sixteen regionals consisted of four teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to eight best of three Super Regionals. The winners of each Super Regional advanced to Omaha. 30 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 34 teams earned at-large selections.


2001 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 2001 season marked the fifty fifth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Miami (FL) claiming their fourth championship with a 12–1 win over Stanford in the final.


2001 NCAA Division I softball season
The 2001 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2001. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2001 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 28, 2001.


2001 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 2001 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 24 to May 28, 2001 in Oklahoma City.


2001 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season winning percentage:32-0 (100%) – Jennie Finch, Arizona Wildcats


2001 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class winning percentage:27-2 (93%) – Keira Goerl, UCLA Bruins


2001 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Junior class consecutive wins streak:32 – Jennie Finch, Arizona Wildcats; February 2-May 28, 2001


2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), does not bestow a National Championship title for Division I-A football. That title is primarily bestowed by different polling agencies. There are several polls that currently exist. The main weekly polls are the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. About halfway through the season the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings are released.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings, BCS Standings
The Bowl Championship Series determined the two teams that competed in the BCS National Championship Game, the 2002 Rose Bowl.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first college football season of the 21st century. It ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker, who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami's offensive coordinator under Butch Davis and became the first head coach since 1989's Dennis Erickson from the University of Miami to win a national title in his first season. Coker had the benefit of inheriting a star-studded program that Davis had rebuilt in the aftermath of NCAA sanctions in the mid-to-late '90s. Miami completed a perfect 12–0 season, which culminated in a 37–14 win over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
In yet another controversial season for the BCS, (AP) No. 4 Nebraska was chosen as the national title opponent despite not having even played in the Big 12 championship game. The Huskers went into their last regularly scheduled game at Colorado undefeated, but left Boulder having lost the game by a score of 62–36. The Buffaloes went on to win the Big 12 championship game. The BCS computers, among other things, didn't weigh later games any more heavily than earlier games, and one-loss Nebraska came out ahead of two-loss No. 3 Colorado and one-loss, No. 2 Oregon. Some fans chanted "number 4" at the title game held at the Rose Bowl.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
Florida State did not win the ACC championship for the first time since joining the conference in 1991, losing out to Maryland. Steve Spurrier left the Florida Gators at the end of the season to coach the Washington Redskins, accepting what was then the largest salary for an NFL head coach.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The season had one of the more competitive Heisman Trophy races with Eric Crouch of Nebraska winning by only a small margin over Rex Grossman of Florida. All of the five finalists played the quarterback position. Two of the finalists were coached at some point by Oregon offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford. Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El earned first-team All-America honors from the FWAA after becoming the first NCAA Division I-A quarterback to throw for 40 touchdowns and rush for 40 touchdowns in a career. He also became the first player in NCAA I-A history to record 2,500 total yards from scrimmage in four consecutive seasons.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
Joe Paterno needed just 2 victories to pass legendary Alabama Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant as the winningest coach in Division I-A college football, However, after the Nittany Lions started the season 0–4 it looked like Bear Bryant's record would remain intact for at least 1 more year. After a 20–0 drubbing Penn State took against Michigan at home on Oct 6, the Nittany Lions were a dismal 1–6 since Paterno notched his 321st coaching win on October 28, 2000.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
At Northwestern on October 20, the Lions lost a late 31–28 lead to fall behind 35–31 with two minutes to go. With their starting quarterback, Matt Senneca, out with an injury, Penn State put its collective hopes on the shoulders of redshirt freshman quarterback Zack Mills. Mills drove the Lions 69 yards in 1:41, leading Penn State to its first victory of the year by a 38–35 margin. The victory gave Paterno 323 career wins, tying Bear Bryant's record.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
A week later, Penn State hosted Ohio State, who held on to a small lead for most of the game until the Buckeyes started to pull away with a 27–9 lead following a 44-yard interception return for a touchdown by Derek Ross in the third quarter. Penn State would fight all the way back with a 69-yard touchdown run by Mills and a 26-yard pass to Tony Johnson to cut the lead to 27–22, and they would take the lead early in the fourth quarter with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Eric McCoo.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
Penn State's 29–27 win moved Paterno in to first place on the all-time coaching victories list with 324 wins. He would later slip behind Bobby Bowden at Florida State, but he would relinquish the top spot a few years later. Paterno remains the winningest coach in Division I-A college football with a final record of 409–136–3.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The newly formed Boise State/Fresno State rivalry would be a major factor in the race to be the "BCS buster" for several seasons. Both teams ultimately lost the race to Utah, who became the first to bust the BCS in 2004, and the first to make a second trip in 2008.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Aloha Bowl and Oahu Bowl lost funding after Chrysler Corporation, which owned the former bowl's sponsor of Jeep, was acquired by Daimler-Benz and became DaimlerChrysler. The Aloha Bowl moved to Seattle and became the Seattle Bowl.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The New Orleans Bowl began to play, the host team being the Sun Belt champion.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, End of season upsets and BCS drama
The final 3 weeks of the regular season saw an incredible amount of drama as several teams were in prime position to earn their way to the Rose Bowl to play Miami. On November 23, the day after Thanksgiving, Nebraska was the number one team in the BCS heading to Boulder to play the Colorado Buffaloes. After a devastating 62–36 loss, they were unable to win their division and their season seemed to fall by the wayside, allowing the Florida Gators the inside track to meet Miami if they were able to win out.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, End of season upsets and BCS drama
This also gave the Oklahoma Sooners the opportunity to earn their way to the National Championship if Florida was to stumble against either Tennessee or in the SEC Championship game. Those hopes would soon dissolve the day after Nebraska's loss as the Sooners were upset at home by Oklahoma State 16–13, ending their title hopes and knocking them out of the Big 12 Championship game as well.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, End of season upsets and BCS drama
Florida had an inside track to the National Championship game until the following week in their matchup with Tennessee, losing that game 34–32 in Gainesville. The loss not only ended their dreams of a trip to the Rose Bowl but also ended their shot at going to Atlanta for the SEC title game. Tennessee then stepped into the number 2 spot the following week going into the SEC Championship against LSU but was upset by the Tigers 31–20, and their hopes of National Championship appearance were gone as quickly as they had come.


2001 NCAA Division I-A football season, End of season upsets and BCS drama
Later that evening, Texas entered the Big 12 Championship game against Colorado in prime time television knowing that a win would seal their spot in the Rose Bowl as the number 2 team in the BCS. Unfortunately they, too, were upset by the Buffaloes, feeling the same sting that Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Nebraska had felt the previous few weeks.