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

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg 100 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 8–20 4–12 Matt Doherty 2nd Bob MacKinnon Jr. 2nd Fred Quartlebaum 2nd Doug Wojcik 2nd 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.2016 Carolina Basketball 2016-17 Fact & Records Book http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/pdf/MBB2017/recordbook2017.pdf March 28, 2017 live Chapel Hill GoHeels.com https://web.archive.org/web/20161122200828/http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/pdf/MBB2017/recordbook2017.pdf November 22, 2016 The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Roster 2001 North Carolina Tar Heels y y Melvin Scott y 1 G 6 2 179 FR Baltimore, Maryland Southern Brian Morrison 3 G 6 2 184 SO Redmond, Washington Lake Washington Jackie Manuel y 5 G 6 5 183 FR West Palm Beach, Florida Cardinal Newman Neil Fingleton y 13 C 7 5 285 FR y Durham, England Holy Name Jonathan Holmes 14 G 6 0 181 JR Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington South Jawad Williams y 21 F 6 9 200 FR Cleveland, Ohio St. Edward Jason Capel y 25 F/G 6 8 237 SR Fayetteville, North Carolina St. John's Prospect Hall C Phillip McLamb 30 F 6 6 216 SO Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Country Day Adam Boone 31 G 6 2 202 SO Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnetonka Orlando Meléndez y 32 F 6 8 192 SR Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico McDowell Kris Lang y 42 F/C 6 11 247 SR Gastonia, North Carolina Hunter Huss C Joe Everett 43 F 6 8 245 SR Charlotte, North Carolina Providence W Will Johnson 44 F 6 8 218 JR Hickory, North Carolina Hickory W Brian Bersticker 50 F/C 6 10 238 JR Virginia Beach, Virginia Kempsville http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&SPID=12965&SPSID=667867&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2001 March 25, 2017 Matt Doherty Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, Bob MacKinnon U.N.C. basketball blue book https://archive.org/details/uncbasketballblu20002001 Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2000U.N.C. basketball blue book 2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 11 https://archive.org/details/uncbasketballblu20022003 Fingleton only played one game, against Davidson, before announcing he would transfer at the end of 2001.Fingleton Announces Intention to Transfer http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205464251&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 March 25, 2017 GoHeels.com University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill December 16, 2001 He later transferred to Holy Cross.Neil Fingleton http://www.nba.com/dleague/players/neil_fingleton.html NBA Development League 25 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20060627092449/http://www.nba.com/dleague/players/neil_fingleton.html 27 June 2006 dead Schedule and results 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.Droschak David Indiana Drops Tar Heels, 79-66 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205477594&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 27, 2017 Associated Press November 28, 2001 Chapel Hill, NC 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.Fryer Jenna College Of Charleston Downs UNC, 66-60, In Tournament Of Champions http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205490672&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 27, 2017 Associated Press December 21, 2001 Charlotte, North Carolina The Tar Heels did manage to upset Saint Joseph's, then ranked number 15 in the AP Poll, in the consolation game.Fryer Jenna UNC Shows It's Capel-Able In 92-76 Win Over Saint Joseph's http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205464151&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 27, 2017 Associated Press December 22, 2001 Charlotte, North Carolina 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.Ginsburg David Tar Heels Drop ACC Battle To No. 4 Maryland, 112-79 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205490192&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 28, 2017 Associated Press January 9, 2002 College Park, Maryland 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.Droschak David Tar Heels Drop Rivalry Game To NC State, 77-59 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205472248&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 28, 2017 Associated Press January 23, 2002 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 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.Droschak David Tar Heels Fall To No. 3 Maryland, 92-77 http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205471226&DB_OEM_ID=3350 March 28, 2017 Associated Press February 10, 2001 Chapel Hill, NC 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. yes yes October 25, 2001 yes 7:30 pm Blue-White Game Scrimmage WHT 62-BL 61http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205490113&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156 White Tops Blue, 62-61, in Men's Basketball Scrimmage 0-0 Lang 18 Johnson 11 Tied 6 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC November 4, 2001 yes 1:00 pm EA Sports All-Stars Exhibition game l 76 - 107 0-0 Lang 34 Tied 8 Morrison 8 Dean Smith Center 5,038 Chapel Hill, NC November 10, 2001 yes 4:30 pm 19 Nike Elite Exhibition game w 81 - 70 0-0 Lang 27 Johnson 15 Boone 5 Dean Smith Center 7,528 Chapel Hill, NC November 16, 2001 yes 7:30 pm 19 Hampton 69-77 0-1 Capel 17 Capel 11 Tied 5 Dean Smith Center 17,320 Chapel Hill, NC November 20, 2001 yes 7:00 pm RSN Davidson 54-58 0-2 Scott 15 Capel 11 Capel 5 Dean Smith Center 14,705 Chapel Hill, NC November 28, 2001 yes 9:00 pm ESPN Indiana ACC–Big Ten Challenge 66-79 0-3 Lang 27 Capel 9 Scott 5 Dean Smith Center 18,358 Chapel Hill, NC December 2, 2001 6:00 RSN Georgia Tech 83-77 1-3 1-0 Morrison 21 Lang 13 Tied 5 Dean Smith Center 17,492 Chapel Hill, NC December 8, 2001 yes 4:00 pm CBS yes 11 Kentucky Rivalry 59-79 1-4 Lang 18 Capel 12 Morrison 4 Rupp Arena 23,153 Lexington, KY December 16, 2001 yes 1:00 pm RJ Binghamton 61-60 2-4 Williams 12 Capel 10 Capel 6 Dean Smith Center 12,132 Chapel Hill, NC December 21, 2001 yes 9:15 pm RJ yes Charleston Tournament of Champions 60-66 2-5 Tied 14 Capel 10 Capel 4 Cricket Arena 9,713 Charlotte, NC December 22, 2001 yes 7:00 pm RJ yes 15 Saint Joseph's Tournament of Champions 92-76 3-5 Capel 21 Capel 16 Morrison 5 Cricket Arena 5,115 Charlotte, NC December 27, 2001 yes 7:30 pm North Carolina A&T 104-66 4-5 Capel 26 Bersticker 9 Tied 5 Dean Smith Center 15,150 Chapel Hill, NC December 30, 2001 yes 8:00 pm RSN Texas A&M 96-62 5-5 Capel 22 Capel 16 Tied 6 Dean Smith Center 15,676 Chapel Hill, NC January 5, 2002 4:00 pm ESPN 23 Wake Forest 62-84 5-6 1-1 Capel 13 Capel 9 Boone 4 Dean Smith Center 21,293 Chapel Hill, NC January 9, 2002 7:30 pm ESPN2 yes 4 Maryland 79-112 5-7 1-2 Capel 27 Lang 7 Tied 5 Cole Field House 14,500 College Park, MD January 12, 2002 12:00 pm ESPN 7 Virginia 67-71 5-8 1-3 Lang 18 Manuel 7 Capel 5 Dean Smith Center 20,079 Chapel Hill, NC January 16, 2002 7:00 pm ESPN2 yes Florida State 71-81 5-9 1-4 Lang 23 Lang 8 Manuel 4 Tallahassee Civic Center 7,523 Tallahassee, FL January 19, 2002 yes 4:00 pm CBS yes Connecticut 54-86 5-10 Lang 15 Williams 8 Boone 3 Gampel Pavilion 10,027 Storrs, CT January 23, 2002 9:00 pm RJ NC State Carolina–State Game 59-77 5-11 1-5 Lang 27 Williams 7 Morrison 6 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC January 27, 2002 6:00 pm RSN yes Clemson 87-69 6-11 2-5 Boone 23 Boone 10 Tied 4 Littlejohn Coliseum 10,000 Clemson, SC January 31, 2002 9:00 pm ESPN 1 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry 58-87 6-12 2-6 Morrison 12 Manuel 5 Morrison 4 Dean Smith Center 21,750 Chapel Hill, NC February 2, 2002 1:00 pm CBS yes Georgia Tech 74-86 6-13 2-7 Capel 21 Lang 13 Boone 7 Alexander Memorial Coliseum 6,550 Atlanta, GA February 6, 2002 9:00 pm RJ yes 19 Wake Forest 66-90 6-14 2-8 Morrison 13 Lang 8 Capel 4 LJVM Coliseum 13,523 Winston-Salem, NC February 10, 2002 6:30 pm RSN 3 Maryland 77-92 6-15 2-9 Lang 23 Williams 11 Tied 5 Dean Smith Center 18,751 Chapel Hill, NC February 12, 2002 8:00 pm RJ yes 15 Virginia 63-73 6-16 2-10 Lang 19 Capel 9 Boone 4 University Hall 7,331 Charlottesville, VA February 17, 2002 3:00 pm RJ Florida State 95-85 7-16 3-10 Boone 28 Capel 8 Boone 6 Dean Smith Center 17,055 Chapel Hill, NC February 20, 2002 yes 7:30 pm ESPN2 Ohio 78-86 7-17 Scott 17 Manuel 6 Boone 7 Dean Smith Center 13,252 Chapel Hill, NC February 24, 2002 6:30 pm RSN yes NC State Carolina–State Game 76-98 7-18 3-11 Lang 19 Williams 10 Boone 5 Raleigh ESA 19,722 Raleigh, NC February 27, 2002 9:00 pm RJ Clemson 96-78 8-18 Capel 28 Tied 5 Boone 8 Dean Smith Center 16,125 Chapel Hill, NC March 3, 2002 3:30 pm ABC yes 3 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry 68-93 8-19 4-12 Capel 20 Capel 9 Boone 8 Cameron Indoor Stadium 9,314 Durham, NC |- !colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Tournament March 8, 2002 7:00 pm ESPN 7 yes 2 3 Duke Quarterfinals/Rivalry 48-60 8-20 Lang 14 Capel 12 Capel 4 Charlotte Coliseum 23,895 Charlotte, NC EST http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=668157&SPID=12965&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&Q_SEASON=2001 Men's Basketballhttps://archive.org/details/uncbasketballblu20012002 U.N.C. 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