# 2001–02 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls were led by head coach Sidney Green and played their home games at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Owls finished the season 19–12, 13–7 in ASUN play to finish third in the regular season standings. They defeated Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, and Georgia State to win the ASUN tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history – as the No. 15 seed in the South region. They were defeated by No. 2 seed Alabama in the first round.
The Owls would not return to the NCAA tournament until the 2022–23 season where they advanced to the Final Four.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 10, 2001* 7:00 p.m. | | Nova Southeastern | W 85–75 | | FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 17, 2001* 1:00 p.m. | | at Hofstra | L 65–67 | 0–1 | Mack Sports Complex (1,633) Hempstead, New York |
| Nov 20, 2001* 7:00 p.m. | | St. Mary's (MD) | W 107–73 | 1–1 | FAU Arena (897) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Nov 26, 2001* 7:30 p.m. | | at Miami (FL) | L 48–74 | 1–2 | Miami Arena (1,385) Miami, Florida |
| Nov 29, 2001 7:00 p.m. | | Stetson | W 82–71 | 2–2 (1–0) | FAU Arena (450) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Dec 1, 2001 7:00 p.m. | | UCF | W 78–66 | 3–2 (2–0) | FAU Arena (1,008) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Dec 4, 2001* 7:30 p.m. | | at Liberty | W 91–80 | 4–2 | Vines Center (1,817) Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Dec 8, 2001* 7:00 p.m. | | VCU | L 84–88 $^{2OT}$ | 4–3 | FAU Arena (1,325) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Dec 17, 2001 8:00 p.m. | | at Samford | L 66–68 $^{OT}$ | 4–4 (2–1) | Seibert Hall (920) Homewood, Alabama |
| Dec 19, 2001 8:00 p.m. | | at Jacksonville State | W 74–71 | 5–4 (3–1) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,152) Jacksonville, Alabama |
| Dec 27, 2001* 7:00 p.m. | | Drake | W 79–71 | 6–4 | FAU Arena (1,124) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Jan 2, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Jacksonville | L 58–73 | 6–5 (3–2) | FAU Arena (873) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Jan 5, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Georgia State | W 90–77 | 7–5 (4–2) | FAU Arena (1,849) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Jan 7, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Campbell | W 77–60 | 8–5 (5–2) | FAU Arena (1,413) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Jan 10, 2002 7:30 p.m. | | at Mercer | W 94–73 | 9–5 (6–2) | Macon Coliseum (336) Macon, Georgia |
| Jan 12, 2002 8:00 p.m. | | at Troy | L 100–107 $^{2OT}$ | 9–6 (6–3) | Sartain Hall (1,992) Troy, Alabama |
| Jan 16, 2002* 8:00 p.m. | | at Birmingham–Southern | L 59–65 | 9–7 | Bill Battle Coliseum (535) Birmingham, Alabama |
| Jan 19, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Belmont | W 69–66 | 10–7 (7–3) | FAU Arena (1,042) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Jan 22, 2002 7:30 p.m. | | at UCF | L 56–62 | 10–8 (7–4) | UCF Arena (1,010) Orlando, Florida |
| Jan 28, 2002 8:00 p.m. | | at Belmont | W 80–78 | 11–8 (8–4) | Nashville Municipal Auditorium (646) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Feb 2, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Troy | W 67–66 | 12–8 (9–4) | FAU Arena (1,943) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Feb 4, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Mercer | W 72–71 | 13–8 (10–4) | FAU Arena (2,110) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Feb 7, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | at Campbell | L 87–92 | 13–9 (10–5) | Carter Gymnasium (712) Buies Creek, North Carolina |
| Feb 9, 2002 6:00 p.m. | | at Georgia State | L 71–76 | 13–10 (10–6) | GSU Sports Arena (2,752) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Feb 14, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Jacksonville State | W 78–68 | 14–10 (11–6) | FAU Arena (833) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Feb 16, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | Samford | L 50–68 | 14–11 (11–7) | FAU Arena (1,603) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Feb 21, 2002 7:30 p.m. | | at Jacksonville | W 76–72 | 15–11 (12–7) | Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, Florida |
| Feb 23, 2002 7:00 p.m. | | at Stetson | W 77–74 | 16–11 (13–7) | Edmunds Center (1,680) DeLand, Florida |
| ASUN tournament ||||||
| Feb 28, 2002* | | vs. Jacksonville Quarterfinals | W 59–50 | 17–11 | UCF Arena (1,295) Orlando, Florida |
| Mar 1, 2002* 8:15 p.m. | | vs. Jacksonville State Semifinals | W 55–47 | 18–11 | UCF Arena (1,711) Orlando, Florida |
| Mar 2, 2002* 2:00 p.m. | | vs. Georgia State Championship game | W 76–75 | 19–11 | UCF Arena (662) Orlando, Florida |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 2002* 2:50 p.m. | (15 S) | vs. (2 S) No. 8 Alabama First round | L 78–86 | 19–12 | BI-LO Center (14,198) Greenville, South Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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