2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 13 |
2001–02 record | 26–9 (11–5 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Frank Williams |
Captain | Cory Bradford Frank Williams |
Home arena | Assembly Hall |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Illinois | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 *† | 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) |
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"2001–02 Fighting Illini men's basketball team"
The 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season[]
In 2002, the Illini earned a four-way share of the Big Ten title before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Frank Williams again earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as the five seniors who finished their careers took the Illini from an 11th-place finish in the league in 1999 to consecutive Big Ten titles in 2001 and 2002.
Roster[]
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All-Time Illini Rosters Roster |
Schedule[]
Source[1]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/16/2001* no, no |
No. 3 | vs. Gonzaga | W 76–58 | 1–0 |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
11/19/2001* no, no |
No. 2 | vs. 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 | @ #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 | vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 80–56 | 6–1 |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
12/6/2000* no, no |
No. 5 | vs. #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 | vs. Western Illinois | W 98–62 | 8–2 |
Assembly Hall (14,653) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
12/18/2001* no, no |
No. 9 | vs. Illinois State | W 87–73 | 9–2 |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
12/22/2001* no, no |
No. 9 | vs. #8 Missouri Braggin' Rights |
W 72–61 | 10–2 |
Scottrade Center (22,153) St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||
12/29/2001* no, no |
No. 7 | vs. Loyola (Chicago) | W 87–72 | 11–2 |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
1/2/2002 no, no |
No. 7 | vs. Minnesota | W 76–53 | 12–2 (1–0) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
1/5/2002 no, no |
No. 7 | @ Wisconsin | L 66–72 | 12–3 (1–1) |
Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||
1/9/2002 no, no |
No. 9 | @ Purdue | L 74–84 | 12–4 (1–2) |
Mackey Arena (12,876) West Lafayette, Indiana | ||||||
1/12/2002 no, no |
No. 9 | vs. Michigan | W 94–70 | 13–4 (2–2) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
1/15/2002 no, no |
No. 11 | vs. #17 Iowa Rivalry |
W 77–66 | 14–4 (3–2) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
1/23/2002 no, no |
No. 9 | vs. Wisconsin | W 80–48 | 15–4 (4–2) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
1/26/2002 no, CBS |
No. 9 | @ Indiana Rivalry |
L 57–88 | 15–5 (4–3) |
Assembly Hall (17,456) Bloomington, Indiana | ||||||
1/29/2002 no, no |
No. 12 | @ Ohio State | L 67–78 | 15–6 (4–4) |
Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, Ohio | ||||||
2/3/2002 no, CBS |
No. 12 | vs. Michigan State | L 61–67 | 15–7 (4–5) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
2/7/2002 no, no |
No. 21 | @ Michigan | W 68–60 | 16–7 (5–5) |
Crisler Arena (10,710) Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||
2/9/2002 no, no |
No. 21 | vs. Purdue | W 69–67 | 17–7 (6–5) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
2/12/2002 no, no |
No. 18 | @ 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 | @ Seton Hall | W 75–65 | 19–7 |
Continental Airlines Arena (10,070) South Orange, New Jersey | ||||||
2/20/2002 no, no |
No. 16 | vs. Penn State | W 83–56 | 20–7 (8–5) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
2/23/2002 no, no |
No. 16 | @ Northwestern | W 56–41 | 21–7 (9–5) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, Illinois | ||||||
2/26/2002 no, no |
No. 15 | vs. #25 Indiana Rivalry |
W 70–62 | 22–7 (10–5) |
Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, Illinois | ||||||
3/3/2002 no, CBS |
No. 15 | @ Minnesota | W 67–66 | 23–7 (11–5) |
Williams Arena (14,612) Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||
Big Ten Tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/2002* no, no |
No. 10 | vs. Minnesota Quarterfinals |
W 92–76 | 24–7 |
Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis | ||||||
3/9/2002* no, CBS |
No. 10 | vs. #21 Ohio State Semifinals |
L 88–94 | 24–8 |
Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis | ||||||
NCAA Tournament[2] | |||||||||||
3/15/2002* no, CBS |
No. 13 | vs. San Diego State First Round |
W 93–64 | 25–8 |
United Center (20,850) Chicago | ||||||
3/17/2002* no, CBS |
No. 13 | vs. Creighton Second Round |
W 72–60 | 26–8 |
United Center (21,525) Chicago | ||||||
3/22/2002* no, CBS |
No. 13 | vs. #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. |
Season Statistics[]
Legend | |||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
NCAA basketball tournament[]
- Midwest regional
- Illinois 93, San Diego State 64
- Illinois 72, Creighton 60
- Regional semifinal
- Kansas 73, Illinois 69
Awards and honors[]
- Frank Williams
- Associated Press All-American honorable mention
- Team Most Valuable Player [5]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Brian Cook
Team players drafted into the NBA[]
Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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Frank Williams | Denver Nuggets | 1 | 25 |
Robert Archibald | Memphis Grizzies | 2 | 31 |
Rankings[]
References[]
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02 Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ 2002 Tournament
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02 Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ 2002 NCAA Tournament
- ^ List of MVPs
- ^ 2002 NBA Draft Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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- 2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
- 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament participants
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball seasons
- 2001 in sports in Illinois
- 2002 in sports in Illinois