2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2001–02
Team:	Illinois Fighting Illini
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Coachrank:	11
Aprank:	13
Record:	26–9
Conf Record:	11–5
Head Coach:	Bill Self
Hc Year:	2nd
Ac1 Year:	2nd
Ac2 Year:	1st
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Captain:	Cory Bradford
Champion:	Big Ten Regular Season co-champions Las Vegas Invitational, Champion
Bowl Result:	Sweet Sixteen

The 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

In 2002, the Illini earned a four-way share of the Big Ten title before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. Frank Williams again earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as the five seniorswho finished their careers took the Illini from an 11th-place finish in the league in 1999 to consecutive Big Ten titles in 2001 and 2002.

Roster

Schedule

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Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Final Individual Statistics ^[2]
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl
style=white-space:nowrap	Williams, Frank	35	34	1135	32.4	566	16.2	174	443	.393	54	159	.340	164	203	.808	32	131	163	4.7	153	96	10	71
style=white-space:nowrap	Cook, Brian	35	34	1008	28.8	471	13.5	174	342	.509	27	74	.365	96	110	.873	64	169	233	6.7	44	77	50	29
style=white-space:nowrap	Bradford, Cory	35	35	1133	32.4	406	11.6	133	312	.426	74	189	.392	66	86	.767	32	78	110	3.1	87	68	5	29
style=white-space:nowrap	Archibald, Robert	34	31	769	22.6	362	10.6	114	173	.659	0	1	.000	134	205	.654	70	118	188	5.5	44	67	38	25
style=white-space:nowrap	Harrington, Sean	35	14	868	24.8	223	6.4	73	178	.410	56	141	.397	21	29	.724	7	53	60	1.7	87	39	0	28
style=white-space:nowrap	Head, Luther	35	13	581	16.6	156	4.5	63	124	.508	16	55	.291	14	25	.560	17	50	67	1.9	59	43	5	34
style=white-space:nowrap	Krupalija, Damir	21	1	332	15.8	146	7.0	49	84	.583	11	23	.478	37	50	.740	37	62	99	4.7	29	23	5	7
style=white-space:nowrap	Smith, Nick	33	4	334	10.1	127	3.8	49	91	.538	0	3	.000	29	44	.659	26	48	74	2.2	20	28	19	5
style=white-space:nowrap	Powell, Roger	27	0	160	5.9	79	2.9	27	50	.540	3	5	.600	22	36	.611	19	29	48	1.8	2	10	4	3
style=white-space:nowrap	Ferguson, Blandon	30	7	232	7.7	67	2.2	23	60	.383	0	3	.000	21	28	.750	18	28	46	1.5	18	26	1	10
style=white-space:nowrap	Johnson, Lucas	17	2	304	17.9	64	3.8	15	38	.395	7	24	.292	27	37	.730	14	29	43	2.5	30	18	3	13
style=white-space:nowrap	Howard, Jerrance	21	0	81	3.9	20	1.0	7	18	.389	2	7	.286	4	4	1.000	6	7	13	0.6	14	11	0	4
style=white-space:nowrap	Melton, Brett	7	0	45	6.4	17	2.4	5	11	.455	4	8	.500	3	5	.600	0	3	3	0.4	2	1	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap	Thomas, Clayton	8	0	13	1.6	2	0.3	1	5	.200	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	3	4	0.5	0	2	1	0
style=white-space:nowrap	Young, Walter	2	0	5	2.5	2	1.0	1	3	.333	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	1	1	0.5	1	0	0	0
Team																49	63	112			3
Total	35		7000		2708	77.4	908	1932	.470	254	692	.367	638	862	.740	392	872	1264	36.1	590	512	141	258
Opponents	35		7000		2369	67.7	815	1960	.416	235	691	.340	504	760	.663	405	711	1116	31.9	449	540	101	195

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest regional
- Illinois 93, San Diego State 64
- Illinois 72, Creighton 60
Regional semifinal
- Kansas 73, Illinois 69

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Awards and honors

Frank Williams
- Associated Press All-American honorable mention
- Team Most Valuable Player ^[4]
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Brian Cook
- Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Frank Williams	Denver Nuggets	1	25
Robert Archibald	Memphis Grizzies	2	31

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Rankings

See main article: 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2001.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02
http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/records/year-2001.html University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02
http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2002 2002 NCAA Tournament
Web site: List of MVPs . 2013-01-15 . 2014-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030004049/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/05_mbb_guide_06.pdf . dead .
http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=2002&lg=N 2002 NBA draft