2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2001 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
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Teams64
Finals site Savvis Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Champions Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up Purdue Boilermakers (2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Muffet McGraw (1st title)
MOP Ruth Riley (Notre Dame)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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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 in St. Louis, Missouri, consisted of Connecticut, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Southwest Missouri State (now known as Missouri State), with Notre Dame defeating Purdue 68–66 to win its first NCAA title. [1] Notre Dame's Ruth Riley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. [2]

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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. Southwest Missouri State also did well. 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. The Lady Bears then 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 Southwest 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.

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 Southwest Missouri State. The upset run by Southwest 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 in 2000–01 to become the first player in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to score 1,000 points in a single season, thus came to an end. [3] [4]

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. 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. [5]

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. [6]

Tournament records

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. [7]

Automatic bids
  Record 
Qualifying schoolConferenceRegular
Season
ConferenceSeed
Alcorn State SWAC 21–1015–316
Austin Peay OVC 17–1310–616
Chattanooga SoCon 24–615–312
Colorado State Mountain West 24–610–49
Connecticut Big East 28–215–11
Delaware America East 26–417–113
Duke ACC 28–313–31
Georgia SEC 26–511–32
Georgia State Trans America 24–615–314
Holy Cross Patriot League 21–811–114
Howard MEAC 22–915–315
Idaho State Big Sky 25–416–014
Iowa Big Ten 20–912–44
Iowa State Big 12 25–512–42
Liberty Big South 18–1112–215
Long Island Northeast 16–1411–716
Louisiana Tech Sun Belt 28–416–03
Milwaukee Horizon League 19–1012–216
Old Dominion CAA 21–815–111
Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 20–1011–515
Penn Ivy League 23–514–015
Siena MAAC 24–517–111
Saint Mary's West Coast 25–511–39
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley 25–516–25
Stanford Pac-10 18–1012–610
Stephen F. Austin Southland 26–618–213
TCU WAC 24–713–311
Toledo MAC 25–515–112
Tulane C-USA 22–912–410
UC Santa Barbara Big West 22–812–214
Xavier Atlantic 10 28–215–14

Qualifying teams – at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. [7]

At-large bids
  Record 
Qualifying schoolConferenceRegular
Season
ConferenceSeed
Arizona State Pacific-1020–1012–611
Arkansas SEC19–126–89
Baylor Big 1221–89–78
Clemson ACC20–910–65
Colorado Big 1221–811–56
Denver Sun Belt24–614–210
Drake Missouri Valley23–616–212
Fairfield MAAC25–516–212
Florida SEC23–511–33
Florida State ACC18–119–77
George Washington Atlantic 1022–914–27
Louisville C-USA19–914–213
LSU SEC19–108–66
Maryland ACC17–118–88
Michigan Big Ten18–1110–68
Missouri Big 1220–910–610
N.C. State ACC20–109–74
Notre Dame Big East28–215–11
Oklahoma Big 1226–515–12
Oregon Pacific-1017–1110–813
Penn State Big Ten19–911–56
Purdue Big Ten26–614–23
Rutgers Big East22–713–34
Tennessee SEC29–214–01
Texas Big 1220–127–98
Texas Tech Big 1223–613–32
Utah Mountain West26–314–05
Vanderbilt SEC21–98–63
Villanova Big East21–811–55
Virginia ACC18–138–89
Virginia Tech Big East21-811–57
Washington Pacific-1019–912–66
Wisconsin Big Ten18–912–47

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. [7]

BidsConferenceTeams
7Big 12 Iowa State, Baylor, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech
6Atlantic Coast Duke, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, NC State, Virginia
6Southeastern Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5Big East Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Villanova, Virginia Tech
5Big Ten Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
4Pacific-10 Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, Washington
2Atlantic 10 Xavier, George Washington
2Conference USA Tulane, Louisville
2Metro Atlantic Siena, Fairfield
2Missouri Valley SW Missouri State, Drake
2Mountain West Colorado State, Utah
2Sun Belt Louisiana Tech, Denver
1America East Delaware.
1Big Sky Idaho State
1Big South Liberty
1Big West UC Santa Barbara
1CAA Old Dominion
1Horizon Milwaukee
1Ivy Penn
1Mid-American Toledo
1Mid-Continent Oral Roberts
1MEAC Howard
1Northeast Long Island
1Ohio Valley Austin Peay
1Patriot Holy Cross
1Southern Chattanooga
1Southland Stephen F. Austin
1Southwestern Alcorn State
1Trans America Georgia State
1West Coast St. Mary's Cal.
1 WAC TCU

2001 NCAA tournament schedule and venues

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Storrs
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Ruston
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West Lafayette
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Lubbock
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Cincinnati
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Notre Dame
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Ames
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2001 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues
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2001 NCAA regionals and Final Four

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:

First and Second rounds

The following lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations: [8]

Regional semifinals and finals

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites:

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)

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. [7]

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NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2001
BidsStateTeams
5 Texas Stephen F. Austin, TCU, Baylor, Texas, Texas Tech
4 Tennessee Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 Virginia Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia, Virginia Tech
3 California Saint Mary's, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara
3 Colorado Colorado State, Colorado, Denver
3 Iowa Iowa, Iowa State, Drake
3 Louisiana Louisiana Tech, Tulane, LSU
3 Pennsylvania Penn, Penn State, Villanova
2 Connecticut Connecticut, Fairfield
2 District of Columbia Howard, George Washington
2 Florida Florida, Florida State
2 Georgia Georgia, Georgia State
2 Indiana Notre Dame, Purdue
2 Missouri SW Missouri State, Missouri
2 New York Long Island, Siena
2 North Carolina Duke, NC State
2 Ohio Toledo, Xavier
2 Oklahoma Oral Roberts, Oklahoma
2 Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1 Arizona Arizona State
1 Arkansas Arkansas
1 Delaware Delaware
1 Idaho Idaho State
1 Kentucky Louisville
1 Maryland Maryland
1 Massachusetts Holy Cross
1 Michigan Michigan
1 Mississippi Alcorn State
1 New Jersey Rutgers
1 Oregon Oregon
1 South Carolina Clemson
1 Utah Utah
1 Washington Washington

Brackets

Data source [9]

Mideast regional – Birmingham, AL

First round
March 16
Second round
March 18
Regional semifinals
March 24
Regional finals
March 26
            
1 Tennessee 90
16 Austin Peay 38
1 Tennessee92
Knoxville, Tennessee
9 Saint Mary's 75
8 Texas 64
9 Saint Mary's 68
1 Tennessee 65
4 Xavier80
5 Clemson 51
12 Chattanooga 49
5 Clemson 62
Cincinnati, Ohio
4 Xavier77
4 Xavier 80
13 Louisville 52
4 Xavier 78
3 Purdue88
6 LSU 83
11 Arizona State 66
6 LSU 70
West Lafayette, Indiana
3 Purdue73
3 Purdue 75
14 UC Santa Barbara 62
3 Purdue74
2 Texas Tech 72
7 Virginia Tech 77
10 Denver 57
7 Virginia Tech 52
Lubbock, Texas
2 Texas Tech73
2 Texas Tech 100
15 Penn 57

West regional – Spokane, Washington

First round
March 16–17
Second round
March 18–19
Regional semifinals
March 24
Regional finals
March 26
            
1 Duke 95
16 UW–Milwaukee 63
1 Duke75
Durham, North Carolina – Sat/Mon
9 Arkansas 54
8 Baylor 59
9 Arkansas 68
1 Duke 71
5 SW Missouri State81
5 SW Missouri State 89
12 Toledo 71
5 SW Missouri State60
Piscataway, New Jersey – Sat/Mon
4 Rutgers 53
4 Rutgers 80
13 Stephen F. Austin 43
5 SW Missouri State104
6 Washington 87
6 Washington 67
11 Old Dominion 65
6 Washington86
Gainesville, Florida – Fri/Sun
3 Florida 75
3 Florida 84
14 Holy Cross 52
6 Washington84
2 Oklahoma 67
7 George Washington 51
10 Stanford 76
10 Stanford 50
Norman, Oklahoma – Sat/Mon
2 Oklahoma67
2 Oklahoma 70
15 Oral Roberts 64

Midwest regional – Denver, Colorado

First round
March 16–17
Second round
March 18–19
Regional semifinals
March 24
Regional finals
March 26
            
1 Notre Dame 98
16 Alcorn State 49
1 Notre Dame88
Notre Dame, Indiana – Sat/Mon
8 Michigan 54
8 Michigan 81
9 Virginia 71
1 Notre Dame69
5 Utah 54
5 Utah 79
12 Fairfield 57
5 Utah78
Salt Lake City, Utah – Sat/Mon
4 Iowa 69
4 Iowa 89
13 Oregon 82
1 Notre Dame72
3 Vanderbilt 64
6 Colorado 98
11 Siena 78
6 Colorado 59
Nashville, Tennessee – Sat/Mon
3 Vanderbilt65
3 Vanderbilt 83
14 Idaho State 57
3 Vanderbilt84
2 Iowa State 65
7 Florida State 72
10 Tulane 70
7 Florida State 70
Ames, Iowa – Fri/Sun
2 Iowa State85
2 Iowa State 100
15 Howard 61

East regional – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

First round
March 16–17
Second round
March 18–19
Regional semifinals
March 24
Regional finals
March 26
            
1 Connecticut 101
16 Long Island 29
1 Connecticut89
Storrs, Connecticut – Sat/Mon
9 Colorado State 44
8 Maryland 69
9 Colorado State 83
1 Connecticut72
4 NC State 58
5 Villanova 66
12 Drake 58
5 Villanova 64
Raleigh, North Carolina – Fri/Sun
4 NC State68
4 NC State 76
13 Delaware 57
1 Connecticut67
3 Louisiana Tech 48
6 Penn State 75
11 TCU 77
11 TCU 59
Ruston, Louisiana – Sat/Mon
3 Louisiana Tech80
3 Louisiana Tech 84
14 Georgia State 48
3 Louisiana Tech78
10 Missouri 67
7 Wisconsin 68
10 Missouri 71
10 Missouri78
Athens, Georgia – Fri/Sun
2 Georgia 65
2 Georgia 77
15 Liberty 48

Final Four – St. Louis, Missouri

National semifinals
March 30
National championship
April 1
      
ME3 Purdue81
W5 SW Missouri State 64
ME3 Purdue 66
MW1 Notre Dame68
MW1 Notre Dame90
E1 Connecticut 75

Record by conference

Fourteen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Round
of 32
Sweet
Sixteen
Elite
Eight
Final
Four
Championship
Game
Big 12 7 9–7 .563 5 4 0 0 0
Southeastern 6 9–6 .600 6 2 1 0 0
Atlantic Coast 6 6–6 .500 4 2 0 0 0
Big East 5 13–4 .765 5 2 2 2 1
Big Ten 5 7–5 .583 3 1 1 1 1
Pacific-10 4 4–4 .500 2 1 1 0 0
Missouri Valley 2 4–2 .667 1 1 1 1 0
Atlantic 10 2 3–2 .600 1 1 1 0 0
Mountain West 2 3–2 .600 2 1 0 0 0
Sun Belt 2 3–2 .600 1 1 1 0 0
Conference USA 2 0–2 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Metro Atlantic 2 0–2 .000 0 0 0 0 0
West Coast 1 1–1 .500 1 0 0 0 0
Western Athletic 1 1–1 .500 1 0 0 0 0

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

All-Tournament team

Game officials

See also

Notes

  1. Gregory Cooper. "2001 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
  2. "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
  3. Rodgers, Jenn. "2012-13 NCAA Women's Basketball Records Division I". NCAA. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. "Purdue handcuffs Stiles, SMS in 81-64 victory". The Florida Times Union. March 31, 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  5. "Notre Dame rallies to defeat Connecticut". CNN SI. March 31, 2001. Archived from the original on February 19, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  6. "Ruthless". CNN SI. April 1, 2001. Archived from the original on February 19, 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  8. "Attendance and Sites" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  9. "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. February 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

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