2000–01 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2000 - 01
Prev Year:1999–00
Next Year:2001–02
Team:St. John's Red Storm
Conference:Big East Conference
Short Conf:Big East
Record:5 - 15 (9 wins vacated)
Conf Record:8 - 8
Head Coach:Mike Jarvis (3rd year)
Asst Coach2:Mike Jarvis II
Asst Coach3:Dermon Player

The 2000 - 01 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Mike Jarvis in his third year. St. John's home games are played at Carnesecca Arena, then called Alumni Hall, and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.

Off season

Mike Jarvis had turned down an offer from Michael Jordan in the offseason to become the head coach of the Washington Wizards to return for his 3rd season and rebuild a team that lost Bootsy Thornton and Lavor Postell to graduation, Erick Barkley to the pros and recruit Darius Miles altogether for the 2000 NBA draft.[1]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
sortnameChudney Gray 3 6'3" Senior Graduated
sortnameKareem Syed 10 6'5" Senior Graduated
sortname126'1" Sophomore Entered 2000 NBA draft
sortname14 6'1" Senior Graduated
sortnameHeath Orvis 21 6'0" Freshman Transferred. Morningside
sortname25 6'5" Senior Graduated. Entered 2000 NBA draft

Class of 2000 signees

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-|-!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 31 Omar Cook Orlando Magic

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. John's Mike Jarvis Withdraws Name from Washington Wizards Job.