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2000-01 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Team Of Distinction
The 2000-01 Pirate men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA tournament and defeated No. 2 seed Iowa State in the 2001 West Regional at the Boise State University Pavilion. Trailing 57-48 with 7:00 left in the contest, coach Steve Merfeld's Pirates scored eight straight points to cut the deficit to one, 57-56, with 21.6 seconds left. Travis Williams scored the game-winning basket with 6.9 seconds left to register one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.


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