2000 – 01 Illinois Fighting Illini men 's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign in the 2000 – 01 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Led by first year head coach Bill Self , the Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall in Champaign , Illinois and were members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season with a record of 27 – 8 , 13 – 3 in Big Ten play to win a share of the Big Ten regular season title with Michigan State . They lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Indiana . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region . They advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Arizona
Big Ten Tournament
2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team