2001–02 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 October 2017 Basketball 2001–02 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 4 3 31–5 13–3 Kelvin Sampson 8th Ray Lopes Bennie Seltzer Jim Shaw Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 12,000) Big 12 tournament champions NCAA tournament Final Four The 2001–02 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma. The head coach was Kelvin Sampson. The team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the Big 12 Conference. Roster 2001 Oklahoma Sooners y yes Ebi Ere y 2 G 6 5 215 jr Tulsa, OK McLain Quannas White y 4 G 6 1 190 jr New Orleans, LA St. Augustine Hollis Price y 10 G 6 1 165 jr New Orleans, LA St. Augustine Aaron McGhee y 13 F 6 8 250 sr Aurora, IL East Jabahri Brown 21 C 6 10 210 so St. Thomas, VI Champagnat Catholic Daryan Selvy y 24 F 6 6 215 sr West Memphis, AR West Memphis Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke) Schedule yes |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#960018; color:#FFFDD0;"| Regular season 11/12/2001 7:00 pm 25 Central Connecticut Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 66–44 8,140 1–0 11/14/2001 9:00 pm yes 25 Michigan State 15 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 55–67 14,759 1–1 11/28/2001 7:00 pm Central Michigan Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 81–64 8,836 2–1 11/30/2001 7:00 pm yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 69–54 19,419 3–1 12/05/2001 7:00 pm St. Bonaventure Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 80–74 9,057 4–1 12/08/2001 4:00 pm Louisiana Tech Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 71–67 9,684 5–1 12/15/2001 7:00 pm 24 High Point Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 107–63 9,431 6–1 12/16/2001 6:30 pm 24 Bethune-Cookman Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 102–65 8,839 7–1 12/18/2001 7:00 pm 22 Eastern Illinois Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 109–50 8,656 8–1 12/21/2001 7:00 pm 22 Maryland 2 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 72–56 12,715 9–1 12/29/2001 8:00 pm yes 12 Texas Southern Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, OK All-College Basketball Classic 97–55 13,648 10–1 01/05/2002 7:00 pm 10 Texas A&M Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK Sooner Sports Network 89–63 10,351 11–1 1–0 01/07/2002 7:00 pm yes 5 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT 69–67 16,294 12–1 01/12/2002 12:45 pm 5 Texas Tech Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN Plus 98–72 12,654 13–1 2–0 01/16/2002 7:00 pm yes 5 Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE Sooner Sports Network 92–77 9,026 14–1 3–0 01/19/2002 12:00 pm yes 5 Kansas 4 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ABC 67–74 16,300 14–2 3–1 01/21/2002 8:00 pm 5 Missouri 21 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN 84–71 11,409 15–2 4–1 01/26/2002 12:00 pm yes 6 Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX ABC 79–92 15,098 15–3 4–2 01/30/2002 8:00 pm 6 Oklahoma State 9 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK Bedlam Series ESPN Plus 58–53 12,145 16–3 5–2 02/02/2002 3:00 pm yes 6 Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas ESPN Plus 85–84 OT 14,055 17–3 6–2 02/06/2002 7:00 pm 4 Baylor Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma Sooner Sports Network 70–57 9,872 18–3 7–2 02/09/2002 12:45 pm yes 4 Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, Texas ESPN Plus 68–64 5,252 19–3 8–2 02/13/2002 8:00 pm yes 4 Oklahoma State 16 Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma Bedlam Series ESPN Plus 72–79 OT 13,611 19–4 8–3 02/16/2002 12:45 pm 4 Kansas State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma ESPN Plus 73–62 11,317 20–4 9–3 02/19/2002 7:00 pm yes 6 Baylor Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Sooner Sports Network 65–54 6,643 21–4 10–3 02/23/2002 8:00 pm 6 Texas Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma ESPN 96–78 12,724 22–4 11–3 02/26/2002 8:00 pm 5 Iowa State Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN Plus 89–75 10,828 23–4 12–3 03/02/2002 3:00 pm yes 5 Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado ESPN Plus 82–71 6,629 24–4 13–3 |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#960018; color:#FFFDD0;"| Big 12 tournament 03/08/2002 6:00 pm 4 Kansas State Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri Quarterfinals ESPN Plus 63–52 18,848 25–4 03/09/2002 3:20 pm yes 4 Texas Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri Semifinals ESPN, ESPN Plus 67–51 18,848 26–4 03/10/2002 2:00 pm yes 4 Kansas 1 Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO Finals ESPN 64–55 18,848 27–4 |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#960018; color:#FFFDD0;"| NCAA tournament 03/15/2002 12:30 pm yes 3 W2 Illinois-Chicago W15 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas First Round CBS 71–63 19,200 28–4 03/17/2002 4:30 pm yes 3 W2 Xavier W7 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas Second Round CBS 75–68 19,951 29–4 03/21/2002 7:55 pm yes 3 W2 Arizona W3 Compaq Center San Jose, California Sweet Sixteen CBS 88–67 18,040 30–4 03/23/2002 3:40 pm yes 3 W2 Missouri W12 Compaq Center San Jose, California Elite Eight CBS 81–75McGhee Delivers In Clutch https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/03/24/mcghee-delivers-in-clutch/3e577b3c-e518-4826-88ac-8b3d9e99af6e/ The Washington Post March 24, 2002 December 27, 2020 18,040 31–4 04/01/2002 5:00 pm yes 3 W2 Indiana S5 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Final Four CBS 64–73COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Fairy-Tale Run Continues as Hoosiers Grind Out a Triumph https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/sports/college-basketball-fairy-tale-run-continues-as-hoosiers-grind-out-a-triumph.html The New York Times March 31, 2002 January 26, 2020 53,378 31–5 AP Poll Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region W=West 2020–21 Oklahoma Men's Basketball Media Guide https://soonersports.com/documents/2020/11/19/2020_21_Oklahoma_Basketball_Guide.pdf University of Oklahoma Athletics December 27, 2020 NCAA basketball tournament Seeding in brackets West Oklahoma (2) 71, Illinois Chicago (15) 63 Oklahoma 78, Xavier, Ohio (7) 65 Oklahoma 88, Arizona (3) 67 Oklahoma 81, Missouri (12) 75 Final Four Indiana 73, Oklahoma 64 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=2002 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More References Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball