2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team


The 2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. As a 8 seed, the Fighting Irish defeated the 9 seed Charlotte in the first round, 82–63. Notre Dame would fall to Duke in the second round.

2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record22–11 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coachAnthony Solomon (2nd season)
Home arenaJoyce Center
Seasons
2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut 13 3   .813 27 7   .794
No. 21 Miami 10 6   .625 24 8   .750
St. John's 9 7   .563 20 12   .625
Boston College 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Villanova 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
Providence 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Virginia Tech* 4 12   .250 10 18   .357
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh 13 3   .813 29 6   .829
Notre Dame 10 6   .625 22 11   .667
Georgetown 9 7   .563 19 11   .633
Syracuse 9 7   .563 23 13   .639
Rutgers 8 8   .500 18 13   .581
Seton Hall 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
West Virginia* 1 15   .063 8 20   .286
2002 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 2002[1]
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 16*
New Hampshire W 95–53  1–0
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, IN
November 19*
Cornell W 78–48  2–0
Joyce Center 
Notre Dame, IN
November 23*
vs. Hawaii Pacific W 98–58  3–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 24*
vs. Chattanooga W 97–84  4–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 25*
vs. Monmouth W 85–48  5–0
Neal S. Blaisdell Center 
Honolulu, Hawaii
November 28*
Army W 86–49  6–0
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
December 1*
vs. DePaul W 82–55  7–0
United Center 
Chicago, Illinois
December 4*
at Indiana L 75–76  7–1
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
December 8*
at Miami (OH) W 70–69  8–1
Millett Hall 
Oxford, Ohio
December 22*
at Canisius W 84–73  9–1
Koessler Athletic Center 
Buffalo, NY
December 27*
vs. Alabama L 76–79  9–2
New Orleans Arena 
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 30*
Colgate W 92–61  10–2
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
January 2
Villanova L 72–74  10–3
(0–1)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
Notre Dame, IN
January 9
at West Virginia W 67–64  11–3
(1–1)
WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 12
at Pittsburgh W 56–53  12–3
(2–1)
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 14
at Syracuse L 51–56  12–4
(2–2)
Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 19*
 CBS
Kentucky L 65–72  12–5
(2–2)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
January 21
Georgetown L 73–83  12–6
(2–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
January 26
Seton Hall W 60–51  13–6
(3–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
January 30
Pittsburgh W 89–76  14–6
(4–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
February 3
at Seton Hall W 63–61  15–6
(5–3)
Izod Center 
East Rutherford, NJ
February 6
Rutgers W 89–72  15–6
(6–3)
Notre Dame Fieldhouse 
South Bend, IN
February 9
at Georgetown W 116–111 4OT 16–6
(7–3)
Verizon Center 
Washington, D.C.
February 14
at Rutgers L 62–65  17–7
(7–4)
Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
February 17
Syracuse L 65–68  17–8
(7–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 20
West Virginia W 89–76  18–8
(8–5)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
February 23
at Miami (FL) W 90–77  19–8
(9–5)
Miami Arena 
Miami, Florida
February 27
at St. John's L 81–84  19–9
(9–6)
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
March 2
 CBS
Providence W 76–68  20–9
(10–6)
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
Big East tournament
March 7
vs. St. John's
Quarterfinal
W 83–63  21–9
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
March 8
vs. Connecticut
Semifinal
L 77–82  21–10
Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
NCAA tournament
March 14*
 CBS
vs. Charlotte
First Round
W 82–63  22–10
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
March 16*
 CBS
vs. Duke
Second Round
L 77–84  22–11
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2002.html
  2. ^ "2001-02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2019.