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2000–01 Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears basketball
MVC tournament champions
MVC regular season co-champions
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 15
Record29–6 (16–2 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Marla Douglass
  • Jim Middleton
  • Lynette Robinson
Home arenaHammons Student Center
Seasons
2000–01 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 SW Missouri State † 16 – 2   .889 29 – 6   .829
Drake 16 – 2   .889 23 – 7   .767
Northern Iowa 12 – 6   .667 18 – 11   .621
Creighton 11 – 7   .611 17 – 11   .607
Evansville 8 – 10   .444 13 – 15   .464
Wichita State 8 – 10   .444 10 – 17   .370
Indiana State 7 – 11   .389 10 – 18   .357
Bradley 5 – 13   .278 10 – 17   .370
Southern Illinois 4 – 14   .222 7 – 20   .259
Illinois State 3 – 15   .167 5 – 22   .185
† 2001 MVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2000–01 Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by 14th-year head coach Cheryl Burnett, played their home games at Hammons Student Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

They finished the season 29–6 and 16–2 in conference play to tie for the regular season MVC title. As the number two seed in the conference tournament, they defeated Indiana, Northern Iowa, and Drake to take home the MVC tournament championship. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and, despite being the No. 15 ranked team in the country, were assigned the No. 5 seed in the West region. They defeated No. 12 seed Toledo, No. 4 seed Rutgers, No. 1 seed Duke, and No. 6 seed Washington to reach the second Final Four in program history. The Lady Bears were defeated by Purdue in the National semifinals.[1]

Southwest Missouri State spent the entire season ranked in both major polls. The team was ranked in the top 15 for nine weeks, and had a final ranking in the Coaches poll of No. 4.

Roster[edit]

2000–01 Missouri State Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 10 Jackie Stiles (C) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Claflin Claflin, Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Marla Douglass
  • Jim Middleton
  • Lynette Robinson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule[edit]

Source:[2][3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 2000*
 No. 18 at No. 19 Oklahoma L 82–89  4–2
 Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 7, 2000*
 No. 18 Iowa W 101–87  6–2
 Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Dec 16, 2000*
 No. 21 No. 17 Oklahoma W 69–61  7–2
 Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Dec 30, 2000
 No. 16 at Creighton W 84–59  8–2
(1–0) 		Omaha Civic Auditorium 
Omaha, Nebraska
Jan 1, 2001
 No. 16 at Drake L 63–66  8–3
(1–1) 		Veterans Memorial Auditorium 
Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 29, 2001*
 No. 20 at Western Kentucky L 69–74  15–4
 E. A. Diddle Arena 
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Feb 11, 2001
 No. 18 Evansville W 91–65  18–4
(12–1) 		Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Feb 16, 2001
 No. 18 Bradley W 81–55  19–4
(13–1) 		Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Feb 18, 2001
 No. 18 at Northern Iowa L 80–99  19–5
(13–2) 		UNI-Dome 
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 25, 2001
 No. 21 at Wichita State W 89–85 OT 20–5
(14–2) 		Levitt Arena 
Wichita, Kansas
Mar 1, 2001
 No. 18 Creighton W 94–59  21–5
(15–2) 		Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Mar 3, 2001
 No. 18 Drake W 87–63  22–5
(16–2) 		Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
MVC tournament
Mar 8, 2001*
 (2) No. 16 (7) Indiana State
Quarterfinals 		W 92–63  23–5
 Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Mar 9, 2001*
 (2) No. 16 (3) Northern Iowa
Semifinals 		W 86–54  24–5
 Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
Mar 10, 2001*
 (2) No. 16 (1) Drake
Championship game 		W 84–69  25–5
 Hammons Student Center 
Springfield, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2001*
 (5 W) No. 15 vs. (12 W) Toledo
First round 		W 89–71  26–5
 Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
Mar 19, 2001*
 (5 W) No. 15 at (4 W) No. 11 Rutgers
Second round 		W 60–53  27–5
 Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
Mar 24, 2001*
 (5 W) No. 15 vs. (1 W) No. 5 Duke
Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen 		W 81–71  28–5
 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 
Spokane, WA
Mar 26, 2001*
 (5 W) No. 15 vs. (6 W) Washington
Regional Final – Elite Eight 		W 104–87  29–5
 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 
Spokane, WA
Mar 30, 2001*
 (5 W) No. 15 vs. (3 ME) No. 9 Purdue
National Semifinal – Final Four 		L 64–81  29–6
 Savvis Center 
St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2000–01 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
AP21211713182118161515141313151520181615
Coaches2121161317181515141414121314131616164

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Purdue Stops Stiles and SW Missouri's Dream". The New York Times. March 31, 2001. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "2000-01 Women's Basketball Schedule". missouristatebears.com. Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Missouri State Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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