| Sport: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2001–02 |
| Team: | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Coachrank: | 8 |
| Aprank: | 5 |
| Record: | 31–4 |
| Conf Record: | 14–2 |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Ac1 Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach2: | Andy Kennedy |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Champion: | Conference USA regular season champions Conference USA tournament champions |
| Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2001–02 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati as a member of Conference USA during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bob Huggins, serving in his 13th year at the school. The team won regular season and Conference USA tournament titles to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 1 seed in the West region. After an opening round victory over Boston University, Cincinnati was upset in the second round by UCLA, 105–101 in double overtime. The Bearcats finished with a 31–4 record (14–2 C-USA).
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|-!colspan=12 style=|Regular Season |-!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA Tournament |-!colspan=12 style=|NCAA Tournament [2]
See main article: 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP did not release a Week 1 poll nor post-NCAA Tournament rankings