2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2001–02 Kent State Golden Flashes Basketball File:Kent State K.svg 200px Mid-American Conference South MAC 12 30–6 17–1 Stan Heath 1st Jim Christian Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center MAC tournament championsMAC Regular Season ChampionsMAC East Division Champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight 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.2015–16 Men's Basketball Record Book http://www.mac-sports.com/documents/2015/12/2/1516MBBRecordBook.pdf December 2, 2015 Mid-American Conference 32 Roster 2001 Kent State Golden Flashes y Nate Gerwig 2 C 6 9 260 Fr Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Demetric Shaw 10 G 6 3 195 Sr Fort Worth, Texas Andrew Mitchell 12 G 5 11 160 Sr Detroit, Michigan Bryan Pellegrino 13 G 6 3 195 Fr Solon, Ohio Jonathan Merritt 15 F 6 7 200 Fr West Bloomfield, Michigan Eric Haut 22 G 6 0 195 So y Lansing, Michigan Trevor Huffman 24 G 6 1 190 Sr Petoskey, Michigan Brian Howard 32 G 6 5 210 So Troy, Michigan Anthony Wilkins 32 G 6 7 215 Jr Cleveland, Ohio Bryan Bedford 34 F 6 4 230 So Racine, Wisconsin Eric Thomas 40 F 6 4 205 Sr Springfield, Ohio Antonio Gates 44 F 6 4 240 Jr y Detroit, Michigan John Edwards 54 C 7 0 275 So y basketball Hudson, Ohio Stan Heath Jim Christian Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style=Kent State Golden Flashes| Non-Conference Games 11/19/01 yes Mercyhurst MAC Center Kent, OH 4,216 90–68 1–0 11/23/01 yes yes Hofstra Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, PA 1,824 64–67 1–1 11/24/01 yes Robert Morris Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, PA 1,416 83–55 2–1 11/25/01 yes yes UC Irvine Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, PA 1,214 75–64 3–1 11/28/01 yes yes Kentucky 13 Firstar Center Cincinnati, OH 10,352 68–82 3–2 12/1/01 yes Chattanooga MAC Center Kent, OH 4,155 75–56 4–2 12/15/01 yes yes Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH 3,168 70–75 4–3 12/20/01 yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 10,250 56–62 4–4 12/22/01 yes yes Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 4,802 61–48 5–4 12/29 yes yes Cleveland State Gund Arena Cleveland, OH 10,276 66–62 6–4 12/31/01 yes St. Bonaventure MAC Center Kent, OH 4,318 93–82 OT 7–4 |- !colspan=9 style=Kent State Golden Flashes| Conference Games 1/2/02 Ball State MAC Center Kent, OH 5,073 81–54 8–4 1–0 1/5/02 yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 5,753 73–70 9–4 2–0 1/9/02 yes Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, NY 1,584 65–66 9–5 2–1 1/12/02 Ohio MAC Center Kent, OH 5,418 71–56 10–5 3–1 1/16/02 yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 3,838 78–54 11–5 4–1 1/19/02 Western Michigan MAC Center Kent, OH 4,213 75–72 12–5 5–1 1/22/02 Buffalo MAC Center Kent, OH 4,177 91–53 13–5 6–1 1/26/02 yes Bowling Green Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH 4,735 70–67 14–5 7–1 1/29/02 yes Eastern Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 1,581 82–62 15–5 8–1 2/2/02 Toledo MAC Center Kent, OH 5,117 79–52 16–5 9–1 2/4/02 Bowling Green MAC Center Kent, OH 5,350 76–64 17–5 10–1 2/9/02 yes Central Michigan Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 4,927 96–66 18–5 11–1 2/13/02 yes Northern Illinois Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL 73–61 19–5 12–1 2/16/02 Miami (OH) MAC Center Kent, OH 5,782 73–57 20–5 13–1 2/19/02 Marshall MAC Center Kent, OH 5,102 116–76 21–5 14–1 2/23/02 yes Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH 70–67 22–5 15–1 2/25/02 Akron MAC Center Kent, OH 6,209 67–57 23–5 16–1 3/2/02 yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, OH 5,012 70–67 24–5 17–1 |- !colspan=9 style=Kent State Golden Flashes| MAC Tournament 3/7/02 yes 1 Marshall 8 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH MAC Tournament Quarterfinal 82–70 25–5 3/8/02 yes 1 Toledo 4 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH MAC Tournament Semifinal 86–61 26–5 3/9/02 yes 1 Bowling Green 3 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH MAC tournament championship 14,106 70–59 27–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Kent State Golden Flashes| NCAA Tournament 3/14/02 12:20 p.m. yes yes 10 S Oklahoma State 20 7 S BI-LO Center Greenville, SC First Round 13,194 69–61 28–5 3/16/02 yes yes 10 S Alabama 9 2 S BI-LO Center Greenville, SC Second Round 13,962 71–58The Guard That No One Wanted https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/03/16/the-guard-that-no-one-wanted/2233c04d-e323-43eb-b66f-5b4844599a6f/ The Washington Post March 16, 2002 January 26, 2020COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Overlooked Kent State Overwhelms Alabama https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/sports/college-basketball-overlooked-kent-state-overwhelms-alabama.html The New York Times March 17, 2002 January 26, 2020 29–5 3/21/02 yes yes 10 S Pittsburgh 8 3 S Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Sweet Sixteen 22,338 78–73 OTFor Kent State, 'Validation' https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/03/22/for-kent-state-validation/2b9104ce-d2b8-4425-aca8-8bc553cfaf37/ The Washington Post March 22, 2002 January 26, 2020 30–5 3/23/02 yes yes 10 S Indiana 5 S Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Elite Eight 22,435 69–81Hot-shooting Indiana cools off Kent State with 81-69 victory https://www.baltimoresun.com/2002/03/24/hot-shooting-indiana-cools-off-kent-state-with-81-69-victory/ The Baltimore Sun March 24, 2002 January 26, 2020 30–6 AP poll Eastern S South https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/kent-state/2002-schedule.html 2001-02 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results Rankings 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 1108–1109 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 References Category:Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball seasons Kent State Kent State Kent State Kent State