2001–02 National Basketball Development League season

August 2023 2001–02 NBDL season NBDL Basketball Draft 2001 NBDL Draft Chris Andersen List of first overall NBA Development League draft picks Fayetteville Patriots Regular season North Charleston Lowgators Ansu Sesay (Greenville Groove) NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award Isaac Fontaine (Mobile Revelers)(17.4 ppg) Finals #Playoffs Greenville Groove North Charleston Lowgators List of NBA Development League yearly standings NBA Development League 2002–03 National Basketball Development League season 2002–03 The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators and Roanoke Dazzle. The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2–0 in the best-of-three Finals series to win the inaugural NBDL championship.History of the National Basketball Developmental League Regular season standings Team W L PCT GB North Charleston Lowgators 36 20 .643 — Greenville Groove 36 20 .643 — Columbus Riverdragons 31 25 .554 5 Mobile Revelers 30 26 .536 6 Huntsville Flight 26 30 .464 10 Asheville Altitude 26 30 .464 10 Fayetteville Patriots 21 35 .375 15 Roanoke Dazzle 18 38 .321 18 Statistics leaders Category Player Team Stat Points per game Isaac Fontaine Mobile Revelers 17.4 Rebounds per game Thomas Hamilton Greenville Groove 9.4 Assists per game Omar Cook Fayetteville Patriots 7.8 Steals per game Fred House North Charleston Lowgators 2.5 Blocks per game Lee Scruggs Asheville Altitude 2.1 Field goal percentage Lorenzo Coleman Roanoke Dazzle 60.6% 3-pt field goal percentage Terry Dehere North Charleston Lowgators 45.0% Free throw percentage Isaac Fontaine Mobile Revelers 90.5% Source: Basketball-Reference Season award winners Award Winner Team Most Valuable Player Ansu Sesay Greenville Groove Rookie of the Year Fred House North Charleston Lowgators Defensive Player of the Year Jeff Myers Greenville Groove Sportsmanship Award Mike Wilks Huntsville Flight All-NBDL Teams First Team: Forward: Tremaine Fowlkes – Columbus Riverdragons Forward: Ansu Sesay – Greenville Groove Center: Thomas Hamilton – Greenville Groove Guard: Isaac Fontaine – Mobile Revelers Guard: Billy Thomas – Greenville Groove Second Team: Forward: Derek Hood – Mobile Revelers Forward: Sedric Webber – North Charleston Lowgators Center: Paul Grant – Asheville Altitude Guard: Omar Cook – Fayetteville Patriots Guard: Terrell McIntyre – Fayetteville Patriots Honorable Mention: Forward: Nate Johnson – Columbus Riverdragons Forward: Rahim Lockhart – Greenville Groove Forward: Gabe Muoneke – Columbus Riverdragons Forward: Greg Stempin – Fayetteville Patriots Center: Jeff Aubry – Fayetteville Patriots Center: Eric Chenowith – Huntsville Flight Guard: Nate Green – North Charleston Lowgators Guard: Artie Griffin – Roanoke Dazzle Guard: Fred House – North Charleston Lowgators Guard: Jimmie Hunter – Huntsville Flight Guard: Jeff Myers – Greenville Groove Source: NBA.com Inaugural head coaches Asheville- Joey Meyer Columbus - Jeff Malone Fayetteville - Nate Archibald Greenville - Milton Barnes Huntsville - Bob Thornton Mobile - Sam Vincent North Charleston - Alex English Roanoke - Kent Davison Playoffs There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series. Semifinals(Best-of-3) Finals(Best-of-3) y 2 Greenville 3 Columbus 2 1 1 North Charleston 4 Mobile 2 1 2 Greenville 1 North Charleston 2 0 List of Playoff games Semifinals March 28: Columbus 81, Greenville 78 March 29: Greenville 96, Columbus 78 April 6: Greenville 79, Columbus 78 March 24: Mobile 78, North Charleston 75 April 3: North Charleston 77, Mobile 70 April 6: North Charleston 80, Mobile 78 Finals April 8: Greenville 81, North Charleston 63 April 10: Greenville 75, North Charleston 68 Greenville defeated North Charleston on April 10 to win the first NBDL championship.http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/bracket0102.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160610060203/http://www.nba.com/dleague/nbdl/bracket0102.html June 10, 2016 NBDL: Playoff Bracket NBA.com https://apbr.org/nbdl.html History of the National Basketball Developmental League References