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2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| mode | Basketball | |
| year | 2001–02 | |
| team | Illinois Fighting Illini | |
| image | 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg | |
| image_size | 300px | |
| conference | Big Ten Conference | |
| short_conf | Big Ten | |
| CoachRank | 11 | |
| APRank | 13 | |
| record | 26–9 | |
| conf_record | 11–5 | |
| head_coach | Bill Self | |
| hc_year | 2nd | |
| ac1_year | 2nd | |
| ac2_year | 1st | |
| ac3_year | 2nd | |
| asst_coach1 | Billy Gillispie | |
| asst_coach2 | Wayne McClain | |
| asst_coach3 | Norm Roberts | |
| captain | Cory Bradford | captain2=Frank Williams |
| mvp | Frank Williams | |
| stadium | Assembly Hall | |
| champion | Big Ten Regular Season co-champions | |
| Las Vegas Invitational, Champion | ||
| bowl | [NCAA tournament](2002-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) | |
| bowl_result | Sweet Sixteen |
Las Vegas Invitational, Champion The 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
Regular season
In 2002, the Illini earned a four-way share of the Big Ten title before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. Frank Williams again earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as the five seniors who finished their careers took the Illini from an 11th-place finish in the league in 1999 to consecutive Big Ten titles in 2001 and 2002.
Roster
- Bill Self (Oklahoma State) (2nd year)
- Billy Gillispie (Southwest Texas State) (2nd year)
- Norm Roberts (Queens College) (2nd year)
- Wayne McClain (Illinois State) (1st year)
Schedule
Source
|- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition |- !colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament |-
Season Statistics
| Legend |
|---|
| GP |
| FG |
| Def |
| Blk |
| Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Williams, Frank | Cook, Brian | Bradford, Cory | Archibald, Robert | Harrington, Sean | Head, Luther | Krupalija, Damir | Smith, Nick | Powell, Roger | Ferguson, Blandon | Johnson, Lucas | Howard, Jerrance | Melton, Brett | Thomas, Clayton | Young, Walter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 34 | 1135 | 32.4 | 566 | 16.2 | 174 | 443 | .393 | 54 | 159 | .340 | 164 | 203 | .808 | 32 | 131 | 163 | 4.7 | 153 | 96 | 10 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 34 | 1008 | 28.8 | 471 | 13.5 | 174 | 342 | .509 | 27 | 74 | .365 | 96 | 110 | .873 | 64 | 169 | 233 | 6.7 | 44 | 77 | 50 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 35 | 1133 | 32.4 | 406 | 11.6 | 133 | 312 | .426 | 74 | 189 | .392 | 66 | 86 | .767 | 32 | 78 | 110 | 3.1 | 87 | 68 | 5 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 31 | 769 | 22.6 | 362 | 10.6 | 114 | 173 | .659 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 134 | 205 | .654 | 70 | 118 | 188 | 5.5 | 44 | 67 | 38 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 14 | 868 | 24.8 | 223 | 6.4 | 73 | 178 | .410 | 56 | 141 | .397 | 21 | 29 | .724 | 7 | 53 | 60 | 1.7 | 87 | 39 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 13 | 581 | 16.6 | 156 | 4.5 | 63 | 124 | .508 | 16 | 55 | .291 | 14 | 25 | .560 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 1.9 | 59 | 43 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 1 | 332 | 15.8 | 146 | 7.0 | 49 | 84 | .583 | 11 | 23 | .478 | 37 | 50 | .740 | 37 | 62 | 99 | 4.7 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 4 | 334 | 10.1 | 127 | 3.8 | 49 | 91 | .538 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 29 | 44 | .659 | 26 | 48 | 74 | 2.2 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 0 | 160 | 5.9 | 79 | 2.9 | 27 | 50 | .540 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 22 | 36 | .611 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 1.8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 7 | 232 | 7.7 | 67 | 2.2 | 23 | 60 | .383 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 21 | 28 | .750 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 1.5 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 2 | 304 | 17.9 | 64 | 3.8 | 15 | 38 | .395 | 7 | 24 | .292 | 27 | 37 | .730 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 2.5 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 0 | 81 | 3.9 | 20 | 1.0 | 7 | 18 | .389 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 45 | 6.4 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 13 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 49 | 63 | 112 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** Total ** | ** 35 ** | ** ** | ** 7000 ** | ** ** | ** 2708 ** | ** 77.4 ** | ** 908 ** | ** 1932 ** | ** .470 ** | ** 254 ** | ** 692 ** | ** .367 ** | ** 638 ** | ** 862 ** | ** .740 ** | ** 392 ** | ** 872 ** | ** 1264 ** | ** 36.1 ** | ** 590 ** | ** 512 ** | ** 141 ** | ** 258 ** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** Opponents ** | ** 35 ** | ** ** | ** 7000 ** | ** ** | ** 2369 ** | ** 67.7 ** | ** 815 ** | ** 1960 ** | ** .416 ** | ** 235 ** | ** 691 ** | ** .340 ** | ** 504 ** | ** 760 ** | ** .663 ** | ** 405 ** | ** 711 ** | ** 1116 ** | ** 31.9 ** | ** 449 ** | ** 540 ** | ** 101 ** | ** 195 ** |
NCAA basketball tournament
- Midwest regional
- Illinois 93, San Diego State 64
- Illinois 72, Creighton 60
- Regional semifinal
- Kansas 73, Illinois 69
Awards and honors
- Frank Williams
- Associated Press All-American honorable mention
- Team Most Valuable Player
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
- Brian Cook
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Team players drafted into the NBA
| Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Player | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | NBA Club | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Round | Illinois Fighting Illini | color=white}}" | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Williams | Denver Nuggets | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Robert Archibald | Memphis Grizzies | 2 | 31 |
Rankings
Main article: 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
References
- [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2001.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02] {{webarchive. link. (2013-06-25 , FightingIllini.com)
- [http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2001.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02] {{webarchive. link. (2013-06-25 , FightingIllini.com)
- [http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2002 2002 NCAA Tournament]
- "List of MVPs".
- {{usurped
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