2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. As a 8 seed, the Fighting Irish defeated the 9 seed Charlotte in the first round, 82–63. Notre Dame would fall to Duke in the second round.

2001–02 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	22–11 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Mike Brey (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Anthony Solomon (2nd season)
Home arena	Joyce Center

2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut†	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
No. 21 Miami	10	–	6		.625			24	–	8		.750
St. John's	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Boston College	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Villanova	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
Providence	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Virginia Tech*	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh	13	–	3		.813			29	–	6		.829
Notre Dame	10	–	6		.625			22	–	11		.667
Georgetown	9	–	7		.563			19	–	11		.633
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			23	–	13		.639
Rutgers	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Seton Hall	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
West Virginia*	1	–	15		.063			8	–	20		.286
† 2002 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 2002 Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 16*		New Hampshire	W 95–53	1–0	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
November 19*		Cornell	W 78–48	2–0	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
November 23*		vs. Hawaii Pacific	W 98–58	3–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
November 24*		vs. Chattanooga	W 97–84	4–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
November 25*		vs. Monmouth	W 85–48	5–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
November 28*		Army	W 86–49	6–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
December 1*		vs. DePaul	W 82–55	7–0	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
December 4*		at Indiana	L 75–76	7–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 8*		at Miami (OH)	W 70–69	8–1	Millett Hall  Oxford, Ohio
December 22*		at Canisius	W 84–73	9–1	Koessler Athletic Center  Buffalo, NY
December 27*		vs. Alabama	L 76–79	9–2	New Orleans Arena  New Orleans, Louisiana
December 30*		Colgate	W 92–61	10–2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
January 2		Villanova	L 72–74	10–3 (0–1)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
January 9		at West Virginia	W 67–64	11–3 (1–1)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
January 12		at Pittsburgh	W 56–53	12–3 (2–1)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 14		at Syracuse	L 51–56	12–4 (2–2)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
January 19*  CBS		Kentucky	L 65–72	12–5 (2–2)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
January 21		Georgetown	L 73–83	12–6 (2–3)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
January 26		Seton Hall	W 60–51	13–6 (3–3)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
January 30		Pittsburgh	W 89–76	14–6 (4–3)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
February 3		at Seton Hall	W 63–61	15–6 (5–3)	Izod Center  East Rutherford, NJ
February 6		Rutgers	W 89–72	15–6 (6–3)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
February 9		at Georgetown	W 116–111 4OT	16–6 (7–3)	Verizon Center  Washington, D.C.
February 14		at Rutgers	L 62–65	17–7 (7–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
February 17		Syracuse	L 65–68	17–8 (7–5)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 20		West Virginia	W 89–76	18–8 (8–5)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
February 23		at Miami (FL)	W 90–77	19–8 (9–5)	Miami Arena  Miami, Florida
February 27		at St. John's	L 81–84	19–9 (9–6)	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
March 2  CBS		Providence	W 76–68	20–9 (10–6)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
Big East tournament
March 7		vs. St. John's Quarterfinal	W 83–63	21–9	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
March 8		vs. Connecticut Semifinal	L 77–82	21–10	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
NCAA tournament
March 14*  CBS		vs. Charlotte First Round	W 82–63	22–10	BI-LO Center  Greenville, SC
March 16*  CBS		vs. Duke Second Round	L 77–84	22–11	BI-LO Center  Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.