Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2001–02 |
Prev Year: | 2000–01 |
Next Year: | 2002–03 |
Team: | Holy Cross Crusaders |
Conference: | Patriot League |
Short Conf: | Patriot |
Record: | 18–15 |
Conf Record: | 9–5 |
Head Coach: | Ralph Willard |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Stadium: | Hart Center |
Champion: | Patriot League tournament champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | First round |
The 2001–02 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by 3rd-year head coach Ralph Willard, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 18–15, 9–5 in Patriot League play to finish second in the regular season standings. As the #2 seed, they defeated Navy, Bucknell, and American to be champions of the Patriot League tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the East region, they were beaten by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Kansas, 70–59.[1]
|-!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=|Patriot League regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=| Patriot League Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament[3] [4] [5]