Overall: 25-12, .676 W-L% (54th of 321)
Conference: 11-5, 3rd in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Davis (25-12)
PS/G: 70.5 (180th of 321) ▪ PA/G: 62.6 (21st of 321)
SRS: 19.19 (9th of 321) ▪ SOS: 12.08 (2nd of 321)
NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in South)
Won South First Round (75-56) versus #12 Utah
Won South Second Round (76-67) versus #13 North Carolina-Wilmington
Won South Regional Semifinal (74-73) versus #1 Duke
Won South Regional Final (81-69) versus #10 Kent State
Won National Semifinal (73-64) versus #2 Oklahoma
Lost National Final (64-52) versus #1 Maryland
| Pre | 11/20 | 11/27 | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/25 | 1/1 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | 3/5 | Final |
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| 22 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 23 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 18, 2001 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | W | 65 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Nov 21, 2001 | REG | N | Alaska-Anchorage | W | 101 | 66 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 23, 2001 | REG | N | Marquette | CUSA | L | 49 | 50 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 24, 2001 | REG | N | Texas | Big 12 | W | 77 | 71 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Nov 28, 2001 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | W | 79 | 66 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 1, 2001 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 60 | 72 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 4, 2001 | REG | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 76 | 75 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 8, 2001 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 74 | 61 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 15, 2001 | REG | N | Miami (FL) | Big East | L | 53 | 58 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 22, 2001 | REG | N | Kentucky | SEC | L | 52 | 66 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Fri, Dec 28, 2001 | REG | N | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | W | 87 | 60 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Dec 29, 2001 | REG | N | Butler | Horizon | L | 64 | 66 | 7 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 59 | 44 | 8 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 5, 2002 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 61 | 54 | 9 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Jan 8, 2002 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 83 | 65 | 10 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Jan 13, 2002 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 77 | 66 | 11 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 19, 2002 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 67 | 73 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 23, 2002 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 85 | 51 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 26, 2002 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 88 | 57 | 13 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Jan 31, 2002 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 66 | 52 | 14 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 74 | 88 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Tue, Feb 5, 2002 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 79 | 51 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 9, 2002 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | W | 77 | 62 | 16 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 13, 2002 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 63 | 64 | 16 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 17, 2002 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 75 | 55 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 20, 2002 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 63 | 57 | 18 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 24, 2002 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 54 | 57 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Tue, Feb 26, 2002 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 62 | 70 | 18 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 2, 2002 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 79 | 67 | 19 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 8, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 67 | 56 | 20 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 9, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 60 | 62 | 20 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 14, 2002 | NCAA | N | Utah | MWC | W | 75 | 56 | 21 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 33 | Sat, Mar 16, 2002 | NCAA | N | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 76 | 67 | 22 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 34 | Thu, Mar 21, 2002 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | W | 74 | 73 | 23 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 35 | Sat, Mar 23, 2002 | NCAA | N | Kent State | MAC | W | 81 | 69 | 24 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 36 | Sat, Mar 30, 2002 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma | Big 12 | W | 73 | 64 | 25 | 11 | W 5 | |
| 37 | Mon, Apr 1, 2002 | NCAA | N | Maryland | ACC | L | 52 | 64 | 25 | 12 | L 1 |