Throughout the months of January and February, GeorgiaStateSports.com will run feature stories on the members of the 1991 and 2001 men's basketball teams, as well as 2001 women's basketball team as we celebrate the 30-year and 20-year anniversaries of those teams reaching the NCAA Tournament.
Parts of this story ran during the 20-year anniversary of the men's basketball team reaching the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history following arguably the best season in program history. Thank you to former Assistant A.D. Charlie Taylor to his contributions on this piece.
Head coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell saw enough of his 2000-01 team in practice to take the time to tell the Atlanta Journal Constitution to come cover all the games because "this ain't no Mickey Mouse team, we're good.