The 2000–01 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Bennett resigned after the third game of the season citing burnout – he said he "simply was drained".

The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No.

6 seed in the West Region, where they were upset by Georgia State, 50–49.