2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season Basketball season
The 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 9, 2001, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 1, 2002 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta , Georgia. The Maryland Terrapins won their first NCAA national championship with a 64–52 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers .
Season headlines
The Atlantic Sun Conference competed under that name for the first time. Previously it had been known as the Trans America Athletic Conference.
The preseason Associated Press All-American team was named on November 6, 2001. Jason Williams of Duke was the unanimous leading vote-getter (72 of 72 votes). The rest of the team included Kareem Rush of Missouri (47 votes), Tayshaun Prince of Kentucky (46), Casey Jacobsen of Stanford (45) and Frank Williams of Illinois (31).[ 1]
Jason Conley of Virginia Military Institute became the first freshman ever to win the season scoring title, averaging 29.3 points per game in 28 games.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Senior John Linehan of Providence became the all-time Division I steals leader with 385 for his career,[ 5] while fellow senior Desmond Cambridge of Alabama A&M coincidentally finishes his career with the second highest steals total of 377.[ 5]
On March 1, 2002, sophomore Ronald Blackshear of Marshall tied an NCAA record by making 11 consecutive three-point shots in a game against Akron ,[ 6] but also makes 14 total in the second-highest single game output in NCAA history.[ 7]
The National Invitation Tournament expanded from 32 to 40 teams.
Two teams whose head coaches were people of color met in an NCAA tournament Final Four game for the first time, when Indiana , coached by Mike Davis , defeated Oklahoma , coached by Kelvin Sampson , 73–64 in a national semifinal game on March 30, 2002.[ 8]
Major rule changes
Beginning in 2001–02, the following rules changes were implemented:[ 9]
Both direct and indirect technical fouls penalized by two shots and returned to point of interruption.
Officials could check an official courtside monitor to determine if a try was a three- or two-point attempt, regardless of whether the try was successful.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls November 5, 2001.[ 10] [ 11]
Conference membership changes
These schools joined new conferences for the 2001–02 season.
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference
Regular Season Winner[ 12]
Conference Player of the Year
Conference Tournament
Tournament Venue (City)
Tournament winner
America East Conference
Vermont
T. J. Sorrentine , Vermont [ 13]
2002 America East men's basketball tournament
Matthews Arena (Boston, Massachusetts) (Except Finals)
Boston University [ 14]
Atlantic 10 Conference
Temple & St. Joseph's (East)Xavier (West)
David West , Xavier [ 15]
2002 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
The Spectrum (Philadelphia , Pennsylvania)
Xavier [ 16]
Atlantic Coast Conference
Maryland
Juan Dixon , Maryland [ 17]
2002 ACC men's basketball tournament
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina )
Duke [ 18]
Atlantic Sun Conference
Georgia State & Troy
Thomas Terrell , Georgia State [ 19]
2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
UCF Arena (Orlando, Florida )
Florida Atlantic [ 19]
Big 12 Conference
Kansas
Drew Gooden , Kansas [ 20]
2002 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri )
Oklahoma [ 21]
Big East Conference
Connecticut (East)Pittsburgh (West)
Caron Butler , Connecticut &Brandin Knight , Pittsburgh [ 22]
2002 Big East men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York City)
Connecticut [ 22]
Big Sky Conference
Montana State
Jason Erickson , Montana State [ 23]
2002 Big Sky men's basketball tournament
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (Bozeman, Montana )
Montana [ 24]
Big South Conference
Winthrop
Greg Lewis , Winthrop [ 25]
2002 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, Virginia )
Winthrop [ 25]
Big Ten Conference
Ohio State , Illinois , Indiana & Wisconsin
Jared Jeffries , Indiana [ 26]
2002 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis , Indiana)
Ohio State [ 26]
Big West Conference
Utah State & UC Irvine
Jerry Green , UC Irvine [ 27]
2002 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California )
UC Santa Barbara [ 27]
Colonial Athletic Association
UNC Wilmington
Brett Blizzard , UNC Wilmington [ 28]
2002 CAA men's basketball tournament
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia )
UNC Wilmington [ 28]
Conference USA
Cincinnati (American) Memphis (National)
Steve Logan , Cincinnati [ 29]
2002 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Firstar Center (Cincinnati , Ohio)
Cincinnati [ 30]
Horizon League
Butler
Rylan Hainje , Butler [ 31]
2002 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
CSU Convocation Center (Cleveland , Ohio)
Illinois-Chicago [ 31]
Ivy League
Penn , Yale & Princeton
Ugonna Onyekwe , Penn [ 32]
No Tournament (Penn received NCAA automatic bid via three-way playoff[ 33] )
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rider & Marist
Mario Porter , Rider [ 34]
2002 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York )
Siena [ 35]
Mid-American Conference
Kent State (East)Ball State (West)
Keith McLeod , Bowling Green [ 36]
2002 MAC men's basketball tournament
Gund Arena (Cleveland , Ohio)
Kent State [ 37]
Mid-Continent Conference
Valparaiso
Luboš Bartoň , Valparaiso [ 38]
2002 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, Indiana )
Valparaiso [ 39]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Hampton
Tommy Adams , Hampton [ 40]
2002 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia )
Hampton [ 41]
Missouri Valley Conference
Southern Illinois
Kyle Korver , Creighton [ 42]
2002 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri )
Creighton [ 43]
Mountain West Conference
Wyoming
Britton Johnsen , Utah [ 44]
2002 MWC men's basketball tournament
Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada )
San Diego State [ 45]
Northeast Conference
Central Connecticut State
Corsley Edwards , Central Connecticut State [ 46]
2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Campus Sites
Central Connecticut State [ 47]
Ohio Valley Conference
Tennessee Tech
Henry Domercant , Eastern Illinois [ 48]
2002 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Kentucky International Convention Center (Louisville, Kentucky ) (Semifinals and Finals)
Murray State [ 48]
Pacific-10 Conference
Oregon
Sam Clancy Jr. , USC [ 49]
2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
Staples Center (Los Angeles)
Arizona [ 50]
Patriot League
American
Patrick Doctor , American [ 51]
2002 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Campus Sites
Holy Cross [ 52]
Southeastern Conference
Florida , Kentucky & Georgia (East) Alabama (West)
Erwin Dudley , Alabama [ 53]
2002 SEC men's basketball tournament
Georgia Dome (Atlanta , Georgia)
Mississippi State [ 53]
Southern Conference
Davidson , UNC Greensboro & East Tennessee State (North)Charleston , Georgia Southern and Chattanooga (South)
Dimeco Childress , ETSU (Coaches)[ 54] Jason Conley , VMI (Media)[ 55]
2002 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
North Charleston Coliseum (North Charleston, South Carolina )
Davidson [ 56]
Southland Conference
McNeese State
McEverett Powers , Texas-San Antonio [ 57]
2002 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Burton Coliseum (Lake Charles, Louisiana ) (Finals)
McNeese State [ 57]
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State
Paul Haynes , Grambling State [ 58]
2002 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Fair Park Arena (Birmingham, Alabama )
Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference
Western Kentucky (East)Louisiana–Lafayette (West)
Héctor Romero , New Orleans [ 59]
2002 Sun Belt men's basketball tournament
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Western Kentucky [ 60]
West Coast Conference
Gonzaga
Dan Dickau , Gonzaga [ 61]
2002 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego)
Gonzaga [ 62]
Western Athletic Conference
Tulsa
Melvin Ely , Fresno State [ 63]
2002 WAC men's basketball tournament
Reynolds Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma )
Hawaiʻi [ 63]
Conference standings
2001–02 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Penn
11
–
3
.786
25
–
7
.781
Yale
11
–
3
.786
21
–
11
.656
Princeton
11
–
3
.786
16
–
12
.571
Brown
8
–
6
.571
17
–
10
.630
Harvard
7
–
7
.500
14
–
12
.538
Columbia
4
–
10
.286
11
–
17
.393
Dartmouth
2
–
12
.143
9
–
18
.333
Cornell
2
–
12
.143
5
–
22
.185
Rankings from AP Poll [ 69]
Division I independents
Three schools played as Division I independents .[ 81] In addition, IPFW played as an independent as it began its transition from NCAA Division II , but it was not considered a full NCAA Division I school until the following season .
Penn finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders
Source for additional stats categories
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia was the site of the Final Four and Championship game to end the 2001–02 season.
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals & finals
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
Major freshman of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changes
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