2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
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2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
| 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |||
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| Big Ten Regular Season Champions | |||
| NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |||
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | ||
| Ranking | |||
| AP | #13 | ||
| 2001–02 record | 26–9 (11–5 Big Ten) | ||
| Head coach | Bill Self | ||
| Assistant coach | Billy Gillispie | ||
| Assistant coach | Wayne McClain | ||
| Assistant coach | Norm Roberts | ||
| Home arena | Assembly Hall | ||
Seasons
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The 2001–02 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.
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Regular season
Team
| No. | Player | Hometown | Class | Position |
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| 00 | Brett Melton | Mahomet, Illinois | So. | Guard |
| 4 | Luther Head | Chicago, Illinois | Fr. | Guard |
| 13 | Cory Bradford (capt.) | Memphis, Tennessee | Sr. | Guard |
| 21 | Robert Archibald | Ballwin, Missouri | Sr. | Forward/Center |
| 22 | Lucas Johnson | Des Plaines, Illinois | Sr. | Forward |
| 23 | Blandon Ferguson | Oakland, California | Jr. | Forward |
| 24 | Sean Harrington | Bartlett, Illinois | Jr. | Guard |
| 25 | Jerrance Howard | Peoria, Illinois | So. | Guard |
| 30 | Frank Williams (capt.) | Peoria, Illinois | Jr. | Guard |
| 31 | Nick Huge | Charlotte, North Carolina | Jr. | Forward |
| 33 | Damir Krupalija | Rockford, Illinois | Sr. | Forward |
| 34 | Brian Cook | Lincoln, Illinois | Jr. | Forward |
| 42 | Clayton Thomas | Elgin, Illinois | Jr. | Forward |
| 43 | Roger Powell | Joliet, Illinois | Fr. | Forward |
| 45 | Nick Smith | Valrico, Florida | Fr. | Center |
Season Statistics
| Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 |
NCAA basketball tournament
- Midwest regional
- Illinois 93, San Diego State 64
- Illinois 72, Creighton 60
- Regional semifinal
- Kansas 73, Illinois 69
Awards and honors
- Frank Williams and Brian Cook named to the Fighting Illini All-Century team in 2005.
Team players drafted into the NBA
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 25 | Frank Williams | Denver Nuggets |
| 2 | 31 | Robert Archibald | Memphis Grizzies |
See also
References
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