Overall: 19-12, .613 W-L% (95th of 321)
Conference: 10-6, 4th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Izzo (19-12)
PS/G: 69.4 (210th of 321) ▪ PA/G: 63.8 (30th of 321)
SRS: 14.91 (23rd of 321) ▪ SOS: 9.61 (13th of 321)
NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (69-58) versus #7 North Carolina State
| 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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| 15 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 12, 2001 | REG | Detroit Mercy | Horizon | W | 80 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 14, 2001 | REG | Oklahoma | Big 12 | W | 67 | 55 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 21, 2001 | REG | N | Syracuse | Big East | L | 58 | 69 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Fri, Nov 23, 2001 | REG | N | Fresno State | WAC | L | 58 | 63 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Fri, Nov 30, 2001 | REG | IPFW | W | 81 | 68 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 1, 2001 | REG | Lamar | Southland | W | 80 | 71 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 5, 2001 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 70 | 74 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sun, Dec 9, 2001 | REG | Nicholls State | Southland | W | 92 | 38 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 15, 2001 | REG | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 74 | 60 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Dec 17, 2001 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 76 | 56 | 7 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Dec 19, 2001 | REG | Oakland | Mid-Cont | W | 78 | 50 | 8 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Dec 22, 2001 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 68 | 64 | 9 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Dec 29, 2001 | REG | N | Stanford | Pac-10 | L | 64 | 75 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 5, 2002 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 67 | 70 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 8, 2002 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 65 | 83 | 9 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 12, 2002 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 63 | 64 | 9 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 16, 2002 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 65 | 56 | 10 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 19, 2002 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 77 | 65 | 11 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Tue, Jan 22, 2002 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 71 | 75 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Jan 30, 2002 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 71 | 44 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 3, 2002 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 67 | 61 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 6, 2002 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 49 | 61 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sun, Feb 10, 2002 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 67 | 64 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Feb 12, 2002 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 61 | 63 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 16, 2002 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 62 | 59 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 21, 2002 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 74 | 55 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 24, 2002 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 57 | 54 | 17 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Feb 26, 2002 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 81 | 76 | 18 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 2, 2002 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 93 | 79 | 19 | 10 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 8, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 56 | 67 | 19 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 15, 2002 | NCAA | N | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 58 | 69 | 19 | 12 | L 2 |