2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
NCAA Tournament 1st round vs. North Carolina State, L, 69-58
Conference Big Ten Conference
2001–02 record 19-12 (10-6 Big Ten)
Head coach Tom Izzo
Assistant coach Mark Montgomery
Assistant coach Dwayne Stephens
Assistant coach Doug Wojcik
Home arena Breslin Center
2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#13 Illinois 11 5   .688     26 9   .743
Indiana 11 5   .688     25 12   .676
Wisconsin 11 5   .688     19 13   .594
Michigan State 10 6   .625     19 12   .613
Minnesota 9 7   .563     18 13   .581
Northwestern 7 9   .438     16 13   .552
Iowa 5 11   .313     19 16   .543
Purdue 5 11   .313     13 18   .419
Michigan 5 11   .313     11 18   .379
Penn State 3 13   .188     7 21   .250
#14 Ohio State*† 0 0       0 0  
2002 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

The 2001–02 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule and results

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
Exhibition Games
11/02/01* Magic Johnson All-Stars W 8987  Breslin Center
Regular Season
11/12/01* #15 Detroit
(Preseason NIT)
W 8070  10 (0-0) Breslin Center
11/14/01 #15 #24 Oklahoma W 67-55  2-0 (0-0)
11/21/01* #13 vs. #18 Syracuse L 58-69  2-1 (0-0)
11/23/01* #13 vs. #21 Fresno State L 58-63  2-2 (0-0)
12/5/01* #24 at #4 Florida L 70-74  2-3 (0-0)
12/9/01* #24 Nicholls state W 92-38  3-3 (0-0)
12/15/01* #23 #7 Arizona W 74-60  4-3 (0-0)
12/17/01* #23 UNC-Asheville W 76-56  5-3
Big Ten Tournament
3/08/02 vs. Indiana L 67–56  19-11 (10-6)
NCAA Tournament
3/15/02* vs. North Carolina State L 69-58  19-12 (10-6) MCI Center
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [1].

References

  1. "msuspartans.com Retrieved on October 30, 2010