2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 6th in the conference and lost in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament to the California Golden Bears. The Bruins competed in the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, losing to the Missouri Tigers in the sweet sixteen.

2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20[1]
Record21–12 (11–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
Seasons
2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
California 12 6   .667 23 9   .719
No. 10 Arizona 12 6   .667 24 10   .706
No. 18 USC 12 6   .667 22 10   .688
Stanford 12 6   .667 20 10   .667
No. 20 UCLA 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Arizona State 7 11   .389 12 15   .444
Washington 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
Oregon State 4 14   .222 11 17   .393
Washington State 1 17   .056 6 21   .222
Conference tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[2]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[3]

Roster

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2001–02 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 13 Gene Barnes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
F 23 Matt Barnes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Sr Santa Clara, California
G 21 Cedric Bozeman 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Los Angeles, California
F 43 T. J. Cummings 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) So Homewood, Illinois
C 50 Dan Gadzuric 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr The Hague, Netherlands
G 55 Quinn Hawking 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr
G 22 Rico Hines (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sr Greenville, North Carolina
C 52 John Hoffart 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
So
F 54 Josiah Johnson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Fr
F 24 Jason Kapono 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Long Beach, California
G 3 Billy Knight 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Sr
F 5 Andre Patterson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr Los Angeles, California
G 2 Janou Rubin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So
G 1 Dijon Thompson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr Los Angeles, California
G 10 Ryan Walcott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
F 34 Ray Young 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sr
Head coach

Steve Lavin (Chapman)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Starting lineup

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Cedric Bozeman (Fr.), Point Guard

Billy Knight (Sr.), Shooting Guard

Jason Kapono (Jr.), Small Forward

Matt Barnes (Sr.), Power Forward

Dan Gadzuric (Sr.), Center

Bench

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T. J. Cummings (So.)

Rico Hines (Sr.)

John Hoffart (So.)

Josiah Johnson (Fr.)

Andre Patterson (Fr.)

Dijon Thompson (Fr.)

Ryan Walcott (Fr.)

Awards And Honors

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Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2001*
7:30 p.m.
EA Sports All-Stars W 102–77 
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
November 14, 2001*
7:30 p.m.
Global Sports W 86–60 
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
November 19, 2001*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 3 vs. Houston
Maui Invitational
W 71–60  1–0
Lahaina Civic Center (2,500)
Maui, HI
November 20, 2001*
4:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 vs. Ball State
Maui Invitational
L 73–91  1–1
Lahaina Civic Center (2,500)
Maui, Hawaii
November 21, 2001*
No. 3 vs. South Carolina
Maui Invitational
W 89–77  2–1
Lahaina Civic Center (2,500)
Maui, HI
November 28, 2001*
7:30 p.m., FSNW
No. 10 Pepperdine L 78–85  2–2
Pauley Pavilion (8,376)
Los Angeles, CA
December 5, 2001*
7:30 p.m., FSNW2
No. 20 UC Riverside W 65–50  3–2
Pauley Pavilion (6,704)
Los Angeles, CA
December 8, 2001*
3:30 p.m., KCAL 9
No. 20 vs. No. 16 Alabama
John R. Wooden Classic
W 79–57  4–2
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (16,221)
Anaheim, CA
December 15, 2001*
1:00 p.m., FSNW2
No. 17 UC Irvine W 75–74  5–2
Pauley Pavilion (7,397)
Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 2001
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 19 at Washington W 85–79  6–2
(1–0)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,215)
Seattle, WA
December 22, 2001
12:00 p.m., FSN
No. 19 at Washington State W 79–74  7–2
(2–0)
Beasley Coliseum (2,410)
Pullman, WA
December 27, 2001*
7:30 p.m.
No. 15 Columbia W 64–55  8–2
Pauley Pavilion (8,990)
Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2001*
1:00 p.m., CBS
No. 15 No. 20 Georgetown W 98–91  9–2
Pauley Pavilion (10,423)
Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSNW2
No. 14 Washington W 74–62  10–2
(3–0)
Pauley Pavilion (7,567)
Los Angeles, CA
January 6, 2002
1:00 p.m., FSN
No. 14 Washington State W 81–69  11–2
(4–0)
Pauley Pavilion (8,834)
Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 11 at USC L 77–81  11–3
(4–1)
Great Western Forum (15,903)
Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2002*
12:00 p.m., CBS
No. 11 No. 1 Kansas W 87–77  12–3
Pauley Pavilion (12,280)
Los Angeles
January 17, 2002
6:30 p.m., FSNW2
No. 9 at Arizona State W 82–79  13–3
(5–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (9,013)
Tempe, AZ
January 19, 2002
12:00 p.m., CBS
No. 9 at No. 15 Arizona L 86–96  13–4
(5–2)
McKale Center (14,571)
Tucson, AZ
January 24, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 13 No. 17 Stanford L 76–86  13–5
(5–3)
Pauley Pavilion (12,243)
Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2002
5:00 p.m., FSN
No. 13 California W 64–57  14–5
(6–3)
Pauley Pavilion (12,275)
Los Angeles, CA
January 31, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 13 at Oregon L 62–91  14–6
(6–4)
McArthur Court (9,087)
Eugene, OR
February 2, 2002
7:05 p.m., FSNW2
No. 13 at Oregon State W 70–48  15–6
(7–4)
Gill Coliseum (9,039)
Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSNW2
No. 15 No. 25 USC W 67–65  16–6
(8–4)
Pauley Pavilion (12,810)
Los Angeles, CA
February 9, 2002*
1:00 p.m., CBS
No. 15 at Villanova L 57–58  16–7
The Pavilion (6,500)
Philadelphia, PA
February 14, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSN
No. 20 No. 9 Arizona W 77–76  17–7
(9–4)
Pauley Pavilion (11,960)
Los Angeles, CA
February 16, 2002
12:00 p.m., ABC
No. 20 Arizona State L 68–69  17–8
(9–5)
Pauley Pavilion (9,823)
Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 2002
7:30 p.m., FSNW2
No. 25 at California L 51–69  17–9
(9–6)
Haas Pavilion (12,000)
Berkeley, CA
February 23, 2002
1:00 p.m., CBS
No. 25 at No. 10 Stanford W 95–92  18–9
(10–6)
Maples Pavilion (7,391)
Stanford, CA
February 28, 2002
7:30 p.m.
Oregon State W 65–57  19–9
(11–6)
Pauley Pavilion (8,959)
Los Angeles, CA
March 2, 2002
1:00 p.m., CBS
No. 13 Oregon L 62–65  19–10
(11–7)
Pauley Pavilion (11,680)
Los Angeles, CA
Pacific-10 Tournament
March 7, 2002
9:00 p.m., FSN
(6) vs. (3) No. 25 California
First Round
L 61–67  19–11
Staples Center (17,839)
Los Angeles, CA
NCAA tournament
March 15, 2002*
7:55 p.m., CBS
(8 W) vs. (9 W) Mississippi
First Round
W 80–58  20–11
Mellon Arena (17,232)
Pittsburgh, PA
March 17, 2002*
10:10 a.m., CBS
(8 W) vs. (1 W) No. 5 Cincinnati
Second Round
W 105–101 2OT 21–11
Mellon Arena (17,232)
Pittsburgh, PA
March 21, 2002*
8:15 p.m., CBS
(8 W) vs. (12 W) Missouri
Sweet Sixteen
L 73–82  21–12
Compaq Center (18,040)
San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ESPN.com 2001–02 rankings". Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.