Overall: 31-5, .861 W-L% (7th of 321)
Conference: 13-3, 2nd in Big 12 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Kelvin Sampson (31-5)
PS/G: 78.0 (39th of 321) ▪ PA/G: 64.6 (40th of 321)
SRS: 21.04 (6th of 321) ▪ SOS: 7.71 (32nd of 321)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West First Round (71-63) versus #15 Illinois-Chicago
Won West Second Round (78-65) versus #7 Xavier
Won West Regional Semifinal (88-67) versus #3 Arizona
Won West Regional Final (81-75) versus #12 Missouri
Lost National Semifinal (73-64) versus #5 Indiana
| 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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| 25 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 12, 2001 | REG | Central Connecticut State | NEC | W | 66 | 44 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 14, 2001 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 55 | 67 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Nov 28, 2001 | REG | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 81 | 64 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 30, 2001 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SEC | W | 69 | 54 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 5, 2001 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 80 | 74 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 8, 2001 | REG | Louisiana Tech | WAC | W | 71 | 67 | OT | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 15, 2001 | REG | High Point | Big South | W | 107 | 63 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Sun, Dec 16, 2001 | REG | Bethune-Cookman | MEAC | W | 102 | 65 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 18, 2001 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 109 | 50 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Dec 21, 2001 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 72 | 56 | 9 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 29, 2001 | REG | N | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 97 | 55 | 10 | 1 | W 9 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 5, 2002 | REG | Texas A&M | Big 12 | W | 89 | 63 | 11 | 1 | W 10 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 7, 2002 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 69 | 67 | 12 | 1 | W 11 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 12, 2002 | REG | Texas Tech | Big 12 | W | 98 | 72 | 13 | 1 | W 12 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 16, 2002 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 78 | 51 | 14 | 1 | W 13 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 19, 2002 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 67 | 74 | 14 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 21, 2002 | REG | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 84 | 71 | 15 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 26, 2002 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 79 | 92 | 15 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 30, 2002 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | W | 58 | 53 | 16 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Texas | Big 12 | W | 85 | 84 | OT | 17 | 3 | W 2 |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 6, 2002 | REG | Baylor | Big 12 | W | 70 | 57 | 18 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 9, 2002 | REG | @ | Texas A&M | Big 12 | W | 68 | 64 | 19 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 13, 2002 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | L | 72 | 79 | OT | 19 | 4 | L 1 |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 16, 2002 | REG | Kansas State | Big 12 | W | 73 | 62 | 20 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 19, 2002 | REG | @ | Baylor | Big 12 | W | 65 | 54 | 21 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 23, 2002 | REG | Texas | Big 12 | W | 96 | 78 | 22 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Feb 26, 2002 | REG | Iowa State | Big 12 | W | 89 | 75 | 23 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 2, 2002 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 12 | W | 82 | 71 | 24 | 4 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 8, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Kansas State | Big 12 | W | 63 | 52 | 25 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 9, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Texas | Big 12 | W | 67 | 51 | 26 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 10, 2002 | CTOURN | N | Kansas | Big 12 | W | 64 | 55 | 27 | 4 | W 8 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 15, 2002 | NCAA | N | Illinois-Chicago | Horizon | W | 71 | 63 | 28 | 4 | W 9 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 17, 2002 | NCAA | N | Xavier | A-10 | W | 78 | 65 | 29 | 4 | W 10 | |
| 34 | Thu, Mar 21, 2002 | NCAA | N | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 88 | 67 | 30 | 4 | W 11 | |
| 35 | Sat, Mar 23, 2002 | NCAA | N | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 81 | 75 | 31 | 4 | W 12 | |
| 36 | Sat, Mar 30, 2002 | NCAA | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 64 | 73 | 31 | 5 | L 1 |