2001 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, rounds

The 2001 NCAA Tournament was the first NCAA tournament with a 65-team bracket, prior to the introduction of the 68-team bracket that featured the First Four in 2011. In 2001, the addition of an auto-bid for the Mountain West, along with the maintaining of 34 at-large bids, resulted in a 65-team bracket. No. 16 seed Northwestern State defeated No. 16 seed Winthrop in the first opening-round game.

Duke won the 2001 national championship, the Blue Devils' third national title, in a Final Four that also featured Arizona, Maryland and Michigan State.

2001 NCAA tournament: Bracket

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2001 NCAA tournament: Scores

• First Round (Round of 64)
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Duke 95, No. 16 Monmouth 52
    • No. 9 Missouri 70, No. 8 Georgia 68
    • No. 12 Utah State 77, No. 5 Ohio State 68
    • No. 4 UCLA 61, No. 13 Hofstra 48
    • No. 6 Southern California 69, No. 11 Oklahoma State 54
    • No. 3 Boston College 68, No. 14 Southern Utah 65
    • No. 7 Iowa 69, No. 10 Creighton 56
    • No. 2 Kentucky 72, No. 15 Holy Cross 68
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 1 Illinois 96, No. 16 Northwestern State 54
    • No. 9 Charlotte 70, No. 8 Tennessee 63
    • No. 5 Syracuse 79, No. 12 Hawaii 69
    • No. 4 Kansas 99, No. 13 Cal State Northridge 75
    • No. 6 Notre Dame 83, No. 11 Xavier 71
    • No. 3 Ole Miss 72, No. 14 Iona 70
    • No. 10 Butler 79, No. 7 Wake Forest 63
    • No. 2 Arizona 101, No. 15 Eastern Illinois 76
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Michigan State 69, No. 16 Alabama State 35
    • No. 9 Fresno State 82, No. 8 California 70
    • No. 12 Gonzaga 86, No. 5 Virginia 85
    • No. 13 Indiana State 70, No. 4 Oklahoma 68
    • No. 11 Temple 79, No. 6 Texas 65
    • No. 3 Florida 69, No. 14 Western Kentucky 56
    • No. 7 Penn State 69, No. 10 Providence 59
    • No. 2 North Carolina 70, No. 15 Princeton 48
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Stanford 88, No. 16 UNC Greensboro 60
    • No. 9 Saint Joseph's 66, No. 8 Georgia Tech 62
    • No. 5 Cincinnati 84, No. 12 BYU 59
    • No. 13 Kent State 77, No. 4 Indiana 73
    • No. 11 Georgia State 50, No. 6 Wisconsin 49
    • No. 3 Maryland 83, No. 14 George Mason 80
    • No. 10 Georgetown 63, No. 7 Arkansas 61
    • No. 15 Hampton 58, No. 2 Iowa State 57 |
• Second Round (Round of 32)
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Duke 94, No. 9 Missouri 81
    • No. 4 UCLA 75, No. 12 Utah State 50
    • No. 6 Southern California 74, No. 3 Boston College 71
    • No. 2 Kentucky 92, No. 7 Iowa 79
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 1 Illinois 79, No. 9 Charlotte 61
    • No. 4 Kansas 87, No. 5 Syracuse 58
    • No. 3 Ole Miss 59, No. 6 Notre Dame 56
    • No. 2 Arizona 73, No. 10 Butler 52
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Michigan State 81, No. 9 Fresno State 65
    • No. 12 Gonzaga 85, No. 13 Indiana State 68
    • No. 11 Temple 75, No. 3 Florida 54
    • No. 7 Penn State 82, No. 2 North Carolina 74
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Stanford 90, No. 9 Saint Joseph's 83
    • No. 5 Cincinnati 66, No. 13 Kent State 43
    • No. 3 Maryland 79, No. 11 Georgia State 60
    • No. 10 Georgetown 76, No. 15 Hampton 57
• Sweet 16
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Duke 76, No. 4 UCLA 63
    • No. 6 Southern California 80, No. 2 Kentucky 76
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 1 Illinois 80, No. 4 Kansas 64
    • No. 2 Arizona 66, No. 3 Ole Miss 56
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Michigan State 77, No. 12 Gonzaga 62
    • No. 11 Temple 84, No. 7 Penn State 72
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Stanford 78, No. 5 Cincinnati 65
    • No. 3 Maryland 76, No. 10 Georgetown 66
• Elite Eight
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Duke 79, No. 6 Southern California 69
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 2 Arizona 87, No. 1 Illinois 81
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Michigan State 69, No. 11 Temple 62
  • West Regional
    • No. 3 Maryland 87, No. 1 Stanford 73
• Final Four (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • National semifinals
    • No. 1 Duke 95, No. 3 Maryland 84
    • No. 2 Arizona 80, No. 1 Michigan State 61
  • National championship
    • No. 1 Duke 82, No. 2 Arizona 72

2001 NCAA tournament: Upsets

The following double-digit seeds won games (not counting the opening-round Game in Dayton, Ohio) :

2001 NCAA tournament: Stats, records

Here are the 2001 NCAA Tournament leaders (number of games in parentheses):

Individual scoring

• Jason Williams, Duke (6): 25.7 points per game

Individual rebounding

• Dan Gadzuric, UCLA (3): 12.0 rebounds per game