2001 TAAC men's basketball tournament

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2001 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification
Atlanta, GA
ChampionsGeorgia State (2nd title)
Winning coachLefty Driesell (1st title)
MVPThomas Terrell (Georgia State)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
2000–01 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia State 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
Troy 12 6   .667 19 12   .613
Jacksonville 11 7   .611 18 10   .643
Stetson 11 7   .611 17 12   .586
Samford 11 7   .611 15 14   .517
Mercer 10 8   .556 13 15   .464
Jacksonville State 6 12   .333 9 19   .321
Campbell 5 13   .278 7 21   .250
Florida Atlantic 5 13   .278 7 24   .226
Central Florida
3 15   .167 8 23   .258
2001 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the

Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
This was the final tournament before the TAAC changed its name to its current moniker, the Atlantic Sun.

Top-seeded

Troy State
in the championship game, 79–55, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Panthers, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the

2001 NCAA tournament
.

Format

With no teams joining or leaving the conference, the field remained set at ten. All teams were eligible for the tournament, seeded based on their conference records.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, February 28
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1
Semifinals
Friday, March 2
Championship
Saturday, March 3
            
1 Georgia State 96
9 Florida Atlantic 57
9 Florida Atlantic 70
8
Campbell
65
1 Georgia State 66
4 Samford 56
5 Jacksonville 41
4
Samford
44
1 Georgia State 79
2 Troy State 55
3 Stetson 71
6 Mercer 67
3 Stetson 69
2 Troy State 78
7 Jacksonville State 57
10
UCF
100
2
Troy State
89
10 UCF 68

References

  1. ^ "2000-2001 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.