freshman forward mike sweetney joined the team this season and quickly established himself as a dominating power forward. he started all 33 games during the season and got off to a strong start, scoring 19 points in each of his first three games. in big east play, he had 14 points and 14 rebounds in a big upset win over 18th-ranked seton hall in early january 2001, had another double double ten days later against nevada-las vegas, scored 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds against syracuse, and scored a season-high 24 points against pittsburgh. during the season, he led the hoyas in scoring 11 times and in rebounding 13 times, and he finished the season averaging 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.