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 seniors who 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
SourceUniversity of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02 , FightingIllini.com
!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"|NCAA tournament
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 University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 2001-02 , FightingIllini.com 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2002 NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors Frank Williams Associated Press All-American honorable mention Team Most Valuable Player Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005) Brian Cook Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
Team players drafted into the NBA PlayerNBA ClubRoundPickFrank WilliamsDenver Nuggets125Robert ArchibaldMemphis Grizzies231
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