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

2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–20 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arenaDean Smith Center
Seasons
2001–02 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland 15 – 1   .938 32 – 4   .889
No. 1 Duke† 13 – 3   .813 31 – 4   .886
Wake Forest 9 – 7   .563 21 – 13   .618
NC State 9 – 7   .563 23 – 11   .676
Virginia 7 – 9   .438 17 – 12   .586
Georgia Tech 7 – 9   .438 15 – 16   .484
North Carolina 4 – 12   .250 8 – 20   .286
Florida State 4 – 12   .250 12 – 17   .414
Clemson 4 – 12   .250 13 – 17   .433
† 2002 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


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.[1] 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

2001–02 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Melvin Scott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Fr Southern Baltimore, Maryland
G 3 Brian Morrison 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) So Lake Washington Redmond, Washington
G 5 Jackie Manuel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Cardinal Newman West Palm Beach, Florida
C 13 Neil Fingleton 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 285 lb (129 kg) RS Fr Holy Name Durham, England
G 14 Jonathan Holmes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Jr Bloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
F 21 Jawad Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr St. Edward Cleveland, Ohio
G/F 25 Jason Capel (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) Sr St. John's Prospect Hall Fayetteville, North Carolina
F 30 Phillip McLamb 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 216 lb (98 kg) So Charlotte Country Day Charlotte, North Carolina
G 31 Adam Boone 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) So Minnetonka Minneapolis, Minnesota
F 32 Orlando Meléndez 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Sr McDowell Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
F/C 42 Kris Lang (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 247 lb (112 kg) Sr Hunter Huss Gastonia, North Carolina
F 43 Joe Everett (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Providence Charlotte, North Carolina
F 44 Will Johnson (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Hickory Hickory, North Carolina
F/C 50 Brian Bersticker 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Jr Kempsville Virginia Beach, Virginia
Head coach

Matt Doherty

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, Bob MacKinnon

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: March 25, 2017

[2][3]

Fingleton only played one game, against Davidson, before announcing he would transfer at the end of 2001.[4] He later transferred to Holy Cross.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] The Tar Heels did manage to upset Saint Joseph's, then ranked number 15 in the AP Poll, in the consolation game.[8]

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.[1]

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.[9][1]

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.[10]

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.[11][1]

The Tar Heels ended their regular season at home with a 6-9 record, the worst home record in the history of the program.[1]

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.

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
October 25, 2001*
7:30 pm 		Blue-White Game
Scrimmage 		      Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, NC
November 4, 2001*
1:00 pm 		EA Sports All-Stars
Exhibition game 		L 76 - 107  0-0
  34 – Lang   8 – Tied   8 – Morrison  Dean Smith Center (5,038)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 10, 2001*
4:30 pm 		No. 19 Nike Elite
Exhibition game 		W 81 - 70  0-0
  27 – Lang   15 – Johnson   5 – Boone  Dean Smith Center (7,528)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 16, 2001*
7:30 pm 		No. 19 Hampton L 69-77  0-1
  17 – Capel   11 – Capel   5 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (17,320)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 20, 2001*
7:00 pm, RSN 		Davidson L 54-58  0-2
  15 – Scott   11 – Capel   5 – Capel  Dean Smith Center (14,705)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 28, 2001*
9:00 pm, ESPN 		Indiana
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		L 66-79  0-3
  27 – Lang   9 – Capel   5 – Scott  Dean Smith Center (18,358)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 2, 2001
6:00, RSN 		Georgia Tech W 83-77  1-3
(1-0) 		 21 – Morrison   13 – Lang   5 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (17,492)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 8, 2001*
4:00 pm, CBS 		at No. 11 Kentucky
Rivalry 		L 59-79  1-4
  18 – Lang   12 – Capel   4 – Morrison  Rupp Arena (23,153)
Lexington, KY
December 16, 2001*
1:00 pm, RJ 		Binghamton W 61-60  2-4
  12 – Williams   10 – Capel   6 – Capel  Dean Smith Center (12,132)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 21, 2001*
9:15 pm, RJ 		vs. Charleston
Tournament of Champions 		L 60-66  2-5
  14 – Tied   10 – Capel   4 – Capel  Cricket Arena (9,713)
Charlotte, NC
December 22, 2001*
7:00 pm, RJ 		vs. No. 15 Saint Joseph's
Tournament of Champions 		W 92-76  3-5
  21 – Capel   16 – Capel   5 – Morrison  Cricket Arena (5,115)
Charlotte, NC
December 27, 2001*
7:30 pm 		North Carolina A&T W 104-66  4-5
  26 – Capel   9 – Bersticker   5 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (15,150)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 30, 2001*
8:00 pm, RSN 		Texas A&M W 96-62  5-5
  22 – Capel   16 – Capel   6 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (15,676)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 5, 2002
4:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 23 Wake Forest L 62-84  5-6
(1-1) 		 13 – Capel   9 – Capel   4 – Boone  Dean Smith Center (21,293)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 9, 2002
7:30 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 4 Maryland L 79-112  5-7
(1-2) 		 27 – Capel   7 – Lang   5 – Tied  Cole Field House (14,500)
College Park, MD
January 12, 2002
12:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 7 Virginia L 67-71  5-8
(1-3) 		 18 – Lang   7 – Manuel   5 – Capel  Dean Smith Center (20,079)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 16, 2002
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		at Florida State L 71-81  5-9
(1-4) 		 23 – Lang   8 – Lang   4 – Manuel  Tallahassee Civic Center (7,523)
Tallahassee, FL
January 19, 2002*
4:00 pm, CBS 		at Connecticut L 54-86  5-10
  15 – Lang   8 – Williams   3 – Boone  Gampel Pavilion (10,027)
Storrs, CT
January 23, 2002
9:00 pm, RJ 		NC State
Carolina–State Game 		L 59-77  5-11
(1-5) 		 27 – Lang   7 – Williams   6 – Morrison  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 27, 2002
6:00 pm, RSN 		at Clemson W 87-69  6-11
(2-5) 		 23 – Boone   10 – Boone   4 – Tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)
Clemson, SC
January 31, 2002
9:00 pm, ESPN 		No. 1 Duke
Carolina–Duke rivalry 		L 58-87  6-12
(2-6) 		 12 – Morrison   5 – Manuel   4 – Morrison  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 2, 2002
1:00 pm, CBS 		at Georgia Tech L 74-86  6-13
(2-7) 		 21 – Capel   13 – Lang   7 – Boone  Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,550)
Atlanta, GA
February 6, 2002
9:00 pm, RJ 		at No. 19 Wake Forest L 66-90  6-14
(2-8) 		 13 – Morrison   8 – Lang   4 – Capel  LJVM Coliseum (13,523)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 10, 2002
6:30 pm, RSN 		No. 3 Maryland L 77-92  6-15
(2-9) 		 23 – Lang   11 – Williams   5 – Tied  Dean Smith Center (18,751)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 12, 2002
8:00 pm, RJ 		at No. 15 Virginia L 63-73  6-16
(2-10) 		 19 – Lang   9 – Capel   4 – Boone  University Hall (7,331)
Charlottesville, VA
February 17, 2002
3:00 pm, RJ 		Florida State W 95-85  7-16
(3-10) 		 28 – Boone   8 – Capel   6 – Boone  Dean Smith Center (17,055)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 20, 2002*
7:30 pm, ESPN2 		Ohio L 78-86  7-17
  17 – Scott   6 – Manuel   7 – Boone  Dean Smith Center (13,252)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 24, 2002
6:30 pm, RSN 		at NC State
Carolina–State Game 		L 76-98  7-18
(3-11) 		 19 – Lang   10 – Williams   5 – Boone  Raleigh ESA (19,722)
Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2002
9:00 pm, RJ 		Clemson W 96-78  8-18
  28 – Capel   5 – Tied   8 – Boone  Dean Smith Center (16,125)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 3, 2002
3:30 pm, ABC 		at No. 3 Duke
Carolina–Duke rivalry 		L 68-93  8-19
(4-12) 		 20 – Capel   9 – Capel   8 – Boone  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
March 8, 2002
7:00 pm, ESPN 		(7) vs. (2) No. 3 Duke
Quarterfinals/Rivalry 		L 48-60  8-20
  14 – Lang   12 – Capel   4 – Capel  Charlotte Coliseum (23,895)
Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST.

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