2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team explained
| Year: | 2001–02 |
| Team: | Duke Blue Devils |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 5 |
| Aprank: | 1 |
| Record: | 31–4 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Head Coach: | Mike Krzyzewski (22nd season) |
| Champion: | ACC tournament champions
Maui Invitational champions |
| Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke failed to repeat and win their third title in ten years.
Player stats
| Carlos Boozer[1] | 35 | 993 | 230 | 0 | 178 | 303 | 21 | 31 | 638 |
| Mike Dunleavy[2] | 35 | 1133 | 218 | 88 | 81 | 251 | 26 | 80 | 605 |
| Jay Williams[3] | 35 | 1175 | 249 | 108 | 140 | 124 | 3 | 76 | 746 |
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Schedule and results
|-!colspan=9 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| ACC tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
Awards and honors
- Duke Blue Devils became the first team to be seeded #1 in the NCAA tournament for five straight seasons.
- The team finished the regular season ranked #1 in the AP Poll for the fourth straight year.
- Jason Williams was a National Player of the Year winner for the second straight year, but oddly enough didn't win ACC Player of the Year in either 2000–01 or 2001–02. Shane Battier and Joseph Forte shared the award in '01 and Maryland's Juan Dixon won it in '02.
Team players drafted into the NBA
| 1 | 2 | Jay Williams | Chicago Bulls |
| 1 | 3 | | Golden State Warriors |
| 2 | 34 | | Cleveland Cavaliers |
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[4] External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Carlos Boozer Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards . 2009-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214113547/http://databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOOZECA01 . 2007-12-14 .
- Web site: Mike Dunleavy Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards . 2009-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122013035/http://databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DunleMi02 . 2010-11-22 .
- Web site: Jay Williams Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards . 2009-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203193042/http://databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLIJA03 . 2010-02-03 .
- Web site: 2002 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com . 2009-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430050922/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=n&yr=2002 . 2009-04-30 .
