Overall: 24-8, .750 W-L% (24th of 321)
Conference: 11-5, 11th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim O'Brien (24-8)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 0-0 (more)
PS/G: 73.8 (102nd of 321) ▪ PA/G: 64.9 (47th of 321)
SRS: 16.14 (17th of 321) ▪ SOS: 7.26 (40th of 321)
NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West First Round (69-64) versus #13 Davidson
Lost West Second Round (83-67) versus #12 Missouri
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 14 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 18, 2001 | REG | Winthrop | Big South | W | 78 | 54 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 20, 2001 | REG | Albany (NY) | AEC | W | 87 | 62 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 27, 2001 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 64 | 50 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Dec 2, 2001 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 80 | 54 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Dec 9, 2001 | REG | IUPUI | Mid-Cont | W | 83 | 70 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 12, 2001 | REG | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 88 | 41 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 15, 2001 | REG | @ | Louisville | CUSA | L | 61 | 66 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 19, 2001 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 55 | 62 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 22, 2001 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 72 | 59 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Dec 29, 2001 | REG | North Carolina-Greensboro | Southern | W | 85 | 54 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 79 | 71 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 5, 2002 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 72 | 62 | 10 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 9, 2002 | REG | @ | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 70 | 62 | 11 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 12, 2002 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 55 | 48 | 12 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 16, 2002 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 57 | 13 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 19, 2002 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 73 | 67 | 14 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 24, 2002 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 69 | 47 | 15 | 2 | W 9 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 26, 2002 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 71 | 89 | 15 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Tue, Jan 29, 2002 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 78 | 67 | 16 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 2, 2002 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 58 | 57 | 17 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 6, 2002 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 92 | 94 | OT | 17 | 4 | L 1 |
| 22 | Sun, Feb 10, 2002 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 64 | 67 | 17 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 16, 2002 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 72 | 66 | 18 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 20, 2002 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 57 | 63 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 2002 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 77 | 66 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Feb 26, 2002 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 76 | 81 | 19 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 84 | 75 | 20 | 7 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 8, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 75 | 68 | 21 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 9, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 94 | 88 | 22 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 10, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 81 | 64 | 23 | 7 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 14, 2002 | NCAA | N | Davidson | Southern | W | 69 | 64 | 24 | 7 | W 5 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 16, 2002 | NCAA | N | Missouri | Big 12 | L | 67 | 83 | 24 | 8 | L 1 |