2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2002 Pacific-10 Tournament winner ; As of July 10, 2011; Rankings from Coaches Poll

2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
2001–02 record	21–12 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Steve Lavin;
Assistant coaches	Michael Holton; Jim Saia; ;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 6th in the conference and lost in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament to the California Golden Bears. The Bruins competed in the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to the Missouri Tigers in the sweet sixteen.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	13	Gene Barnes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Fr
F	23	Matt Barnes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Sr	Santa Clara, California
G	21	Cedric Bozeman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Los Angeles, California
F	43	T. J. Cummings	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	So	Homewood, Illinois
C	50	Dan Gadzuric	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	The Hague, Netherlands
G	55	Quinn Hawking	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr
G	22	Rico Hines (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr	Greenville, North Carolina
C	52	John Hoffart	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So
F	54	Josiah Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr
F	24	Jason Kapono	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Long Beach, California
G	3	Billy Knight	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
F	5	Andre Patterson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Los Angeles, California
G	2	Janou Rubin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
G	1	Dijon Thompson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Los Angeles, California
G	10	Ryan Walcott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr
F	34	Ray Young	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Steve Lavin (Chapman)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Starting lineup[]

Cedric Bozeman (Fr.), Point Guard

Billy Knight (Sr.), Shooting Guard

Jason Kapono (Jr.), Small Forward

Matt Barnes (Sr.), Power Forward

Dan Gadzuric (Sr.), Center

Bench[]

T. J. Cummings (So.)

Rico Hines (Sr.)

John Hoffart (So.)

Josiah Johnson (Fr.)

Andre Patterson (Fr.)

Dijon Thompson (Fr.)

Ryan Walcott (Fr.)

Awards And Honors[]

Jason Kapono
- AP Honorable-Mention All-American
- First-Team All-Pac-10
- First-Team USBWA All-District 9.
- First-Team NABC All-District 15.
- Naismith College Player of the Year Finalist
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player
Dan Gadzuric
- Honorable-Mention All-Pac-10
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player
Cedric Bozeman
- Honorable-Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team
Matt Barnes
- Second-Team NABC All-District 15.
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player
Billy Knight
- Team Co-Most Valuable Player

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2001* 7:30 p.m.		EA Sports All-Stars	W 102–77		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
November 14, 2001* 7:30 p.m.		Global Sports	W 86–60		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 19, 2001* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 3	vs. Houston Maui Invitational Tournament	W 71–60	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
November 20, 2001* 4:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 3	vs. Ball State Maui Invitational	L 73–91	1–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, Hawaii
November 21, 2001*	No. 3	vs. South Carolina Maui Invitational	W 89–77	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
November 28, 2001* 7:30 p.m., FSNW	No. 10	Pepperdine	L 78–85	2–2	Pauley Pavilion (8,376) Los Angeles, CA
December 5, 2001* 7:30 p.m., FSNW2	No. 20	UC Riverside	W 65–50	3–2	Pauley Pavilion (6,704) Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 2001* 3:30 p.m., KCAL 9	No. 20	vs. No. 16 Alabama John R. Wooden Classic	W 79–57	4–2	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (16,221) Anaheim, CA
December 15, 2001* 1:00 p.m., FSNW2	No. 17	UC Irvine	W 75–74	5–2	Pauley Pavilion (7,397) Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 2001 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 19	at Washington	W 85–79	6–2 (1–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,215) Seattle, WA
December 22, 2001 12:00 p.m., FSN	No. 19	at Washington State	W 79–74	7–2 (2–0)	Beasley Coliseum (2,410) Pullman, WA
December 27, 2001* 7:30 p.m.	No. 15	Columbia	W 64–55	8–2	Pauley Pavilion (8,990) Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2001* 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 15	No. 20 Georgetown	W 98–91	9–2	Pauley Pavilion (10,423) Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSNW2	No. 14	Washington	W 74–62	10–2 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (7,567) Los Angeles, CA
January 6, 2002 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 14	Washington State	W 81–69	11–2 (4–0)	Pauley Pavilion (8,834) Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 11	at USC	L 77–81	11–3 (4–1)	Great Western Forum (15,903) Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2002* 12:00 p.m., CBS	No. 11	No. 1 Kansas	W 87–77	12–3	Pauley Pavilion (12,280) Los Angeles
January 17, 2002 6:30 p.m., FSNW2	No. 9	at Arizona State	W 82–79	13–3 (5–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (9,013) Tempe, AZ
January 19, 2002 12:00 p.m., CBS	No. 9	at No. 15 Arizona	L 86–96	13–4 (5–2)	McKale Center (14,571) Tucson, AZ
January 24, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 13	No. 17 Stanford	L 76–86	13–5 (5–3)	Pauley Pavilion (12,243) Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2002 5:00 p.m., FSN	No. 13	California	W 64–57	14–5 (6–3)	Pauley Pavilion (12,275) Los Angeles, CA
January 31, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 13	at Oregon	L 62–91	14–6 (6–4)	McArthur Court (9,087) Eugene, OR
February 2, 2002 7:05 p.m., FSNW2	No. 13	at Oregon State	W 70–48	15–6 (7–4)	Gill Coliseum (9,039) Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSNW2	No. 15	No. 25 USC	W 67–65	16–6 (8–4)	Pauley Pavilion (12,810) Los Angeles, CA
February 9, 2002* 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 15	at Villanova	L 57–58	16–7	The Pavilion (6,500) Philadelphia, PA
February 14, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSN	No. 20	No. 9 Arizona	W 77–76	17–7 (9–4)	Pauley Pavilion (11,960) Los Angeles, CA
February 16, 2002 12:00 p.m., ABC	No. 20	Arizona State	L 68–69	17–8 (9–5)	Pauley Pavilion (9,823) Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 2002 7:30 p.m., FSNW2	No. 25	at California	L 51–69	17–9 (9–6)	Haas Pavilion (12,000) Berkeley, CA
February 23, 2002 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 25	at No. 10 Stanford	W 95–92	18–9 (10–6)	Maples Pavilion (7,391) Stanford, CA
February 28, 2002 7:30 p.m.		Oregon State	W 65–57	19–9 (11–6)	Pauley Pavilion (8,959) Los Angeles, CA
March 2, 2002 1:00 p.m., CBS		No. 13 Oregon	L 62–65	19–10 (11–7)	Pauley Pavilion (11,680) Los Angeles, CA
Pacific-10 Tournament
March 7, 2002 9:00 p.m., FSN		vs. No. 25 California First Round	L 61–67	19–11	Staples Center (17,839) Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2002* 7:55 p.m., CBS		vs. Mississippi First Round	W 80–58	20–11	Mellon Arena (17,232) Pittsburgh, PA
March 17, 2002* 10:10 a.m., CBS		vs. No. 5 Cincinnati Second Round	W 105–101 ^2OT	21–11	Mellon Arena (17,232) Pittsburgh, PA
March 21, 2002* 8:15 p.m., CBS		vs. Missouri Sweet Sixteen	L 73–82	21–12	Compaq Center (18,040) San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[4]

References[]

^ "ESPN.com 2001–02 rankings". Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
^ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

[1] "ESPN.com 2001–02 rankings". Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.

[2] "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[3] "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[4] "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

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v t UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)
Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin
People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 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 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Oregon	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
No. 10 Arizona†	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
USC	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Stanford	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
No. 20 UCLA	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Arizona State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Washington	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	17	.393
Washington State	1	–	17	.056	6	–	21	.222

† 2002 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of July 10, 2011^[2]; Rankings from Coaches Poll^[3]