Overall: 27-9, .750 W-L% (24th of 321)
Conference: 12-4, 1st in CUSA National (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Calipari (27-9)
PS/G: 80.0 (18th of 321) ▪ PA/G: 68.8 (123rd of 321)
SRS: 15.26 (21st of 321) ▪ SOS: 4.69 (80th of 321)
| 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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| 12 | 12 | 20 | 22 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 13, 2001 | REG | Wofford | Southern | W | 88 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 14, 2001 | REG | Old Dominion | CAA | W | 91 | 66 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Nov 18, 2001 | REG | Northwestern State | Southland | W | 97 | 69 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 20, 2001 | REG | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 71 | 75 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Nov 21, 2001 | REG | N | Alabama | SEC | L | 70 | 81 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 24, 2001 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | Southland | W | 65 | 46 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 28, 2001 | REG | Christian Brothers | W | 86 | 54 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 1, 2001 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 111 | 74 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 7, 2001 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 67 | 71 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 15, 2001 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 71 | 69 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Dec 20, 2001 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | W | 64 | 54 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Dec 22, 2001 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 109 | 68 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Dec 28, 2001 | REG | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 88 | 58 | 10 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 2, 2002 | REG | Arkansas | SEC | L | 73 | 90 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 5, 2002 | REG | Southern Mississippi | CUSA | W | 75 | 53 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 9, 2002 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | CUSA | W | 98 | 93 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 12, 2002 | REG | @ | Tulane | CUSA | W | 78 | 70 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 18 | Tue, Jan 15, 2002 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 81 | 62 | 14 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Jan 18, 2002 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | CUSA | W | 73 | 64 | 15 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 23, 2002 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 102 | 81 | 16 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Jan 26, 2002 | REG | @ | Houston | CUSA | W | 84 | 66 | 17 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 22 | Wed, Jan 30, 2002 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | W | 80 | 70 | 18 | 4 | W 8 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 2, 2002 | REG | Texas Christian | CUSA | W | 98 | 72 | 19 | 4 | W 9 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 4, 2002 | REG | Tulane | CUSA | W | 78 | 72 | 20 | 4 | W 10 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Feb 8, 2002 | REG | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | L | 46 | 64 | 20 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 13, 2002 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | L | 63 | 75 | 20 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 16, 2002 | REG | Houston | CUSA | L | 73 | 76 | 20 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Feb 20, 2002 | REG | @ | South Florida | CUSA | W | 71 | 59 | 21 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 23, 2002 | REG | DePaul | CUSA | W | 88 | 61 | 22 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Mar 3, 2002 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 75 | 80 | OT | 22 | 8 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 7, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Houston | CUSA | L | 74 | 80 | 22 | 9 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Thu, Mar 14, 2002 | NIT | North Carolina-Greensboro | Southern | W | 82 | 62 | 23 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Mar 20, 2002 | NIT | Brigham Young | MWC | W | 80 | 69 | 24 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Sat, Mar 23, 2002 | NIT | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 79 | 73 | 25 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Mar 26, 2002 | NIT | N | Temple | A-10 | W | 78 | 77 | 26 | 9 | W 4 | |
| 36 | Thu, Mar 28, 2002 | NIT | N | South Carolina | SEC | W | 72 | 62 | 27 | 9 | W 5 |