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2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season co-champions; Las Vegas Invitational, Champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 13
Record	26–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Self (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Billy Gillispie; Wayne McClain; Norm Roberts;
MVP	Frank Williams
Captain	Cory Bradford; Frank Williams
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/16/2001* no, no	No. 3	Gonzaga	W 76–58	1–0	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
11/19/2001* no, no	No. 2	Eastern Illinois Las Vegas Invitational (1st Round)	W 93–53	2–0	Assembly Hall (13,827) Champaign, Illinois
11/22/2001* no, no	No. 2	vs. Penn Las Vegas Invitational	W 78–71	3–0	Valley High School (1,700) Las Vegas
11/23/2001* no, no	No. 2	vs. Georgia Tech Las Vegas Invitational	W 105–66	4–0	Valley High School (2,000) Las Vegas
11/24/2001* no, no	No. 2	vs. Southern Illinois Las Vegas Invitational, (Championship)	W 75–72	5–0	Valley High School (2,500) Las Vegas, Nevada
11/27/2001* no, no	No. 2	at No. 5 Maryland Big Ten-ACC Challenge	L 63–76	5–1	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
12/1/2001* no, no	No. 2	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 80–56	6–1	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
12/6/2000* no, no	No. 5	vs. No. 7 Arizona	L 82–87	6–2	US Airways Center (10,697) Phoenix, Arizona
12/8/2001* no, no	No. 5	vs. Arkansas	W 94–91	7–2	United Center (18,671) Chicago
12/16/2001* no, no	No. 10	Western Illinois	W 98–62	8–2	Assembly Hall (14,653) Champaign, Illinois
12/18/2001* no, no	No. 9	Illinois State	W 87–73	9–2	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
12/22/2001* no, no	No. 9	vs. No. 8 Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 72–61	10–2	Scottrade Center (22,153) St. Louis, Missouri
12/29/2001* no, no	No. 7	Loyola (Chicago)	W 87–72	11–2	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
Big Ten regular season
1/2/2002 no, no	No. 7	Minnesota	W 76–53	12–2 (1–0)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
1/5/2002 no, no	No. 7	at Wisconsin	L 66–72	12–3 (1–1)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, Wisconsin
1/9/2002 no, no	No. 9	at Purdue	L 74–84	12–4 (1–2)	Mackey Arena (12,876) West Lafayette, Indiana
1/12/2002 no, no	No. 9	Michigan	W 94–70	13–4 (2–2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
1/15/2002 no, no	No. 11	No. 17 Iowa Rivalry	W 77–66	14–4 (3–2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
1/23/2002 no, no	No. 9	Wisconsin	W 80–48	15–4 (4–2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
1/26/2002 no, CBS	No. 9	at Indiana Rivalry	L 57–88	15–5 (4–3)	Assembly Hall (17,456) Bloomington, Indiana
1/29/2002 no, no	No. 12	at Ohio State	L 67–78	15–6 (4–4)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, Ohio
2/3/2002 no, CBS	No. 12	Michigan State	L 61–67	15–7 (4–5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
2/7/2002 no, no	No. 21	at Michigan	W 68–60	16–7 (5–5)	Crisler Arena (10,710) Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/9/2002 no, no	No. 21	Purdue	W 69–67	17–7 (6–5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
2/12/2002 no, no	No. 18	at Michigan State	W 63–61	18–7 (7–5)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, Michigan
2/16/2002* no, CBS	No. 18	at Seton Hall	W 75–65	19–7	Continental Airlines Arena (10,070) South Orange, New Jersey
2/20/2002 no, no	No. 16	Penn State	W 83–56	20–7 (8–5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
2/23/2002 no, no	No. 16	at Northwestern	W 56–41	21–7 (9–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, Illinois
2/26/2002 no, no	No. 15	No. 25 Indiana Rivalry	W 70–62	22–7 (10–5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois
3/3/2002 no, CBS	No. 15	at Minnesota	W 67–66	23–7 (11–5)	Williams Arena (14,612) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten tournament
3/8/2002 no, no	(3) No. 10	vs. (6) Minnesota Quarterfinals	W 92–76	24–7	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis
3/9/2002 no, CBS	(3) No. 10	vs. (2) No. 21 Ohio State Semifinals	L 88–94	24–8	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis
NCAA tournament^[2]
3/15/2002 no, CBS	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (13 MW) San Diego State First Round	W 93–64	25–8	United Center (20,850) Chicago
3/17/2002 no, CBS	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (12 MW) Creighton Second Round	W 72–60	26–8	United Center (21,525) Chicago
3/22/2002 no, CBS	(4 MW) No. 13	vs. (1 MW) No. 2 Kansas Sweet Sixteen	L 69–73	26–9	Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, Wisconsin
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02 Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com

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2002 Tournament

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2002 NCAA Tournament

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"List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

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2002 NBA draft Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

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Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl
Williams, Frank	35	34	1135	32.4	566	16.2	174	443	.393	54	159	.340	164	203	.808	32	131	163	4.7	153	96	10	71
Cook, Brian	35	34	1008	28.8	471	13.5	174	342	.509	27	74	.365	96	110	.873	64	169	233	6.7	44	77	50	29
Bradford, Cory	35	35	1133	32.4	406	11.6	133	312	.426	74	189	.392	66	86	.767	32	78	110	3.1	87	68	5	29
Archibald, Robert	34	31	769	22.6	362	10.6	114	173	.659	0	1	.000	134	205	.654	70	118	188	5.5	44	67	38	25
Harrington, Sean	35	14	868	24.8	223	6.4	73	178	.410	56	141	.397	21	29	.724	7	53	60	1.7	87	39	0	28
Head, Luther	35	13	581	16.6	156	4.5	63	124	.508	16	55	.291	14	25	.560	17	50	67	1.9	59	43	5	34
Krupalija, Damir	21	1	332	15.8	146	7.0	49	84	.583	11	23	.478	37	50	.740	37	62	99	4.7	29	23	5	7
Smith, Nick	33	4	334	10.1	127	3.8	49	91	.538	0	3	.000	29	44	.659	26	48	74	2.2	20	28	19	5
Powell, Roger	27	0	160	5.9	79	2.9	27	50	.540	3	5	.600	22	36	.611	19	29	48	1.8	2	10	4	3
Ferguson, Blandon	30	7	232	7.7	67	2.2	23	60	.383	0	3	.000	21	28	.750	18	28	46	1.5	18	26	1	10
Johnson, Lucas	17	2	304	17.9	64	3.8	15	38	.395	7	24	.292	27	37	.730	14	29	43	2.5	30	18	3	13
Howard, Jerrance	21	0	81	3.9	20	1.0	7	18	.389	2	7	.286	4	4	1.000	6	7	13	0.6	14	11	0	4
Melton, Brett	7	0	45	6.4	17	2.4	5	11	.455	4	8	.500	3	5	.600	0	3	3	0.4	2	1	0	0
Thomas, Clayton	8	0	13	1.6	2	0.3	1	5	.200	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	3	4	0.5	0	2	1	0
Young, Walter	2	0	5	2.5	2	1.0	1	3	.333	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	1	1	0.5	1	0	0	0
Team																49	63	112			3
Total	35		7000		2708	77.4	908	1932	.470	254	692	.367	638	862	.740	392	872	1264	36.1	590	512	141	258
Opponents	35		7000		2369	67.7	815	1960	.416	235	691	.340	504	760	.663	405	711	1116	31.9	449	540	101	195

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Frank Williams	Denver Nuggets	1	25
Robert Archibald	Memphis Grizzies	2	31

2001–02_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

Season Statistics

NCAA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Rankings

References

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2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season co-champions Las Vegas Invitational, Champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 13
Record	26–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Self (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Billy Gillispie Wayne McClain Norm Roberts
MVP	Frank Williams
Captain	Cory Bradford Frank Williams
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
No. 23 Indiana	11	–	5	.688	25	–	12	.676
Wisconsin	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Northwestern	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Iowa	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Purdue	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Michigan	5	–	11	.313	11	–	18	.379
Penn State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
No. 14 Ohio State*†	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2002 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)