| 2001–02 NBDL season | |
| League: | NBDL |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Draft: | Draft |
| Draft Link: | 2001 NBDL Draft |
| Top Pick: | Chris Andersen |
| Top Pick Link: | List of first overall NBA Development League draft picks |
| Picked By: | Fayetteville Patriots |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Top Seed: | North Charleston Lowgators |
| Mvp: | Ansu Sesay (Greenville Groove) |
| Mvp Link: | NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer: | Isaac Fontaine (Mobile Revelers) (17.4 ppg) |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Link: |
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| Finals Champ: | Greenville Groove |
| Finals Runner-Up: | North Charleston Lowgators |
| Seasonslist: | List of NBA Development League yearly standings |
| Seasonslistnames: | NBA Development League |
| Nextseason Link: | 2002–03 National Basketball Development League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators and Roanoke Dazzle. The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2–0 in the best-of-three Finals series to win the inaugural NBDL championship.[1]
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 20 | .643 | — | ||
| 36 | 20 | .643 | — | ||
| 31 | 25 | .554 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 26 | .536 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 30 | .464 | 10 | ||
| 26 | 30 | .464 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 35 | .375 | 15 | ||
| 18 | 38 | .321 | 18 |
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 17.4 | |||
| Rebounds per game | 9.4 | |||
| Assists per game | 7.8 | |||
| Steals per game | 2.5 | |||
| Blocks per game | 2.1 | |||
| 60.6% | ||||
| 3-pt field goal percentage | 45.0% | |||
| Free throw percentage | 90.5% |
Source: Basketball-Reference
| width=20% | Award | width=15% | Winner | width=20% | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Ansu Sesay | Greenville Groove | |||
| Rookie of the Year | Fred House | North Charleston Lowgators | |||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jeff Myers | Greenville Groove | |||
| Sportsmanship Award | Mike Wilks | Huntsville Flight |
Source: NBA.com
There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
List of Playoff games
Greenville defeated North Charleston on April 10 to win the first NBDL championship.[2] [3]