2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

2001 NCAA tournament championship Game
National championship game
Arizona Wildcats Duke Blue Devils
Pac-10 ACC
(28–7) (34–4)
72 82
Head coach:
Lute Olson
Head coach:
Mike Krzyzewski
1st half2nd half Total
Arizona Wildcats 3339 72
Duke Blue Devils 3547 82
DateApril 2, 2001
VenueHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
MVPShane Battier, Duke
FavoriteDuke by 3.5
RefereesScott Thornley, Frankie Bordeaux, Ed Corbett
Attendance45,944
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersJim Nantz (play-by-play)
Billy Packer (color)
Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline)

The 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2000-01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 2, 2001, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota and featured the East Regional Champion, #1-seeded Duke versus the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Arizona.