# 2001–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 104th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 14th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

## Roster

| Name | # | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Home Town |
| Brett Ballard | 3 | Guard | 6–0 | 175 | Senior | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Jeff Boschee | 13 | Guard | 6–1 | 185 | Senior | Valley City, North Dakota |
| Jeff Carey | 22 | Center | 6–11 | 250 | Senior | Camdenton, Missouri |
| Nick Collison | 4 | Forward | 6–9 | 255 | Junior | Iowa Falls, Iowa |
| Drew Gooden | 0 | Forward | 6–10 | 230 | Junior | Richmond, California |
| Lewis Harrison | 2 | Guard | 6–0 | 165 | Senior | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Jeff Hawkins | 1 | Guard | 5–11 | 175 | Freshman (RS) | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Kirk Hinrich | 10 | Guard | 6–3 | 190 | Junior | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Todd Kappelmann | 50 | Forward | 6–9 | 230 | Senior | Augusta, Kansas |
| Keith Langford | 5 | Guard | 6–4 | 205 | Freshman | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Michael Lee | 25 | Guard | 6–3 | 215 | Freshman | Portland, Oregon |
| Aaron Miles | 11 | Guard | 6–1 | 175 | Freshman | Portland, Oregon |
| Bryant Nash | 15 | Forward | 6–6 | 205 | Sophomore | Carrollton, Texas |
| Wayne Simien | 23 | Forward | 6–9 | 255 | Freshman | Leavenworth, Kansas |
| Chris Zerbe | 34 | Forward | 6–5 | 235 | Senior | Andover, Kansas |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/7/2001* | No. 4 | EA Sports All-Stars | W 98–77 | | Allen Fieldhouse (15,500) Lawrence, KS |
| 11/13/2001* | No. 4 | Fort Hays State | W 95–41 | | Allen Fieldhouse (15,300) Lawrence, KS |
| Maui Invitational Tournament ||||||
| 11/19/2001* 3:30PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 4 | vs. Ball State | L 91–93 | 0–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI |
| 11/20/2001* 3:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 4 | vs. Houston | W 95–78 | 1–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI |
| 11/21/2001* 2:30PM, ESPN | No. 4 | vs. Seton Hall | W 80–62 | 2–1 | Lahaina Civic Center (2,500) Maui, HI |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/28/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 8 | Pittsburg State | W 105–62 | 3–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,100) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/1/2001* 1:30PM, CBS | No. 8 | at No. 4 Arizona | W 105–97 | 4–1 | McKale Center (14,562) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/4/2001* 8:00PM, ESPN | No. 4 | No. 23 Wake Forest | W 83–76 | 5–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/8/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 4 | UMKC | W 79–68 | 6–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/12/2001* 7:00PM, ESPN2 | No. 4 | at Princeton | W 78–62 | 7–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (6,861) Princeton, NJ |
| 12/15/2001* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 4 | South Carolina State | W 106–73 | 8–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/22/2001* 1:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 3 | at North Dakota | W 108–77 | 9–1 | Ralph Engelstad Arena (13,280) Grand Forks, ND |
| 12/29/2001* 8:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 2 | Tulsa Morse Chevrolet Shootout | W 93–85 | 10–1 | Kemper Arena (16,013) Kansas City, MO |
| 1/2/2002* 7:00PM, Jayhawk-TV | No. 2 | Valparaiso | W 81–73 | 11–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 1/5/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | at Colorado | W 97–85 | 12–1 | Coors Events Center (11,076) Bouler, CO |
| 1/9/2002 7:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 1 | Nebraska | W 96–57 | 13–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 1/12/2002* 2:00PM, CBS | No. 1 | at No. 11 UCLA | L 77–87 | 13–2 | Pauley Pavilion (12,280) Los Angeles, CA |
| 1/15/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 4 | at No. 6 Oklahoma State | W 79–61 | 14–2 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Stillwater, OK |
| 1/19/2002 12:00PM, ABC | No. 4 | No. 5 Oklahoma | W 74–67 | 15–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 1/23/2002 8:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | at Iowa State | W 88–81 | 16–2 | James H. Hilton Coliseum (12,771) Ames, IA |
| 1/26/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | at Texas A&M | W 86–74 | 17–2 | Reed Arena (10,706) College Station, TX |
| 1/28/2002 8:00PM, ESPN | No. 2 | No. 22 Missouri Border War | W 105–73 | 18–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 2/2/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | Colorado | W 100–73 | 19–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 2/4/2002 8:00PM, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown | W 98–71 | 20–2 | Bramlage Coliseum (12,238) Manhattan, KS |
| 2/9/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | No. 24 Texas Tech | W 108–81 | 21–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 2/11/2002 8:00PM, ESPN | No. 2 | at Texas | W 110–103 OT | 22–2 | Frank Erwin Center (15,495) Austin, TX |
| 2/16/2002 3:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 2 | Baylor | W 87–72 | 23–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 2/18/2002 8:00PM, ESPN | No. 1 | Iowa State | W 102–66 | 24–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 2/24/2002 3:00PM, CBS | No. 1 | at Nebraska | W 88–87 | 25–2 | Bob Devaney Sports Center (14,055) Lincoln, NE |
| 2/27/2002 7:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 1 | Kansas State Sunflower Showdown | W 103–68 | 26–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| 3/3/2002 1:00PM, CBS | No. 1 | at Missouri Border War | W 95–92 | 27–2 | Hearnes Center (13,545) Columbia, MO |
| Big 12 tournament ||||||
| 3/8/2002 12:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 1 | vs. Colorado Quarterfinals | W 102–73 | 28–2 | Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO |
| 3/9/2002 1:00PM, Big 12 (ESPN+) | No. 1 | vs. Texas Tech Semifinals | W 90–50 | 29–2 | Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO |
| 3/10/2002 2:00PM, ESPN | No. 1 | vs. No. 4 Oklahoma Championship Game | L 55–64 | 29–3 | Kemper Arena (18,848) Kansas City, MO |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 3/14/2002* 6:50PM, CBS | No. 2 (1) | vs. (16) Holy Cross First Round | W 70–59 | 30–3 | Edward Jones Dome (26,612) St. Louis, MO |
| 3/16/2002* 6:50PM, CBS | No. 2 (1) | No. 24 (8) Stanford Second Round | W 86–63 | 31–3 | Edward Jones Dome (31,484) St. Louis, MO |
| 3/22/2002* 1:40PM, CBS | No. 2 (1) | vs. No. 13 (4) Illinois Sweet Sixteen | W 73–69 | 32–3 | Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, WI |
| 3/24/2002* 1:40PM, CBS | No. 2 (1) | vs. No. 11 (2) Oregon Elite Eight | W 104–86 | 33–3 | Kohl Center (16,310) Madison, WI |
| 3/30/2002* 7:47PM, CBS | No. 2 (1) | vs. No. 4 (1) Maryland Final Four | L 88–97 | 33–4 | Georgia Dome (53,378) Atlanta, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||

## Rankings

| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 |
| AP | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Coaches | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |