2001–02 National Basketball Development League season

The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators and Roanoke Dazzle. The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2–0 in the best-of-three Finals series to win the inaugural NBDL championship.[1]

2001–02 NBDL season
LeagueNBDL
SportBasketball
Draft
Top draft pickChris Andersen
Picked byFayetteville Patriots
Regular season
Top seedNorth Charleston Lowgators
Season MVPAnsu Sesay (Greenville Groove)
Top scorerIsaac Fontaine (Mobile Revelers)
(17.4 ppg)
Finals
ChampionsGreenville Groove
  Runners-upNorth Charleston Lowgators

Regular season standings
TeamWLPCTGB
North Charleston Lowgators3620.643—
Greenville Groove3620.643—
Columbus Riverdragons3125.5545
Mobile Revelers3026.5366
Huntsville Flight2630.46410
Asheville Altitude2630.46410
Fayetteville Patriots2135.37515
Roanoke Dazzle1838.32118

Statistics leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per gameIsaac FontaineMobile Revelers17.4
Rebounds per gameThomas HamiltonGreenville Groove9.4
Assists per gameOmar CookFayetteville Patriots7.8
Steals per gameFred HouseNorth Charleston Lowgators2.5
Blocks per gameLee ScruggsAsheville Altitude2.1
Field goal percentageLorenzo ColemanRoanoke Dazzle60.6%
3-pt field goal percentageTerry DehereNorth Charleston Lowgators45.0%
Free throw percentageIsaac FontaineMobile Revelers90.5%

Source: Basketball-Reference

Season award winners
Award Winner Team
Most Valuable Player Ansu Sesay Greenville Groove
Rookie of the Year Fred House North Charleston Lowgators
Defensive Player of the Year Jeff Myers Greenville Groove
Sportsmanship Award Mike Wilks Huntsville Flight

All-NBDL Teams
  • First Team:
  • Second Team:
  • Honorable Mention:
    • Forward: Nate Johnson – Columbus Riverdragons
    • Forward: Rahim Lockhart – Greenville Groove
    • Forward: Gabe Muoneke – Columbus Riverdragons
    • Forward: Greg Stempin – Fayetteville Patriots
    • Center: Jeff Aubry – Fayetteville Patriots
    • Center: Eric Chenowith – Huntsville Flight
    • Guard: Nate Green – North Charleston Lowgators
    • Guard: Artie Griffin – Roanoke Dazzle
    • Guard: Fred House – North Charleston Lowgators
    • Guard: Jimmie Hunter – Huntsville Flight
    • Guard: Jeff Myers – Greenville Groove

Source: NBA.com

Inaugural head coaches

Playoffs

There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.

Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Finals
(Best-of-3)
      
2 Greenville 2
3 Columbus 1
2 Greenville 2
1 North Charleston 0
1 North Charleston 2
4 Mobile 1

List of Playoff games

  • Semifinals
  • March 28: Columbus 81, Greenville 78
  • March 29: Greenville 96, Columbus 78
  • April 6: Greenville 79, Columbus 78
  • March 24: Mobile 78, North Charleston 75
  • April 3: North Charleston 77, Mobile 70
  • April 6: North Charleston 80, Mobile 78
  • Finals
  • April 8: Greenville 81, North Charleston 63
  • April 10: Greenville 75, North Charleston 68

Greenville defeated North Charleston on April 10 to win the first NBDL championship.[2][3]

References
  1. History of the National Basketball Developmental League
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610060203/http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/bracket0102.html
  3. https://apbr.org/nbdl.html
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