2001–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 104th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 14th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

2001–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big 12 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	33–4 (16–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Roy Williams (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Neil Dougherty (7th season) Jerod Haase (3rd season) Joe Holladay (8th season) Ben Miller (2nd season)
Captains	Jeff Boschee Jeff Carey
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Kansas	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	4		.892
No. 3 Oklahoma †	13	–	3		.813			31	–	5		.861
Texas	10	–	6		.625			22	–	12		.647
No. 20 Oklahoma State	10	–	6		.625			23	–	9		.719
Texas Tech	10	–	6		.625			23	–	9		.719
Missouri	9	–	7		.563			24	–	12		.667
Kansas State	6	–	10		.375			13	–	16		.448
Nebraska	6	–	10		.375			13	–	15		.464
Colorado	5	–	11		.313			15	–	14		.517
Baylor	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Iowa State	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Texas A&M	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
† 2002 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Brett Ballard	3	Guard	6–0	175	Senior	Hutchinson, Kansas
Jeff Boschee	13	Guard	6–1	185	Senior	Valley City, North Dakota
Jeff Carey	22	Center	6–11	250	Senior	Camdenton, Missouri
Nick Collison	4	Forward	6–9	255	Junior	Iowa Falls, Iowa
Drew Gooden	0	Forward	6–10	230	Junior	Richmond, California
Lewis Harrison	2	Guard	6–0	165	Senior	Kansas City, Kansas
Jeff Hawkins	1	Guard	5–11	175	Freshman (RS)	Kansas City, Kansas
Kirk Hinrich	10	Guard	6–3	190	Junior	Sioux City, Iowa
Todd Kappelmann	50	Forward	6–9	230	Senior	Augusta, Kansas
Keith Langford	5	Guard	6–4	205	Freshman	Fort Worth, Texas
Michael Lee	25	Guard	6–3	215	Freshman	Portland, Oregon
Aaron Miles	11	Guard	6–1	175	Freshman	Portland, Oregon
Bryant Nash	15	Forward	6–6	205	Sophomore	Carrollton, Texas
Wayne Simien	23	Forward	6–9	255	Freshman	Leavenworth, Kansas
Chris Zerbe	34	Forward	6–5	235	Senior	Andover, Kansas

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/7/2001*	No. 4	EA Sports All-Stars	W 98–77		Allen Fieldhouse (15,500) Lawrence, KS
11/13/2001*	No. 4	Fort Hays State	W 95–41		Allen Fieldhouse (15,300) Lawrence, KS
Maui Invitational Tournament
11/19/2001* 3:30PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 4	vs. Ball State	L 91–93	0–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
11/20/2001* 3:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 4	vs. Houston	W 95–78	1–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
11/21/2001* 2:30PM, ESPN	No. 4	vs. Seton Hall	W 80–62	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI
Regular season
11/28/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 8	Pittsburg State	W 105–62	3–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,100) Lawrence, KS
12/1/2001* 1:30PM, CBS	No. 8	at No. 4 Arizona	W 105–97	4–1	McKale Center (14,562) Tucson, AZ
12/4/2001* 8:00PM, ESPN	No. 4	No. 23 Wake Forest	W 83–76	5–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/8/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 4	UMKC	W 79–68	6–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/12/2001* 7:00PM, ESPN2	No. 4	at Princeton	W 78–62	7–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (6,861) Princeton, NJ
12/15/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 4	South Carolina State	W 106–73	8–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
12/22/2001* 1:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 3	at North Dakota	W 108–77	9–1	Ralph Engelstad Arena (13,280) Grand Forks, ND
12/29/2001* 8:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 2	Tulsa Morse Chevrolet Shootout	W 93–85	10–1	Kemper Arena (16,013) Kansas City, MO
1/2/2002* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV	No. 2	Valparaiso	W 81–73	11–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
1/5/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	at Colorado	W 97–85	12–1	Coors Events Center (11,076) Bouler, CO
1/9/2002 7:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 1	Nebraska	W 96–57	13–1	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
1/12/2002* 2:00PM, CBS	No. 1	at No. 11 UCLA	L 77–87	13–2	Pauley Pavilion (12,280) Los Angeles, CA
1/15/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 4	at No. 6 Oklahoma State	W 79–61	14–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Stillwater, OK
1/19/2002 12:00PM, ABC	No. 4	No. 5 Oklahoma	W 74–67	15–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
1/23/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	at Iowa State	W 88–81	16–2	James H. Hilton Coliseum (12,771) Ames, IA
1/26/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	at Texas A&M	W 86–74	17–2	Reed Arena (10,706) College Station, TX
1/28/2002 8:00PM, ESPN	No. 2	No. 22 Missouri Border War	W 105–73	18–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
2/2/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	Colorado	W 100–73	19–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
2/4/2002 8:00PM, ESPN2	No. 2	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 98–71	20–2	Bramlage Coliseum (12,238) Manhattan, KS
2/9/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	No. 24 Texas Tech	W 108–81	21–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
2/11/2002 8:00PM, ESPN	No. 2	at Texas	W 110–103 OT	22–2	Frank Erwin Center (15,495) Austin, TX
2/16/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 2	Baylor	W 87–72	23–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
2/18/2002 8:00PM, ESPN	No. 1	Iowa State	W 102–66	24–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
2/24/2002 3:00PM, CBS	No. 1	at Nebraska	W 88–87	25–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center (14,055) Lincoln, NE
2/27/2002 7:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 1	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 103–68	26–2	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
3/3/2002 1:00PM, CBS	No. 1	at Missouri Border War	W 95–92	27–2	Hearnes Center (13,545) Columbia, MO
Big 12 tournament
3/8/2002 12:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 1	vs. Colorado Quarterfinals	W 102–73	28–2	Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO
3/9/2002 1:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+)	No. 1	vs. Texas Tech Semifinals	W 90–50	29–2	Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO
3/10/2002 2:00PM, ESPN	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Oklahoma Championship Game	L 55–64	29–3	Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
3/14/2002* 6:50PM, CBS	No. 2 (1)	vs. (16) Holy Cross First Round	W 70–59	30–3	Edward Jones Dome (26,612) St. Louis, MO
3/16/2002* 6:50PM, CBS	No. 2 (1)	No. 24 (8) Stanford Second Round	W 86–63	31–3	Edward Jones Dome (31,484) St. Louis, MO
3/22/2002* 1:40PM, CBS	No. 2 (1)	vs. No. 13 (4) Illinois Sweet Sixteen	W 73–69	32–3	Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, WI
3/24/2002* 1:40PM, CBS	No. 2 (1)	vs. No. 11 (2) Oregon Elite Eight	W 104–86	33–3	Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, WI
3/30/2002* 7:47PM, CBS	No. 2 (1)	vs. No. 4 (1) Maryland Final Four	L 88–97	33–4	Georgia Dome (53,378) Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	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
AP	7	4	8	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	–
Coaches	7	5	3	7	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2

See also

• 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2002 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
• 2001-02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 2004–05 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2010.