2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. As a 8 seed, the Fighting Irish defeated the 9 seed Charlotte in the first round, 82–63. Notre Dame would fall to Duke in the second round.

2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record22–11 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coachAnthony Solomon (2nd season)
Home arenaJoyce Center
2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut133 .813277  .794
No. 21 Miami106 .625248  .750
St. John's97 .5632012  .625
Boston College88 .5002012  .625
Villanova79 .4381913  .594
Providence610 .3751516  .484
Virginia Tech*412 .2501018  .357
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh133 .813296  .829
Notre Dame106 .6252211  .667
Georgetown97 .5631911  .633
Syracuse97 .5632313  .639
Rutgers88 .5001813  .581
Seton Hall511 .3131218  .400
West Virginia*115 .063820  .286
2002 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 2002[1]
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 16*
New Hampshire W 95–53  1–0
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, IN
November 19*
Cornell W 78–48  2–0
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, IN
November 23*
vs. Hawaii Pacific W 98–58  3–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 24*
vs. Chattanooga W 97–84  4–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 25*
vs. Monmouth W 85–48  5–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 28*
Army W 86–49  6–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
December 1*
vs. DePaul W 82–55  7–0
United Center 
Chicago, Illinois
December 4*
at Indiana L 75–76  7–1
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
December 8*
at Miami (OH) W 70–69  8–1
Millett Hall 
Oxford, Ohio
December 22*
at Canisius W 84–73  9–1
Koessler Athletic Center 
Buffalo, NY
December 27*
vs. Alabama L 76–79  9–2
New Orleans Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 30*
Colgate W 92–61  10–2
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
January 2
Villanova L 72–74  10–3
(0–1)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
January 9
at West Virginia W 67–64  11–3
(1–1)
WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 12
at Pittsburgh W 56–53  12–3
(2–1)
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 14
at Syracuse L 51–56  12–4
(2–2)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 19*
 CBS
Kentucky L 65–72  12–5
(2–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 21
Georgetown L 73–83  12–6
(2–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
January 26
Seton Hall W 60–51  13–6
(3–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
January 30
Pittsburgh W 89–76  14–6
(4–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
February 3
at Seton Hall W 63–61  15–6
(5–3)
Izod Center 
East Rutherford, NJ
February 6
Rutgers W 89–72  15–6
(6–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
February 9
at Georgetown W 116–111 4OT 16–6
(7–3)
Verizon Center 
Washington, D.C.
February 14
at Rutgers L 62–65  17–7
(7–4)
Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
February 17
Syracuse L 65–68  17–8
(7–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 20
West Virginia W 89–76  18–8
(8–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 23
at Miami (FL) W 90–77  19–8
(9–5)
Miami Arena 
Miami, Florida
February 27
at St. John's L 81–84  19–9
(9–6)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
March 2
 CBS
Providence W 76–68  20–9
(10–6)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
Big East tournament
March 7
vs. St. John's
Quarterfinal
W 83–63  21–9
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
March 8
vs. Connecticut
Semifinal
L 77–82  21–10
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
NCAA tournament
March 14*
 CBS
vs. Charlotte
First Round
W 82–63  22–10
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
March 16*
 CBS
vs. Duke
Second Round
L 77–84  22–11
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2002.html
  2. "2001-02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
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