2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2002 Big Ten Tournament winner; Rankings from AP Poll; *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions; Las Vegas Invitational, Champion
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#11
AP	#13
2001–02 record	26–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Self
Assistant coach	Billy Gillispie
Assistant coach	Wayne McClain
Assistant coach	Norm Roberts
MVP	Frank Williams
Captain	Cory Bradford; Frank Williams
Home arena	Assembly Hall
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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

2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	00	Brett Melton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Mahomet, IL
G	4	Luther Head	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Chicago, IL
G	13	Cory Bradford (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Memphis, TN
F/C	21	Robert Archibald	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Ballwin, MO
F	22	Lucas Johnson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Des Plaines, IL
F	23	Blandon Ferguson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Oakland, CA
G	24	Sean Harrington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Bartlett, IL
G	25	Jerrance Howard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Peoria, IL
G	30	Frank Williams (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Jr	Peoria, IL
G	31	Nick Huge	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Charlotte, NC
F	33	Damir Krupalija	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Rockford, IL
F	34	Brian Cook	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Lincoln, IL
F	42	Clayton Thomas (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Elgin, IL
F	43	Roger Powell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Joliet, IL
C	45	Nick Smith	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Fr	Valrico, FL

Head coach

Bill Self (Oklahoma State)(2nd year)

Assistant coach(es)

Billy Gillispie (Southwest Texas State) (2nd year)
Norm Roberts (Queens College)(2nd year)
Wayne McClain (Illinois State)(1st year)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

All-Time Illini Rosters Roster
Last update: 2014-11-12

Schedule

Source^[1]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/16/2001* no, no	#3	vs. Gonzaga	W 76-58	1-0	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
11/19/2001* no, no	#2	vs. Eastern Illinois Las Vegas Invitational (1st Round)	W 93-53	2-0	Assembly Hall (13,827) Champaign, IL
11/22/2001* no, no	#2	vs. Penn Las Vegas Invitational	W 78-71	3-0	Valley High School (1,700) Las Vegas, NV
11/23/2001* no, no	#2	vs. Georgia Tech Las Vegas Invitational	W 105-66	4-0	Valley High School (2,000) Las Vegas, NV
11/24/2001* no, no	#2	vs. Southern Illinois Las Vegas Invitational, (Championship)	W 75-72	5-0	Valley High School (2,500) Las Vegas, NV
11/27/2001* no, no	#2	@ #5 Maryland Big Ten-ACC Challenge	L 63-76	5-1	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, MD
12/1/2001* no, no	#2	vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 80-56	6-1	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
12/6/2000* no, no	#5	vs. #7 Arizona	L 82-87	6-2	US Airways Center (10,697) Phoenix, AZ
12/8/2001* no, no	#5	vs. Arkansas	W 94-91	7-2	United Center (18,671) Chicago, IL
12/16/2001* no, no	#10	vs. Western Illinois	W 98-62	8-2	Assembly Hall (14,653) Champaign, IL
12/18/2001* no, no	#9	vs. Illinois State	W 87-73	9-2	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
12/22/2001* no, no	#9	vs. #8 Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 72-61	10-2	Scottrade Center (22,153) St. Louis, MO
12/29/2001* no, no	#7	vs. Loyola (Chicago)	W 87-72	11-2	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/2/2002 no, no	#7	vs. Minnesota	W 76-53	12-2 (1-0)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/5/2002 no, no	#7	@ Wisconsin	L 66-72	12-3 (1-1)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
1/9/2002 no, no	#9	@ Purdue	W 74-84	12-4 (1-2)	Mackey Arena (12,876) West Lafayette, IN
1/12/2002 no, no	#9	vs. Michigan	W 94-70	13-4 (2-2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/15/2002 no, no	#11	vs. #17 Iowa	W 77-66	14-4 (3-2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/23/2002 no, no	#9	vs. Wisconsin	W 80-48	15-4 (4-2)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
1/26/2002 no, no	#9	@ Indiana	L 57-88	15-5 (4-3)	Assembly Hall (17,456) Bloomington, IN
1/29/2002 no, no	#12	@ Ohio State	L 67-78	15-6 (4-4)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, OH
2/3/2002 no, no	#12	vs. Michigan State	L 61-67	15-7 (4-5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/7/2002 no, no	#21	@ Michigan	W 68-60	16-7 (5-5)	Crisler Arena (10,710) Ann Arbor, MI
2/9/2002 no, no	#21	vs. Purdue	W 69-67	17-7 (6-5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/12/2002 no, no	#18	@ Michigan State	W 63-61	18-7 (7-5)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/16/2002* no, no	#18	@ Seton Hall	W 75-65	19-7	Continental Airlines Arena (10,070) South Orange, NJ
2/20/2002 no, no	#16	vs. Penn State	W 83-56	20-7 (8-5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
2/23/2002 no, no	#16	@ Northwestern	W 56-41	21-7 (9-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL
2/26/2002 no, no	#15	vs. #25 Indiana	W 70-62	22-7 (10-5)	Assembly Hall (16,500) Champaign, IL
3/3/2002 no, no	#15	@ Minnesota	W 67-66	23-7 (11-5)	Williams Arena (14,612) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament
3/8/2002* no, no	#10	vs. Minnesota Big Ten Tournament	W 92-76	24-7	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis, IN
3/9/2002* no, no	#10	vs. #21 Ohio State Big Ten Tournament	L 88-94	24-8	Conseco Fieldhouse (18,996) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/15/2002* no, no	#13	vs. San Diego State NCAA Tournament, Regional Round of 16	W 93-64	25-8	United Center (20,850) Chicago, IL
3/17/2002* no, no	#13	vs. Creighton NCAA Tournament, Regional Quarterfinals	W 72-60	26-8	United Center (21,525) Chicago, IL
3/22/2002* no, no	#13	vs. #2 Kansas NCAA Tournament, Regional Semifinals	L 69-73	26-9	Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Final Individual Statistics ^[2]
			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	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
Cook, Brian	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
Bradford, Cory	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
Archibald, Robert	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
Harrington, Sean	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
Head, Luther	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
Krupalija, Damir	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
Smith, Nick	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
Powell, Roger	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
Ferguson, Blandon	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
Johnson, Lucas	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
Howard, Jerrance	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
Melton, Brett	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
Thomas, Clayton	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
Young, Walter	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

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Awards and honors

Frank Williams
- Associated Press All-American honorable mention
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[4]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Brian Cook
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	25	Frank Williams	Denver Nuggets
2	31	Robert Archibald	Memphis Grizzies

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Rankings

References

↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02, FightingIllini.com
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02, FightingIllini.com
↑ 2002 NCAA Tournament
↑ List of MVPs
↑ 2002 NBA Draft

[1] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02, FightingIllini.com

[2] University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02, FightingIllini.com

[3] 2002 NCAA Tournament

[4] List of MVPs

[5] 2002 NBA Draft

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2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
Indiana	11	–	5	.688	25	–	12	.676
Wisconsin	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Northwestern	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Iowa	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Purdue	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Michigan	5	–	11	.313	11	–	18	.379
Penn State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
#14 Ohio State*†	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2002 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)