2001–02 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2001–02 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Gazette Hawkeye Challenge Champions
National Invitation Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–16 (5–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Alford (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Jones Greg Lansing
MVP	Reggie Evans Luke Recker
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
No. 23 Indiana	11	–	5	.688	25	–	12	.676
Wisconsin	11	–	5	.688	19	–	13	.594
Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	12	.613
Minnesota	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Northwestern	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Iowa	5	–	11	.313	19	–	16	.543
Purdue	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Michigan	5	–	11	.313	11	–	18	.379
Penn State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
No. 14 Ohio State*†	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2002 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)

The 2001–02 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. After starting the season ranked in the AP Top 10, they finished 19-16 overall and 5–11 in Big Ten play.

Roster

2001–02 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	2	Ryan Hogan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Deerfield, Illinois
F	4	Glen Worley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Coralville, Iowa
C	5	Jared Reiner	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	So	Tripp, South Dakota
G	11	Brody Boyd	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So	Dugger, Indiana
F	23	Duez Henderson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
G	24	Luke Recker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Auburn, Indiana
F	25	Rod Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Galesburg, Illinois
G	30	Kyle Galloway	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	RS Sr	Sioux City, Iowa
F	32	Reggie Evans	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr	Pensacola, Florida
G	43	Jason Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
F	52	Cortney Scott	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So	Jackson, Michigan
C	53	Sean Sonderleiter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So	Des Moines, Iowa

Head coach

Steve Alford (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Jones (Northern Iowa)
Greg Lansing (South Dakota)
Sam Alford

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 13, 2001*	No. 9	Maryland-Eastern Shore	W 89–59	1–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Nov 14, 2001*	No. 9	Boston University	W 90–61	2–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Nov 17, 2001*	No. 9	Louisiana Tech	W 75–67	3–0	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
11/20/2001*	No. 9	vs. No. 12 Memphis	W 75–71	4–0	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
11/21/2001*	No. 9	vs. No. 5 Missouri	L 77–78	4–1	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
11/27/2001*	No. 7	vs. No. 1 Duke	L 62–80	4–2	United Center Chicago, IL
11/30/2001*	No. 12	Alabama State Gazette Hawkeye Challenge	W 73–64	5–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/1/2001*	No. 12	SMU Gazette Hawkeye Challenge	W 86-69	6-2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/4/2001*	No. 12	at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	L 76-78	6-3	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
12/8/2001*	No. 12	at Iowa State Rivalry	W 78-53^[1]	7-3	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/12/2001*	No. 15	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 101-59^[2]	8-3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/15/2001*	No. 15	at No. 2 Missouri Fire Code Game	W 83-65^[3]	9-3	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
12/22/2001*	No. 12	Kansas State	W 89-70	10-3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/28/2001*	No. 9	Mercer	W 77-43	11-3	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Regular Season
1/2/2002	No. 9	Wisconsin	W 69-57	12-3 (1-0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
3/7/2002		vs. Purdue First round	W 87-72	17-14 (5-11)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/8/2002		vs. Wisconsin Quarterfinals	W 58-56	18-14 (5-11)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/9/2002 CBS		vs. No. 23 Indiana Semifinals	W 62-60	19-14 (5-11)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/10/2002 CBS		vs. No. 21 Ohio State Championship Game	L 64-81	19-15 (5-11)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
National Invitation Tournament
3/13/2002*		LSU	L 61–63	19–16	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

References

^ "Hawks find hunger again" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 10, 2001. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Iowa bulldozes Bulldogs" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 13, 2001. p. 1B. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
^ "Hawkeyes get revenge for loss in tournament". Des Moines Register. December 16, 2001. p. 32. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

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Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) First Iowa Armory (1905–1922) Second Iowa Armory (1922–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Illinois
Culture & lore	"Iowa Fight Song" Herky the Hawk Gambling scandal First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics