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2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Atlantic Coast Conference
8–20 (4–12 ACC)
Matt Doherty (2nd season)
Bob MacKinnon Jr. (2nd season)
Fred Quartlebaum (2nd season)
Doug Wojcik (2nd season)
Jason Capel
Kris Lang
Dean Smith Center

The 2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Matt Doherty. The team captains for this season were Jason Capel and Kris Lang. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Fingleton only played one game, against Davidson, before announcing he would transfer at the end of 2001. He later transferred to Holy Cross.

The Tar Heels started their regular season with three losses, the first time they had done so in 73 years. Their first regular season and conference win over Georgia Tech avoided the program's first 0-4 start in its history.

The Tar Heels were ranked number 19 in that season's preseason AP Poll. They fell out of the AP Poll after losing to Hampton. It would be the Tar Heels' only AP Poll ranking that season.

The 2001-02 season was also the first season the Tar Heels did not make it to the championship game of the Tournament of Champions presented by Hardee's in ten years, falling to Charleston in the second game. The Tar Heels did manage to upset Saint Joseph's, then ranked number 15 in the AP Poll, in the consolation game.

Prior to 2002, the largest margin of defeat against the Tar Heels in the Dean Smith Center was set in a 20-point loss against Duke in 1999. Kentucky, with 17 points, and NC State, with 18 points, nearly broke Duke's record, before Wake Forest succeeded with 22 points; Duke then reclaimed the record with a 29-point victory.

At the time, the away game at Cole Field House was the worst defeat in 79 years against Maryland, and the most points an opponent scored over the Tar Heels. The defeat also nearly matched the Tar Heels' worst defeat in their history with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The home loss against NC State was also the worst home defeat to the Wolfpack since Dean Smith's first year as coach in 1962.

The Tar Heels matched their record for most losses in a season (15 losses in the 1950–51 and 1951-52 seasons) after their loss to Maryland at home. They would end the season with 20 losses, the most losses in the history of the program.

The Tar Heels ended their regular season at home with a 6-9 record, the worst home record in the history of the program.

In the 2002 ACC men's basketball tournament, the seventh-seeded Tar Heels were defeated by second-seeded Duke, who would go on to win that year's tournament.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
October 25, 2001*7:30 pm		Blue-White Game Scrimmage						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
November 4, 2001*1:00 pm		EA Sports All-Stars Exhibition game	L 76 - 107	0-0	34 – Lang	8 – Tied	8 – Morrison	Dean Smith Center (5,038)Chapel Hill, NC
November 10, 2001*4:30 pm	No. 19	Nike Elite Exhibition game	W 81 - 70	0-0	27 – Lang	15 – Johnson	5 – Boone	Dean Smith Center (7,528)Chapel Hill, NC
November 16, 2001*7:30 pm	No. 19	Hampton	L 69-77	0-1	17 – Capel	11 – Capel	5 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (17,320)Chapel Hill, NC
November 20, 2001*7:00 pm, RSN		Davidson	L 54-58	0-2	15 – Scott	11 – Capel	5 – Capel	Dean Smith Center (14,705)Chapel Hill, NC
November 28, 2001*9:00 pm, ESPN		Indiana ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 66-79	0-3	27 – Lang	9 – Capel	5 – Scott	Dean Smith Center (18,358)Chapel Hill, NC
December 2, 20016:00, RSN		Georgia Tech	W 83-77	1-3(1-0)	21 – Morrison	13 – Lang	5 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (17,492)Chapel Hill, NC
December 8, 2001*4:00 pm, CBS		at No. 11 Kentucky Rivalry	L 59-79	1-4	18 – Lang	12 – Capel	4 – Morrison	Rupp Arena (23,153)Lexington, KY
December 16, 2001*1:00 pm, RJ		Binghamton	W 61-60	2-4	12 – Williams	10 – Capel	6 – Capel	Dean Smith Center (12,132)Chapel Hill, NC
December 21, 2001*9:15 pm, RJ		vs. Charleston Tournament of Champions	L 60-66	2-5	14 – Tied	10 – Capel	4 – Capel	Cricket Arena (9,713)Charlotte, NC
December 22, 2001*7:00 pm, RJ		vs. No. 15 Saint Joseph's Tournament of Champions	W 92-76	3-5	21 – Capel	16 – Capel	5 – Morrison	Cricket Arena (5,115)Charlotte, NC
December 27, 2001*7:30 pm		North Carolina A&T	W 104-66	4-5	26 – Capel	9 – Bersticker	5 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (15,150)Chapel Hill, NC
December 30, 2001*8:00 pm, RSN		Texas A&M	W 96-62	5-5	22 – Capel	16 – Capel	6 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (15,676)Chapel Hill, NC
January 5, 20024:00 pm, ESPN		No. 23 Wake Forest	L 62-84	5-6(1-1)	13 – Capel	9 – Capel	4 – Boone	Dean Smith Center (21,293)Chapel Hill, NC
January 9, 20027:30 pm, ESPN2		at No. 4 Maryland	L 79-112	5-7(1-2)	27 – Capel	7 – Lang	5 – Tied	Cole Field House (14,500)College Park, MD
January 12, 200212:00 pm, ESPN		No. 7 Virginia	L 67-71	5-8(1-3)	18 – Lang	7 – Manuel	5 – Capel	Dean Smith Center (20,079)Chapel Hill, NC
January 16, 20027:00 pm, ESPN2		at Florida State	L 71-81	5-9(1-4)	23 – Lang	8 – Lang	4 – Manuel	Tallahassee Civic Center (7,523)Tallahassee, FL
January 19, 2002*4:00 pm, CBS		at Connecticut	L 54-86	5-10	15 – Lang	8 – Williams	3 – Boone	Gampel Pavilion (10,027)Storrs, CT
January 23, 20029:00 pm, RJ		NC State Carolina–State Game	L 59-77	5-11(1-5)	27 – Lang	7 – Williams	6 – Morrison	Dean Smith Center (21,750)Chapel Hill, NC
January 27, 20026:00 pm, RSN		at Clemson	W 87-69	6-11(2-5)	23 – Boone	10 – Boone	4 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)Clemson, SC
January 31, 20029:00 pm, ESPN		No. 1 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry	L 58-87	6-12(2-6)	12 – Morrison	5 – Manuel	4 – Morrison	Dean Smith Center (21,750)Chapel Hill, NC
February 2, 20021:00 pm, CBS		at Georgia Tech	L 74-86	6-13(2-7)	21 – Capel	13 – Lang	7 – Boone	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,550)Atlanta, GA
February 6, 20029:00 pm, RJ		at No. 19 Wake Forest	L 66-90	6-14(2-8)	13 – Morrison	8 – Lang	4 – Capel	LJVM Coliseum (13,523)Winston-Salem, NC
February 10, 20026:30 pm, RSN		No. 3 Maryland	L 77-92	6-15(2-9)	23 – Lang	11 – Williams	5 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (18,751)Chapel Hill, NC
February 12, 20028:00 pm, RJ		at No. 15 Virginia	L 63-73	6-16(2-10)	19 – Lang	9 – Capel	4 – Boone	University Hall (7,331)Charlottesville, VA
February 17, 20023:00 pm, RJ		Florida State	W 95-85	7-16(3-10)	28 – Boone	8 – Capel	6 – Boone	Dean Smith Center (17,055)Chapel Hill, NC
February 20, 2002*7:30 pm, ESPN2		Ohio	L 78-86	7-17	17 – Scott	6 – Manuel	7 – Boone	Dean Smith Center (13,252)Chapel Hill, NC
February 24, 20026:30 pm, RSN		at NC State Carolina–State Game	L 76-98	7-18(3-11)	19 – Lang	10 – Williams	5 – Boone	Raleigh ESA (19,722)Raleigh, NC
February 27, 20029:00 pm, RJ		Clemson	W 96-78	8-18	28 – Capel	5 – Tied	8 – Boone	Dean Smith Center (16,125)Chapel Hill, NC
March 3, 20023:30 pm, ABC		at No. 3 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry	L 68-93	8-19(4-12)	20 – Capel	9 – Capel	8 – Boone	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)Durham, NC
March 8, 20027:00 pm, ESPN	(7)	vs. (2) No. 3 Duke Quarterfinals/Rivalry	L 48-60	8-20	14 – Lang	12 – Capel	4 – Capel	Charlotte Coliseum (23,895)Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

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