# 2001–02 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2001–02 college basketball season. The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his 17th year. However, with two games remaining in the regular season, Richardson was fired after making some challenging remarks towards Arkansas long-time athletic director Frank Broyles. Assistant head coach Mike Anderson became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| 11/12/01* 7:00 pm, Pre-Season NIT | Maine | W 63–47 | 1–0 | Bud Walton Arena (10,107) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 11/16/01* 6:00 pm, ESPN | Wake Forest Pre-Season NIT | L 71–76 | 1–1 | Bud Walton Arena (17,820) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 11/18/01* 1:00 pm, ARSN | Oral Roberts | W 71–57 | 2–1 | Bud Walton Arena (12,944) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 11/28/01* 7:00 pm, ARSN | at Tulsa | W 79–75 | 3–1 | Reynolds Center (8,355) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 11/30/01* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Oklahoma | L 54–69 | 3–2 | Bud Walton Arena (19,419) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 12/4/01* 7:00 pm, ARSN | SW Texas State | W 90–68 | 4–2 | Bud Walton Arena (8,940) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 12/8/01* 11:00 am, ESPN | at Illinois | L 91–94 | 4–3 | United Center (18,671) Chicago |
| 12/10/01* 7:00 pm, FSN | UNC Greensboro | W 89–74 | 5–3 | Bud Walton Arena (11,427) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 12/20/01* 7:00 pm, ARSN | UT-Chattanooga | W 98–84 | 6–3 | Bud Walton Arena (14,552) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 12/22/01* 1:00 pm, ARSN | No. 6 Oklahoma State | L 76–85 | 6–4 | Alltel Arena (17,021) North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 12/29/01* 2:00 pm, ARSN | Elon | W 96–52 | 7–4 | Bud Walton Arena (11,149) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 1/2/02* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | at Memphis | W 90–73 | 8–4 | Pyramid Arena (20,004) Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1/5/02 4:00 pm, FSN | at Auburn | W 83–77 | 9–4 | Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (9,300) Auburn, AL |
| 1/8/02 8:00 pm, ESPN | No. 22 Mississippi State | W 75–64 | 10–4 | Bud Walton Arena (18,037) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 1/13/02 12:30 pm, JP Sports | at LSU | L 69–75 | 10–5 | Maravich Assembly Center (8,369) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 1/16/02 7:00 pm | South Carolina | L 60–62 | 10–6 | Bud Walton Arena (17,634) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 1/19/02 5:00 pm, FSN | Mississippi | L 64–70 | 10–7 | Bud Walton Arena (18,437) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 1/23/02 6:30 pm | at Georgia | L 67–81 | 10–8 | Stegeman Coliseum (10,323) Athens, Georgia |
| 1/26/02 12:00 pm, CBS | No. 4 Florida | W 94–92 $^{OT}$ | 11–8 | Bud Walton Arena (19,182) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 1/30/02 7:00 pm | at No. 7 Alabama | L 94–109 | 11–9 | Coleman Coliseum (12,510) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 2/2/02 12:00 pm, JP Sports | Auburn | W 62–60 | 12–9 | Bud Walton Arena (17,238) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2/9/02 12:00 pm, JP Sports | at Mississippi | L 67–79 | 12–10 | Tad Smith Coliseum (8,559) Oxford, Mississippi |
| 2/13/02 7:00 pm, JP Sports | at Tennessee | L 53–64 | 12–11 | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,141) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 2/16/02 2:00 pm | LSU | L 63–67 | 12–12 | Bud Walton Arena (18,716) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2/20/02 7:00 pm, JP Sports | No. 5 Alabama | W 67–59 | 13–12 | Bud Walton Arena (17,478) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2/23/02 11:00 am, CBS | at No. 12 Kentucky | L 58–71 | 13–13 | Rupp Arena (22,109) Lexington, Kentucky |
| 2/27/02 7:00 pm, JP Sports | at Mississippi State | L 83–89 | 13–14 | Humphrey Coliseum (6,806) Starkville, Mississippi |
| 3/2/02 2:00 pm | Vanderbilt | W 81–67 | 14–14 | Bud Walton Arena (7,953) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2002 SEC men's basketball tournament ||||||
| 3/7/02 2:15 pm, JP Sports | vs. Tennessee | L 61–68 | 14–15 | Georgia Dome (12,412) Atlanta |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
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