2001–02 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2001–02 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his fourth season at Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 90th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 27–8, 12–4 in SEC play, they lost in the championship game of the 2002 SEC men's basketball tournament after winning the regular season championship for the first time since 1986-87. They were invited to the NCAA tournament but, lost in the second round.

2001–02 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
SEC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 8
Record27–8 (12–4 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaColeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 15,316)
Seasons
2001–02 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 15 Florida 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
No. 16 Kentucky 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
No. 23 Georgia 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
Tennessee 7 9   .438 15 16   .484
South Carolina 6 10   .375 22 15   .595
Vanderbilt 6 10   .375 17 15   .531
West
No. 8 Alabama 12 4   .750 27 8   .771
No. 17 Mississippi State 10 6   .625 27 8   .771
Ole Miss 9 7   .563 20 11   .645
LSU 6 10   .375 19 15   .559
Arkansas 6 10   .375 14 15   .483
Auburn 4 12   .250 12 16   .429
2002 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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#[1] Name Class Position Height Weight Home Town
3 Solomon Davis Senior Forward 6–6 225 Mobile, AL
4 Reggie Rambo Sophomore Forward 6–7 225 Lena, LA
5 Earnest Shelton Freshman Guard 6–3 215 Memphis, TN
14 Terrance Meade Junior Guard 6–2 190 Scottsboro, AL
21 Rod Grizzard Junior Guard 6–8 205 Birmingham, AL
22 Travis Stinnett Junior Guard 6–0 170 Maryville, TN
23 Demetrius Smith Sophomore Guard 6–3 210 Hogansville, GA
25 Mo Williams Freshman Guard 6–1 185 Jackson, MS
35 Erwin Dudley Junior Forward 6–8 240 Uniontown, AL
42 Kenny Walker Junior Forward 6–9 220 Jacksonville, FL
50 Antoine Pettway Sophomore Guard 6–0 170 Camden, AL

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2001*
Athletes in Action W 103–77   
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 8, 2001*
EA Sports W 92–71   
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2001*
No. 24 Mississippi Valley State
Guardians Classic campus game
W 107–67  1–0
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 14, 2001*
No. 24 Samford
Guardians Classic campus game
W 83–51  2–0
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 20, 2001*
No. 22 vs. No. 5 Missouri
Guardians Classic semifinals
L 68–75  2–1
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
November 21, 2001*
6:00 p.m.
No. 22 vs. No. 12 Memphis
Guardians Classic consolation game
W 81–70  3–1
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
November 26, 2001*
No. 22 Utah W 76–61  4–1
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 29, 2001*
No. 21 McNeese State W 90–61  5–1
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 3, 2001*
No. 21 Chattanooga W 74–68  6–1
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 8, 2001*
No. 16 vs. No. 20 UCLA
John R. Wooden Classic
L 57–79  6–2
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 
Anaheim, CA
December 14, 2001*
No. 22 Jacksonville State W 99–57  7–2
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 18, 2001*
No. 23 vs. Temple
Jimmy V Classic
W 70–67  8–2
Meadowlands Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ
December 21, 2001*
No. 23 Alabama A&M W 90–54  9–2
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 27, 2001*
No. 21 vs. Notre Dame
Sugar Bowl Classic
W 79–76  10–2
New Orleans Arena 
New Orleans, LA
December 31, 2001*
No. 21 Florida A&M W 76–52  11–2
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 2, 2002*
No. 18 Bethune–Cookman W 93–46  12–2
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC regular season
January 5, 2002
No. 18 LSU W 76–74  13–2
(1–0)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 9, 2002
No. 14 Vanderbilt W 92–79  14–2
(2–0)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 12, 2002
No. 14 at Auburn
Iron Bowl of basketball
L 56–59  14–3
(2–1)
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum 
Auburn, AL
January 16, 2002
No. 16 at No. 20 Georgia W 77–72  15–3
(3–1)
Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, GA
January 19, 2002
No. 16 Mississippi State W 85–73  16–3
(4–1)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 26, 2002
No. 14 at No. 8 Kentucky W 64–61  17–3
(5–1)
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 30, 2002
No. 7 Arkansas W 109–94  18–3
(6–1)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 2, 2002
No. 7 at LSU W 57–48  19–3
(7–1)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
February 6, 2002
No. 5 Ole Miss W 79–59  20–3
(8–1)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 9, 2002
No. 5 at Mississippi State L 62–76  20–4
(8–2)
Humphrey Coliseum 
Starkville, MS
February 13, 2002
No. 7 at South Carolina W 52–51  21–4
(9–2)
Frank McGuire Arena 
Columbia, SC
February 16, 2002
No. 7 Tennessee W 95–82  22–4
(10–2)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 20, 2002
No. 5 at Arkansas L 59–67  22–5
(10–3)
Bud Walton Arena 
Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 23, 2002
No. 5 No. 8 Florida W 65–64  23–5
(11–3)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 27, 2002
No. 6 Auburn
Iron Bowl of Basketball
W 73–68  24–5
(12–3)
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 3, 2002
No. 6 at Ole Miss L 56–84  24–6
(12–4)
Tad Smith Coliseum 
Oxford, MS
SEC tournament
March 7, 2002
(W1) No. 8 vs. (E4) Tennessee
Second Round
W 91–72  25–6
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
March 9, 2002
(W1) No. 8 vs. (E6) South Carolina
Semifinals
W 67–55  26–6
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
March 10, 2002
 CBS
(W1) No. 8 vs. (W2) Mississippi State
Championship Game
L 58–61  26–7
Georgia Dome 
Atlanta, GA
NCAA tournament
March 14, 2002*
 CBS
(2) No. 8 vs. (15) Florida Atlantic
First round
W 86–78  27–7
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
March 16, 2002*
 CBS
(2) No. 8 vs. (10) Kent State
Second round
L 58–71  27–8
BI-LO Center 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time[2].

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2001-02 Alabama Crimson Tide Roster and Stats." sports-reference.com.
  2. ^ "[1]." rolltide.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2021.