2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

2001–02 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 2002 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
NCAA Tournament National Champions; ACC regular season champions; BB&T Classic champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 4
2001–02 record	32–4 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Gary Williams (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Jimmy Patsos; Dave Dickerson; Matt Kovarik;
Home arena	Cole Field House
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2001–2002 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at Cole Field House. The Terrapins were champions of the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning the first national championship in school history.

Preseason[]

Accolades[]

Team
ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll ranked preseason #2

Roster[]

2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	1	Byron Mouton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Rayne, Louisiana
G	3	Juan Dixon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
G	4	Earl Badu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
G	5	Calvin McCall	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Orlando, Florida
G	10	Andre Collins	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Crisfield, Maryland
G	12	Drew Nicholas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Hempstead, New York
F	21	Mike Grinnon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Huntington, New York
G	25	Steve Blake	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Jr	Miami Lakes, Florida
F/C	33	Ryan Randle	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	Duncanville, Texas
F/C	35	Lonny Baxter	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Sr	Silver Spring, Maryland
F	45	Tahj Holden	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	Jr	Red Bank, New Jersey
F/C	54	Chris Wilcox	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Whiteville, North Carolina

Head coach

Gary Williams (Maryland)

Assistant coach(es)

Dave Dickerson (Maryland)
Jimmy Patsos (Catholic)
Matt Kovarik (Maryland)
Troy Wainwright (Maryland)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Lonny Baxter	Ryan Randle
PF	Chris Wilcox	Tahj Holden
SF	Byron Mouton	Calvin McCall	Mike Grinnon
SG	Juan Dixon	Drew Nicholas
PG	Steve Blake	Andre Collins	Earl Badu

Season recap[]

Accolades[]

Lonny Baxter

Wooden Award All-American Team
NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player
Second Team All-ACC

Juan Dixon

AP First Team All-American
USBWA First Team All-American
Wooden Award All-American Team
Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award
Senior CLASS Award
ACC Player of the Year
First Team All-ACC

Gary Williams

ACC Coach of the Year
Eastern College Coach of the Year

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2001* 8:00 p.m.		EA Sports All-Stars	W 98–80	–	22 – Baxter	10 – Baxter	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (10,612) College Park, Maryland
November 13, 2001* 8:00 p.m.		Nike Elite	W 99–67	–	22 – Baxter	7 – Baxter	10 – Blake	Cole Field House (10,000) College Park, Maryland
Regular Season
November 8, 2001*	No. 2	vs. Arizona Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic	L 67–71^[2]	0–1	21 – Dixon	10 – Blake	5 – Dixon	Madison Square Garden (12,615) New York City
November 9, 2001*	No. 2	vs. No. 16 Temple Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic	W 82–74^[3]	1–1	25 – Dixon	9 – Wilcox	6 – Nicholas	Madison Square Garden New York
November 17, 2001* 1:00 p.m.	No. 2	American	W 83–53	2–1	25 – Baxter	10 – Mouton	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,485) College Park, Maryland
November 24, 2001* 1:00 pm	No. 6	Delaware State	W 77–53	3–1	18 – Baxter	12 – Baxter	5 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,146) College Park, Maryland
November 27, 2001* 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	No. 2 Illinois ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 76–63^[4]	4–1	25 – Dixon	6 – Holden, Wilcox	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
December 2, 2001* 1:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs. Princeton BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament	W 61–53	5–1	18 – Baxter	12 – Baxter	8 – Blake	MCI Center Washington, D.C.
December 3, 2001* 8:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs. Connecticut BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament	W 77–65	6–1	24 – Baxter	10 – Baxter	9 – Blake	MCI Center (14,813) Washington, D.C.
December 9, 2001* 6:30 p.m.	No. 3	Detroit	W 79–54	7–1	17 – Baxter	7 – Baxter	8 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,327) College Park, Maryland
December 11, 2001* 8:00 p.m.	No. 3	Monmouth	W 91–55	8–1	18 – Dixon	9 – Baxter	7 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,336) College Park, Maryland
December 21, 2001* 9:00 p.m.	No. 2	at No. 22 Oklahoma	L 56–72^[5]	8–2	15 – Wilcox	10 – Baxter	6 – Blake	Lloyd Noble Center (12,715) Norman, Oklahoma
December 27, 2001* 7:30 p.m.	No. 8	William & Mary	W 103–75	9–2	19 – Dixon, Mouton	10 – Baxter	9 – Blake, Dixon	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
December 30, 2001	No. 8	at NC State	W 72–65	10–2 (1–0)	–	–	–	Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena Raleigh, North Carolina
January 2, 2002* 8:00 p.m.	No. 8	Norfolk State	W 92–69	11–2	17 – Dixon	8 – Randle	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (13,201) College Park, Maryland
January 9, 2002 7:30 p.m.	No. 4	North Carolina	W 112–79	12–2 (2–0)	29 – Dixon	9 – Blake	14 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
January 13, 2002 2:05 p.m.	No. 4	at Georgia Tech	W 92–87	13–2 (3–0)	26 – Dixon	10 – Dixon	5 – Blake	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,332) Atlanta
January 17, 2002 9:05 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 1 Duke	L 78–99^[6]	13–3 (3–1)	24 – Baxter	8 – Baxter	8 – Blake	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
January 20, 2002 6:30 p.m.	No. 3	Clemson	W 99–90	14–3 (4–1)	23 – Dixon	14 – Wilcox	13 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
January 23, 2002 7:35 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 21 Wake Forest	W 85–63	15–3 (5–1)	19 – Blake, Dixon	5 – Wilcox	4 – Mouton	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (13,886) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 26, 2002 4:00 p.m.	No. 3	Florida State	W 84–63	16–3 (6–1)	25 – Dixon	11 – Dixon	9 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
January 31, 2002 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 8 Virginia	W 91–87	17–3 (7–1)	21 – Mouton	10 – Baxter	4 – Blake, Dixon	University Hall (8,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
February 3, 2002 4:00 p.m.	No. 3	NC State	W 89–73	18–3 (8–1)	27 – Dixon	6 – Mouton	6 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
February 10, 2002 6:30 p.m.	No. 3	at North Carolina	W 92–77	19–3 (9–1)	18 – Dixon	10 – Baxter	9 – Blake	Dean Smith Center (18,751) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 13, 2002 7:30 p.m.	No. 3	Georgia Tech	W 85–65	20–3 (10–1)	22 – Baxter	12 – Wilcox	8 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
February 17, 2002 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 3	No. 1 Duke	W 87–73^[7]	21–3 (11–1)	23 – Wilcox	11 – Wilcox	13 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
February 20, 2002	No. 2	at Clemson	W 84–68	22–3 (12–1)	21 – Dixon	12 – Baxter	9 – Blake	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,500) Clemson, South Carolina
February 24, 2002 2:00 p.m.	No. 2	No. 20 Wake Forest	W 90–89	23–3 (13–1)	25 – Baxter	9 – Wilcox	13 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
February 27, 2002	No. 2	at Florida State	W 96–63	24–3 (14–1)	25 – Dixon	6 – Blake, Baxter	12 – Blake	Donald L. Tucker Center (6,461) Tallahassee, Florida
March 3, 2002 8:00 p.m., Fox Sports Net	No. 2	Virginia	W 111–92	25–3 (15–1)	23 – Dixon	11 – Wilcox	10 – Blake	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
March 8, 2002 12:00 p.m.	(1) No. 2	vs. (8) Florida State Quarterfinals	W 85–59	26–3	20 – Dixon	8 – Wilcox	7 – Blake	Charlotte Coliseum (23,895) Charlotte, North Carolina
March 9, 2002 1:30 p.m.	(1) No. 2	vs. (4) NC State Semifinals	L 82–86^[8]	26–4	21 – Blake	7 – Baxter, Mouton	11 – Blake	Charlotte Coliseum (23,895) Charlotte, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2002* 10:20 p.m., CBS	(E1) No. 4	vs. (E16) Siena First Round	W 85–70	27–4	29 – Dixon	9 – Baxter	11 – Blake	MCI Center (18,770) Washington, D.C.
March 17, 2002* 4:56 p.m., CBS	(E1) No. 4	vs. (E8) Wisconsin Second Round	W 87–57	28–4	29 – Dixon	7 – Baxter, Mouton, Wilcox	4 – Blake	MCI Center (18,789) Washington, D.C.
March 22, 2002*	(E1) No. 4	vs. (E4) No. 16 Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	W 78–68	29–4	19 – Dixon	7 – Dixon	5 – Blake, Nicholas	Carrier Dome (29,633) Syracuse, New York
March 24, 2002*	(E1) No. 4	vs. (E2) No. 10 Connecticut Elite Eight	W 90–82	30–4	29 – Baxter	9 – Baxter	6 – Blake	Carrier Dome (29,252) Syracuse, New York
March 30, 2002* 8:51 p.m., CBS	(E1) No. 4	vs. (M1) No. 2 Kansas Final Four	W 97–88^[9]^[10]	31–4	33 – Dixon	9 – Wilcox	11 – Blake	Georgia Dome (53,378) Atlanta
April 1, 2002*	(E1) No. 4	vs. (S5) Indiana National Championship	W 64–52^[11]	32–4	18 – Dixon	14 – Baxter	4 – Holden	Georgia Dome (53,406) Atlanta
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Men's Basketball - 2001-02 Schedule

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Statistics[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Juan Dixon	36	36	33.6	.469	.397	.898	4.6	2.9	2.6	0.2	20.4
Lonny Baxter	35	35	28.7	.545	.000	.623	8.2	0.8	0.9	2.0	15.2
Chris Wilcox	36	26	24.1	.504	.000	.585	7.1	1.5	0.8	1.5	12.0
Byron Mouton	36	35	28.3	.469	.255	.767	5.0	2.1	0.9	0.2	11.1
Steve Blake	36	36	32.0	.382	.344	.824	3.8	7.9	1.6	0.4	8.0
Drew Nicholas	36	1	20.5	.477	.396	.803	2.3	2.4	0.3	0.4	7.1
Tahj Holden	36	11	18.5	.453	.425	.836	2.7	1.2	0.6	0.9	5.6

References[]

^ "2001-02 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "Arizona Forgets It's Supposed to Be a Down Year". The New York Times. November 9, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "Great shooting gives Terps consolation". The Washington Post. November 10, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "Maryland Defeats Illinois". The Los Angeles Times. November 28, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "Oklahoma is host with most, 72-56". Baltimore Sun. December 22, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "Williams Shells Terrapins". The Washington Post. January 18, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "No. 3 Maryland Terrapins Defeat No. 1 Duke, 87-73". University of Maryland Athletics. February 17, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "N.C. State stuns Maryland in ACC tourney". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. March 10, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ "1 Down, 1 to Go". The Washington Post. March 31, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "DIXON, TERPS EARN FIRST EVER TRIP INTO TITLE GAME WITH 97-88 WIN OVER KANSAS". University of Maryland Athletics. March 30, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "Maryland Picks Indiana's Pocket and Game Plan". The New York Times. April 2, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "Maryland Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

External links[]

https://web.archive.org/web/20090206225040/http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/md-m-baskbl-2001.html

[1] "2001-02 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[2] "Arizona Forgets It's Supposed to Be a Down Year". The New York Times. November 9, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[3] "Great shooting gives Terps consolation". The Washington Post. November 10, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[4] "Maryland Defeats Illinois". The Los Angeles Times. November 28, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[5] "Oklahoma is host with most, 72-56". Baltimore Sun. December 22, 2001. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[6] "Williams Shells Terrapins". The Washington Post. January 18, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[7] "No. 3 Maryland Terrapins Defeat No. 1 Duke, 87-73". University of Maryland Athletics. February 17, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[8] "N.C. State stuns Maryland in ACC tourney". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. March 10, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[9] "1 Down, 1 to Go". The Washington Post. March 31, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[10] "DIXON, TERPS EARN FIRST EVER TRIP INTO TITLE GAME WITH 97-88 WIN OVER KANSAS". University of Maryland Athletics. March 30, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[11] "Maryland Picks Indiana's Pocket and Game Plan". The New York Times. April 2, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[12] "Maryland Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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Venues	"The Gymnasium" (1922–1931) Ritchie Coliseum (1931–1955) Cole Field House (1955–2002) Comcast/Xfinity Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Duke
Culture & lore	Midnight Madness Testudo BB&T Classic Tournament
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–10 1911–13 1914–18 1919–22 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1993–94 1994–95 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015��16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball

NCAA Tournament National Champions ACC regular season champions BB&T Classic champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 4
2001–02 record	32–4 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Gary Williams (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jimmy Patsos Dave Dickerson Matt Kovarik
Home arena	Cole Field House
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 ACC men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Maryland	15	–	1	.938	32	–	4	.889
No. 1 Duke†	13	–	3	.813	31	–	4	.886
Wake Forest	9	–	7	.563	21	–	13	.618
NC State	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	17	–	12	.586
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	8	–	20	.286
Florida State	4	–	12	.250	12	–	17	.414
Clemson	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433

† 2002 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll