2001–02 Michigan State Spartans 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)

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2001–02 record	19–12 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Izzo (7th year)
Associate head coach	Brian Gregory (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Mike Garland (6th year)
Assistant coach	Mark Montgomery (1st year)
Home arena	Breslin Center
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The 2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Tom Izzo in his 7th season. The Spartans played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI and were members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished the regular season with a record of 19–12, 10–6 in conference finishing in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten. The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 5th consecutive year where they lost in the First Round to NC State.

Previous Season

The Spartans finished the 2000–01 season with a record of 28–5, 13–3 and in second place in the Big Ten with an 13–3 record. Michigan State received a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their 4th straight trip to the Tournament, and advanced the Final Four, their third straight trip under Tom Izzo.

The Spartans lost Charlie Bell (13.5 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 5.1 APG) to graduation and freshman Zach Randolph (10.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.0 APG) and sophomore Jason Richardson (14.7 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.2 APG) to the NBA Draft following the season.

Season Summary

After three consecutive years of trips to the Final Four, the Spartans began the season ranked #15 in the AP Poll. Michigan State was led by sophomore Marcus Taylor (16.8 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 5.3 APG), freshman Chris Hill (11.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.1 APG), and junior Adam Ballinger (11.2 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.1 APG). The Spartans participated in the Preseason NIT where they defeated Detroit^[1] and #24 Oklahoma^[2] at Breslin Center, but then fell #18 Syracuse^[3] and #23 Fresno State at Madison Square Garden.^[4] The Spartans also suffered non-conference losses to #6 Florida^[5] and #16 Stanford,^[6] but did beat #6 Arizona in a rematch of their Final Four clash the previous Spring.^[7] MSU finished the non-conference season at 9–4 and ranked #19 in the country.

In Big Ten play, MSU started the season with three straight losses, the last to Wisconsin, which snapped MSU's 53 game home winning streak.^[8]^[9] The Spartans did defeat #12 Illinois,^[10] #18 Ohio State at home^[11] and on the on the road,^[12] and #23 Indiana.^[13] Michigan State finished the conference schedule at 10–6 and in 4th place with an overall record of 19–10. The Spartans slipped out of the ranking following their opening conference losses and remained unranked the remainder of the season. MSU lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament to #23 Indiana, the first time since 1996–97 that Michigan State did not with the Big Ten regular season or tournament title.^[14]

The Spartans received a #10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their 5th consecutive trip. The Spartans were eliminated in the First Round by NC State.^[15]

Roster

2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Aaron Alexander	SO			0.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Aloysius Anagonye	SO	F	6'8"	7.7 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Alan Anderson	FR	F	6'6"	6.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Jason Andreas	SO	C	6'10"	2.6 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Adam Ballinger	JR	F	6'9"	11.2 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tim Bograkos	FR	G	6'2"	1.4 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Chris Hill	FR	G	6'3"	11.5 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Mat Ishbia	SR	G	5'10"	1.1 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Marcus Taylor	SO	G	6'3"	16.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 5.3 Ast
Kelvin Torbert	FR	G	6'4"	8.2 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Brian Westrick	JR	F	6'5"	0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Adam Wolfe	FR	F	6'9"	1.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Source^[16]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2001*		Magic Johnson All-Stars	W 89–87	–	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 18, 2001*		Midwest All-Stars	W 72–62 ^{OT^[17]}	–	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Non Conference Regular season
Nov 12, 2001* ESPN2	#15	Detroit Preseason NIT	W 80–70	1–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 14, 2001	#15	#24 Oklahoma Preseason NIT	W 67–55	2–0	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Nov 21, 2001*	#13	vs. #18 Syracuse Preseason NIT	L 58–69	2–1	New York, NY
Nov 23, 2001*	#13	vs. #21 Fresno State Preseason NIT	L 58–63	2–2	New York, NY
Nov 30, 2001*	#22	#9 Virginia Game cancelled because of wet floor and unplayable conditions ^[18]	N/A	N/A	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Nov 30, 2001*	#22	IPFW	W 81–68	3–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 1, 2001*	#22	Lamar	W 80–71	4–2	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 5, 2001*	#24	at #4 Florida	L 70–74	4–3	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Dec 9, 2001*	#24	Nicholls State	W 92–38	5–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 15, 2001*	#23	#6 Arizona	W 74–60	6–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 2001*	#17	UNC-Asheville	W 76-56	7–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 19, 2001*	#17	Oakland	W 78–-50	8–3	Breslin Center East Lansing
Dec 22, 2001*	#17	Seton Hall	W 68–64	9–3	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 2001*	#13	#16 Stanford	L 64–75	9–4	Oakland, CA
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 2002	#19	at Minnesota	L 67–70	9–5 (0–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Jan 8, 2002	#25	at Indiana	L 65–83	9–6 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 12, 2002	#25	Wisconsin	L 63–64	9-7 (0–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 16, 2002		Purdue	W 65–56	10–7 (1–3)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 19, 2002		at Penn State	W 77–65	11–7 (2–3)	Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
Jan 22, 2002		at Iowa	L 71–75	11–8 (2–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Jan 30, 2002		Michigan	W 71–44	12–8 (3–4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 3, 2002		at #12 Illinois	W 67–61	13–8 (4–4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Feb 6, 2002		at Northwestern	L 49–61	13–9 (4–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 10, 2002		Ohio State	W 67–64	14–9 (5–5)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 12, 2002		Illinois	L 61–63	14–10 (5–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 16, 2002		at Purdue	W 62–59	15–10 (6–6)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Feb 21, 2002		Minnesota	W 74–55	16–10 (7–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 24, 2002		#23 Indiana	W 57–54	17–10 (8–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Feb 26, 2002		at #18 Ohio State	W 81–76	18–10 (9–6)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Mar 2, 2002		Iowa	W 93–79	19–10 (10–6)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 08, 2002 ESPN2	(5)	vs. (4) Indiana	L 56–67	19–11 (10–6)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2002* , CBS	(10 E)	vs. (7 E) North Carolina State First Round	L 69–58	19–12	MCI Center Washington, DC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time ^[19].

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	15	13	22	24	23	17	13	19	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Awards and Honors

Marcus Taylor - All-Big Ten First Team^[20]
Marcus Taylor - USBWA All-District Team^[21]
Adam Ballinger - All-Big Ten Third Team (Media)^[20]

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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)