2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team
2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Division | South |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12 |
Record | 30–6 (17–1 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Jim Christian |
Home arena | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center |
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kent State† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ball State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2002 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University in the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Stan Heath, the Flashes finished their best season in program history, posting a 30–6 record and advancing to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after defeating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, upsetting second-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Pittsburgh, before falling to eventual national runners-up Indiana. The team set program and Mid-American Conference (MAC) records for overall number of wins in a season with 30 and conference wins at 17, while the team's 21-game winning streak set the MAC and team records for both overall winning streak and single-season winning streak.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference Games | |||||||||||
11/19/01* | Mercyhurst | W 90–68 | 1–0 | MAC Center (4,216) Kent, OH | |||||||
11/23/01* | vs. Hofstra | L 64–67 | 1–1 | Charles L. Sewall Center (1,824) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
11/24/01 | vs. Robert Morris | W 83–55 | 2–1 | Charles L. Sewall Center (1,416) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
11/25/01* | vs. UC Irvine | W 75–64 | 3–1 | Charles L. Sewall Center (1,214) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
11/28/01* | vs. No. 13 Kentucky | L 68–82 | 3–2 | Firstar Center (10,352) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
12/1/01* | Chattanooga | W 75–56 | 4–2 | MAC Center (4,155) Kent, OH | |||||||
12/15/01* | at Youngstown State | L 70–75 | 4–3 | Beeghly Center (3,168) Youngstown, OH | |||||||
12/20/01* | at Xavier | L 56–62 | 4–4 | Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
12/22/01* | at Illinois State | W 61–48 | 5–4 | Redbird Arena (4,802) Normal, IL | |||||||
12/29* | vs. Cleveland State | W 66–62 | 6–4 | Gund Arena (10,276) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
12/31/01* | St. Bonaventure | W 93–82 OT | 7–4 | MAC Center (4,318) Kent, OH | |||||||
Conference Games | |||||||||||
1/2/02 | Ball State | W 81–54 | 8–4 (1–0) | MAC Center (5,073) Kent, OH | |||||||
1/5/02 | at Marshall | W 73–70 | 9–4 (2–0) | Cam Henderson Center (5,753) Huntington, WV | |||||||
1/9/02 | at Buffalo | L 65–66 | 9–5 (2–1) | Alumni Arena (1,584) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
1/12/02 | Ohio | W 71–56 | 10–5 (3–1) | MAC Center (5,418) Kent, OH | |||||||
1/16/02 | at Akron | W 78–54 | 11–5 (4–1) | James A. Rhodes Arena (3,838) Akron, OH | |||||||
1/19/02 | Western Michigan | W 75–72 | 12–5 (5–1) | MAC Center (4,213) Kent, OH | |||||||
1/22/02 | Buffalo | W 91–53 | 13–5 (6–1) | MAC Center (4,177) Kent, OH | |||||||
1/26/02 | at Bowling Green | W 70–67 | 14–5 (7–1) | Anderson Arena (4,735) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
1/29/02 | at Eastern Michigan | W 82–62 | 15–5 (8–1) | Convocation Center (1,581) Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
2/2/02 | Toledo | W 79–52 | 16–5 (9–1) | MAC Center (5,117) Kent, OH | |||||||
2/4/02 | Bowling Green | W 76–64 | 17–5 (10–1) | MAC Center (5,350) Kent, OH | |||||||
2/9/02 | at Central Michigan | W 96–66 | 18–5 (11–1) | Rose Arena (4,927) Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
2/13/02 | at Northern Illinois | W 73–61 | 19–5 (12–1) | Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL | |||||||
2/16/02 | Miami (OH) | W 73–57 | 20–5 (13–1) | MAC Center (5,782) Kent, OH | |||||||
2/19/02 | Marshall | W 116–76 | 21–5 (14–1) | MAC Center (5,102) Kent, OH | |||||||
2/23/02 | at Ohio | W 70–67 | 22–5 (15–1) | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||
2/25/02 | Akron | W 67–57 | 23–5 (16–1) | MAC Center (6,209) Kent, OH | |||||||
3/2/02 | at Miami (OH) | W 70–67 | 24–5 (17–1) | Millett Hall (5,012) Oxford, OH | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
3/7/02 | (1) | vs. (8) Marshall MAC Tournament Quarterfinal | W 82–70 | 25–5 | Gund Arena Cleveland, OH | ||||||
3/8/02 | (1) | vs. (4) Toledo MAC Tournament Semifinal | W 86–61 | 26–5 | Gund Arena Cleveland, OH | ||||||
3/9/02 | (1) | vs. (3) Bowling Green MAC tournament championship | W 70–59 | 27–5 | Gund Arena (14,106) Cleveland, OH | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/14/02* | (10 S) | vs. (7 S) No. 20 Oklahoma State First Round | W 69–61 | 28–5 | BI-LO Center Greenville, SC | ||||||
3/16/02* | (10 S) | vs. (2 S) No. 9 Alabama Second Round | W 71–58[2][3] | 29–5 | BI-LO Center (13,962) Greenville, SC | ||||||
3/21/02* | (10 S) | vs. (3 S) No. 8 Pittsburgh Sweet Sixteen | W 78–73 OT[4] | 30–5 | Rupp Arena (22,338) Lexington, KY | ||||||
3/23/02* | (10 S) | vs. (5 S) Indiana Elite Eight | L 69–81[5] | 30–6 | Rupp Arena (22,435) Lexington, KY | ||||||
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Rankings
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References
- ^ 2015–16 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Mid-American Conference. December 2, 2015. p. 32.
- ^ "The Guard That No One Wanted". The Washington Post. March 16, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Overlooked Kent State Overwhelms Alabama". The New York Times. March 17, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "For Kent State, 'Validation'". The Washington Post. March 22, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "Hot-shooting Indiana cools off Kent State with 81-69 victory". The Baltimore Sun. March 24, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "2001-02 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results".
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1108–1109. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.