The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators, and the Roanoke Dazzle. The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2 games to 0 to win the inaugural NBDL Championship.
Regular season standings
Season award winners
League leaders
- Marshall Phillips: Roanoke Dazzle, Minutes Played (1051)
- Isaac Fontaine: Mobile Revelers, Field Goals (305)
- Isaac Fontaine: Mobile Revelers, Field Goals Attempts (654)
- Lorenzo Coleman: Roanoke Dazzle, Field Goal Pct. (.606)
- Artie Griffin: Roanoke Dazzle, 3-Pt Field Goals (103)
- Artie Griffin: Roanoke Dazzle, 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts (270)
- Terry Dehere: North Charleston Lowgators, 3-Pt Field Goal Pct. (.450)
- Tremaine Fowlkes: Columbus Riverdragons, Free Throws (269)
- Tremaine Fowlkes: Columbus Riverdragons, Free Throw Attempts (364)
- Tremaine Fowlkes: Columbus Riverdragons, Free Throw Pct. (.905)
- Derek Hood: Mobile Revelers, Offensive Rebounds (159)
- Thomas Hamilton: Greenville Groove/Roanoke Dazzle, Defensive Rebounds (342)
- Thomas Hamilton/Derek Hood: Greenville Groove/Roanoke Dazzle, Mobile Revelers, Total Rebounds (468)
- Omar Cook: Fayetteville Patriots, Assists (272)
- Fred House: North Charleston Lowgators, Steals (139)
- Lee Scruggs: Asheville Altitude, Blocks (118)
- Thomas Hamilton: Greenville Groove/Roanoke Dazzle, Turnovers (178)
- Galen Young: North Charleston Lowgators, Personal Fouls (211)
- Isaac Fontaine: Mobile Revelers, Points (906)
- Artie Griffin: Roanoke Dazzle, Minutes per game (34.2)
- Isaac Fontaine: Mobile Revelers, Points per game (17.4)
- Thomas Hamilton: Greenville Groove/Roanoke Dazzle, Rebounds per game (9.4)
- Omar Cook: Fayetteville Patriots, Assists per game (7.8)
- Fred House: North Charleston Lowgators, Steals per game (2.5)
- Lee Scruggs: Asheville Altitude, Blocks per game (2.1)
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Playoffs
There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
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NBDL Championship
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Greenville |
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North Charleston |
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Mobile |
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References
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