2001–02 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team
2001–02 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball | |
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ASUN tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First round | |
Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Record | 19–12 (13–7 ASUN) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy State | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic † | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2002 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of March 4, 2003 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2001–02 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls were led by head coach Sidney Green and played their home games at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Owls finished the season 19–12, 13–7 in ASUN play to finish third in the regular season standings. They defeated Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, and Georgia State to win the ASUN tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history – as the No. 15 seed in the South region. They were defeated by No. 2 seed Alabama in the first round.[1]
The Owls would not return to the NCAA tournament until the 2022–23 season where they advanced to the Final Four.
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2001* 7:00 p.m. |
Nova Southeastern | W 85–75 | FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 17, 2001* 1:00 p.m. |
at Hofstra | L 65–67 | 0–1 |
Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, New York | |||||||
Nov 20, 2001* 7:00 p.m. |
St. Mary's (MD) | W 107–73 | 1–1 |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Nov 26, 2001* 7:30 p.m. |
at Miami (FL) | L 48–74 | 1–2 |
Miami Arena Miami, Florida | |||||||
Nov 29, 2001 7:00 p.m. |
Stetson | W 82–71 | 2–2 (1–0) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Dec 1, 2001 7:00 p.m. |
UCF | W 78–66 | 3–2 (2–0) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Dec 4, 2001* 7:30 p.m. |
at Liberty | W 91–80 | 4–2 |
Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia | |||||||
Dec 8, 2001* 7:00 p.m. |
VCU | L 84–88 | 4–3 |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Dec 17, 2001 8:00 p.m. |
at Samford | L 66–68 | 4–4 (2–1) |
Seibert Hall Homewood, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 19, 2001 8:00 p.m. |
at Jacksonville State | W 74–71 | 5–4 (3–1) |
Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 27, 2001* 7:00 p.m. |
Drake | W 79–71 | 6–4 |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Jan 2, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Jacksonville | L 58–73 | 6–5 (3–2) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Jan 5, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Georgia State | W 90–77 | 7–5 (4–2) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Jan 7, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Campbell | W 77–60 | 8–5 (5–2) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Jan 10, 2002 7:30 p.m. |
at Mercer | W 94–73 | 9–5 (6–2) |
Macon Coliseum Macon, Georgia | |||||||
Jan 12, 2002 8:00 p.m. |
at Troy | L 100–107 | 9–6 (6–3) |
Sartain Hall Troy, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 16, 2002* 8:00 p.m. |
at Birmingham–Southern | L 59–65 | 9–7 |
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Jan 19, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Belmont | W 69–66 | 10–7 (7–3) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Jan 22, 2002 7:30 p.m. |
at UCF | L 56–62 | 10–8 (7–4) |
UCF Arena Orlando, Florida | |||||||
Jan 28, 2002 8:00 p.m. |
at Belmont | W 80–78 | 11–8 (8–4) |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 2, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Troy | W 67–66 | 12–8 (9–4) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Feb 4, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Mercer | W 72–71 | 13–8 (10–4) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Feb 7, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
at Campbell | L 87–92 | 13–9 (10–5) |
Carter Gymnasium Buies Creek, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 9, 2002 6:00 p.m. |
at Georgia State | L 71–76 | 13–10 (10–6) |
GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
Feb 14, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Jacksonville State | W 78–68 | 14–10 (11–6) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Feb 16, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
Samford | L 50–68 | 14–11 (11–7) |
FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida | |||||||
Feb 21, 2002 7:30 p.m. |
at Jacksonville | W 76–72 | 15–11 (12–7) |
Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||
Feb 23, 2002 7:00 p.m. |
at Stetson | W 77–74 | 16–11 (13–7) |
Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida | |||||||
ASUN tournament | |||||||||||
Feb 28, 2002* |
vs. Jacksonville Quarterfinals |
W 59–50 | 17–11 |
UCF Arena Orlando, Florida | |||||||
Mar 1, 2002* 8:15 p.m. |
vs. Jacksonville State Semifinals |
W 55–47 | 18–11 |
UCF Arena Orlando, Florida | |||||||
Mar 2, 2002* 2:00 p.m. |
vs. Georgia State Championship game |
W 76–75 | 19–11 |
UCF Arena Orlando, Florida | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 2002* 2:50 p.m. |
(15 S) | vs. (2 S) No. 8 Alabama First round |
L 78–86 | 19–12 |
BI-LO Center Greenville, South Carolina | ||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Florida Atlantic Tests Character of Alabama". The New York Times. March 15, 2002. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "2001–02 Men's Basketball Roster". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "2001–02 Men's Basketball Schedule". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2023.