2001–02 NBL season

Professional basketball season April 2022 March 2026 2001–02 NBL season National Basketball League 2001–02 Finals 2002 NBL Finals Adelaide 36ers (4th title) West Sydney Razorbacks Victoria TitansMelbourne Tigers 11 11 October 2001 – 19 April 2002 Victoria Titans Australia: Fox Sports Mark Bradtke (Melbourne) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player AUS Brett Maher (Adelaide) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final AUS Randy Rutherford (Brisbane) 25.0 USA List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Mark Bradtke (Melbourne) 13.1 AUS Shane Heal (Sydney) 7.5 AUS List of NBL seasons NBL 2000–01 NBL season 2000–01 2002–03 NBL season 2002–03 The 2001–02 NBL season was the 24th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league, The free-to-air television network ABC did not return this season only showing on Fox Sports on Foxtel. Regular season The 2001–02 regular season took place over 24 rounds between 11 October 2001 and 23 March 2002. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/10/2001 SK 117–99 WSR Sydney Super Dome N/A 35137 12/10/2001 WH 108–97 CC WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35138 13/10/2001 CC 87–75 BB AIS Arena N/A 35139 13/10/2001 TC 100–92 CT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35140 13/10/2001 A36 94–77 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 35141 13/10/2001 MT 109–103 VT Hisense Arena N/A 35142 14/10/2001 WSR 107–81 WH State Sports Centre N/A 35143 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 19/10/2001 BB 91–98 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35144 19/10/2001 CC 81–80 PW AIS Arena N/A 35145 19/10/2001 TC 105–111 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35146 20/10/2001 VT 103–85 PW Hisense Arena N/A 35147 20/10/2001 WH 106–119 SK WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35148 20/10/2001 CT 97–79 A36 Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35149 21/10/2001 WSR 110–89 MT State Sports Centre N/A 35150 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 26/10/2001 BB 78–81 PW Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35151 26/10/2001 CC 108–98 SK AIS Arena N/A 35152 26/10/2001 CT 91–74 VT Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35153 27/10/2001 WSR 119–98 PW State Sports Centre N/A 35154 27/10/2001 MT 122–95 CC Hisense Arena N/A 35155 27/10/2001 TC 91–94 VT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35156 27/10/2001 A36 102–93 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 35157 27/10/2001 SK 122–95 BB Sydney Super Dome N/A 35158 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 1/11/2001 CC 83–112 VT AIS Arena N/A 35159 2/11/2001 SK 138–88 CT Sydney Super Dome N/A 35160 2/11/2001 A36 127–97 TC Adelaide Arena N/A 35161 3/11/2001 PW 82–99 TC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35162 3/11/2001 VT 93–102 WH Hisense Arena N/A 35163 3/11/2001 BB 108–104 WSR Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35164 4/11/2001 MT 115–121 SK Hisense Arena N/A 35165 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 9/11/2001 VT 91–98 CT Hisense Arena N/A 35166 10/11/2001 TC 112–125 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35167 10/11/2001 WSR 130–80 CT State Sports Centre N/A 35168 10/11/2001 MT 102–98 PW Hisense Arena N/A 35169 10/11/2001 A36 112–104 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 35170 10/11/2001 CC 98–76 WH AIS Arena N/A 35171 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 16/11/2001 WSR 98–114 BB State Sports Centre N/A 35172 16/11/2001 WH 91–96 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35173 17/11/2001 VT 86–84 A36 Hisense Arena N/A 35174 18/11/2001 MT 85–105 BB Hisense Arena N/A 35175 18/11/2001 CT 84–91 WH Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35176 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/11/2001 TC 122–112 VT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35177 20/11/2001 SK 114–96 PW Sydney Super Dome N/A 35178 23/11/2001 WH 97–90 BB WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35179 23/11/2001 A36 95–98 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 35180 23/11/2001 CC 97–105 SK AIS Arena N/A 35181 23/11/2001 CT 90–100 WSR Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35182 24/11/2001 TC 97–94 WSR Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35183 24/11/2001 PW 106–99 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35185 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 28/11/2001 PW 88–83 VT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35186 29/11/2001 CT 80–90 MT Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35187 30/11/2001 CC 109–106 TC AIS Arena N/A 35188 30/11/2001 WH 98–90 WSR WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35189 1/12/2001 SK 129–110 CT Sydney Super Dome N/A 35190 1/12/2001 BB 101–112 TC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35191 1/12/2001 A36 91–111 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 35192 2/12/2001 MT 92–95 WH Hisense Arena N/A 35193 2/12/2001 WSR 106–99 PW State Sports Centre N/A 35194 3/12/2001 VT 119–107 BB Hisense Arena N/A 35184 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 7/12/2001 BB 99–96 CC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35195 8/12/2001 A36 109–95 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 35196 8/12/2001 WH 120–105 TC WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35197 8/12/2001 WSR 81–79 VT State Sports Centre N/A 35198 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 14/12/2001 VT 99–86 WSR Hisense Arena N/A 35199 15/12/2001 TC 132–102 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35200 15/12/2001 MT 104–85 WSR Hisense Arena N/A 35201 15/12/2001 PW 116–93 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35202 15/12/2001 WH 101–96 BB Shoalhaven Stadium N/A 35203 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 18/12/2001 BB 98–104 WH Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A 35204 21/12/2001 SK 111–100 TC Sydney Super Dome N/A 35205 22/12/2001 WSR 117–85 A36 State Sports Centre N/A 35206 22/12/2001 CT 85–97 BB Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35207 22/12/2001 VT 118–93 PW Hisense Arena N/A 35208 22/12/2001 CC 70–80 WH AIS Arena N/A 35209 23/12/2001 MT 107–99 TC Hisense Arena N/A 35210 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 26/12/2001 VT 100–89 SK Hisense Arena N/A 35211 28/12/2001 PW 95–102 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35212 28/12/2001 CT 90–105 TC Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35213 29/12/2001 WH 122–112 SK WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35214 31/12/2001 A36 128–99 CC Adelaide Arena N/A 35215 31/12/2001 TC 95–98 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35216 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 1/01/2002 VT 104–93 WSR Hisense Arena N/A 35217 4/01/2002 CT 101–105 A36 Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35218 5/01/2002 SK 105–130 MT Sydney Super Dome N/A 35219 5/01/2002 CC 112–105 TC AIS Arena N/A 35220 5/01/2002 PW 93–87 WH Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35221 5/01/2002 BB 110–96 A36 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35222 6/01/2002 WSR 98–93 CT State Sports Centre N/A 35223 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 9/01/2002 CT 98–73 CC Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35224 11/01/2002 BB 84–90 CT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35225 11/01/2002 CC 97–98 MT AIS Arena N/A 35226 11/01/2002 A36 98–95 WSR Adelaide Arena N/A 35227 12/01/2002 TC 108–88 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35228 12/01/2002 WH 89–102 MT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35229 12/01/2002 SK 80–101 VT Sydney Super Dome N/A 35230 12/01/2002 PW 118–95 WSR Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35231 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 16/01/2002 VT 102–89 CC Ballarat Stadium N/A 35232 18/01/2002 WSR 97–92 CC State Sports Centre N/A 35233 18/01/2002 TC 100–98 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35234 19/01/2002 SK 109–98 A36 Sydney Super Dome N/A 32538 19/01/2002 WH 101–96 WSR WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35235 19/01/2002 PW 103–73 CT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35236 19/01/2002 BB 100–90 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35237 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22/01/2002 PW 89–86 CT Bunbury Stadium N/A 35239 25/01/2002 TC 123–108 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35240 25/01/2002 WH 93–80 PW WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35241 26/01/2002 A36 126–105 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 35242 26/01/2002 CC 85–81 MT AIS Arena N/A 35243 26/01/2002 CT 84–96 SK Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35244 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 31/01/2002 PW 108–102 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35245 1/02/2002 WSR 123–107 TC State Sports Centre N/A 35246 1/02/2002 BB 84–93 VT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35247 1/02/2002 SK 78–100 WH Sydney Super Dome N/A 35248 2/02/2002 MT 114–111 TC Hisense Arena N/A 35249 2/02/2002 CT 86–96 VT Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35250 2/02/2002 CC 91–95 A36 AIS Arena N/A 35251 3/02/2002 PW 112–105 SK Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35252 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 8/02/2002 VT 123–98 MT Hisense Arena N/A 35253 8/02/2002 CT 104–96 TC Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35254 8/02/2002 A36 104–94 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 35255 9/02/2002 SK 95–124 WSR Sydney Super Dome N/A 35256 9/02/2002 PW 97–85 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35257 10/02/2002 TC 136–87 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35258 10/02/2002 MT 111–114 A36 Hisense Arena N/A 35259 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 13/02/2002 A36 120–101 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 35260 15/02/2002 WH 80–85 CT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35261 15/02/2002 WSR 112–106 TC State Sports Centre N/A 35262 15/02/2002 VT 121–103 A36 Hisense Arena N/A 35263 16/02/2002 CC 105–74 CT AIS Arena N/A 35264 16/02/2002 PW 109–96 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35265 16/02/2002 SK 102–110 VT Sydney Super Dome N/A 35266 17/02/2002 MT 96–108 WSR Hisense Arena N/A 35267 Round 20 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22/02/2002 TC 118–110 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35268 22/02/2002 CC 102–98 WSR AIS Arena N/A 35273 23/02/2002 CT 94–100 MT Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35269 23/02/2002 A36 90–98 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 35270 23/02/2002 BB 116–108 SK Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35271 23/02/2002 WH 87–116 VT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35272 Round 21 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 28/02/2002 MT 99–112 SK Hisense Arena N/A 35274 1/03/2002 CT 85–95 PW Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35275 1/03/2002 VT 126–108 CC Hisense Arena N/A 35276 2/03/2002 SK 106–93 CC Sydney Super Dome N/A 35277 2/03/2002 A36 102–120 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 35278 2/03/2002 TC 106–120 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35279 2/03/2002 BB 101–99 WSR Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35280 3/03/2002 WH 110–113 CT WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35281 Round 22 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 8/03/2002 SK 110–113 BB Sydney Super Dome N/A 35282 8/03/2002 CT 103–80 CC Cairns Convention Centre N/A 35283 8/03/2002 WH 106–114 PW WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35284 9/03/2002 BB 92–112 CC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35285 9/03/2002 MT 127–121 VT Hisense Arena N/A 35287 9/03/2002 TC 107–114 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 35288 9/03/2002 WSR 128–122 SK State Sports Centre N/A 35289 Round 23 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 14/03/2002 MT 103–90 CT Keilor Stadium N/A 35289 15/03/2002 VT 125–120 TC Hisense Arena N/A 35290 15/03/2002 CC 121–94 A36 AIS Arena N/A 35291 16/03/2002 BB 111–81 CT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35292 16/03/2002 SK 124–122 PW Sydney Super Dome N/A 35293 16/03/2002 WSR 113–88 A36 State Sports Centre N/A 35294 Round 24 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/03/2002 PW 98–94 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35295 22/03/2002 VT 103–95 WH Hisense Arena N/A 35296 23/03/2002 BB 124–109 VT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 35297 23/03/2002 A36 96–81 CT Adelaide Arena N/A 35298 23/03/2002 PW 97–105 TC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35299 23/03/2002 MT 93–111 WH Hisense Arena N/A 35300 23/03/2002 WSR 95–102 CC State Sports Centre N/A 35301 Ladder The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding. 1Perth Wildcats won Head-to-Head (2-1). 23-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (4-2), West Sydney Razorbacks (3-3) and Melbourne Tigers (2-4). 3Brisbane Bullets won Head-to-Head (2-1). Finals 2002 NBL Finals Playoff bracket Qualifying Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 27/03/2002 WSR 106–85 PW State Sports Centre N/A 35302 27/03/2002 MT 107–113 VT Hisense Arena N/A 35303 28/03/2002 WH 90–107 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre N/A 35304 29/03/2002 VT 105–107 MT Hisense Arena N/A 35305 30/03/2002 PW 98–109 WSR Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 35306 31/03/2002 A36 101–95 WH Adelaide Arena N/A 35307 31/03/2002 VT 97–103 MT Hisense Arena N/A 35308 Semi-finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 3/04/2002 VT 92–99 A36 Hisense Arena N/A 35309 4/04/2002 MT 114–93 WSR Hisense Arena N/A 35310 5/04/2002 A36 81–86 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 35311 6/04/2002 WSR 125–109 MT State Sports Centre N/A 35312 7/04/2002 A36 103–92 VT Adelaide Arena N/A 35313 8/04/2002 WSR 115–103 MT State Sports Centre N/A 35314 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 12/04/2002 A36 106–97 WSR Adelaide Arena 7,800 35315 14/04/2002 WSR 103–100 A36 State Sports Centre 4,500 35316 19/04/2002 A36 125–107 WSR Adelaide Arena 7,800 35317 2001–02 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Willie Farley Adelaide 36ers 25.5 Rebounds per game Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers 13.1 Assists per game Shane Heal Sydney Kings 7.5 Steals per game Darryl McDonald Victoria Titans 2.3 Blocks per game Simon Dwight West Sydney Razorbacks 3.7 Free throw percentage Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 88.4% Three-point field goal percentage John Rillie West Sydney Razorbacks 47.4% NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Mark Bradtke, Melbourne Tigers Rookie of the Year: Travis Lane, Sydney Kingshttp://www.nbl.com.au/www/newsdetail.asp?LID=780 SYDNEY KING TRAVIS LANE WINS NBL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR NBL.com.au 3 April 2002 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020818221127/http://www.nbl.com.au/www/newsdetail.asp?LID=780 18 August 2002 29 January 2023 Best Defensive Player: Simon Dwight, West Sydney Razorbacks Best Sixth Man: Jamahl Mosley, Victoria Titans Most Improved Player: Wade Helliwell, Brisbane Bullets Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, Victoria Titans All NBL Team #PlayerTeam PG Ricky Grace Perth Wildcats SG Lanard Copeland Melbourne Tigers SF Mark Bradtkehttp://www.nbl.com.au/www/newsdetail.asp?LID=824 MARK BRADTKE WINS NBL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD NBL.com.au 10 April 2002 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020820052930/http://www.nbl.com.au/www/newsdetail.asp?LID=824 20 August 2002 29 January 2023 Melbourne Tigers PF Chris Anstey Victoria Titans C Paul Rogers Adelaide 36ers References External links NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures 2001–02 Category:2001 in Australian men's sport Category:2002 in Australian men's sport Category:2001–02 in Australian basketball