2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke failed to repeat and win their third title in ten years.

2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC tournament champions Maui Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 1
Record	31–4 (13–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Johnny Dawkins Chris Collins
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Player stats

Player	Games	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Carlos Boozer[1]	35	993	230	0	178	303	21	31	638
Mike Dunleavy[2]	35	1133	218	88	81	251	26	80	605
Jay Williams[3]	35	1175	249	108	140	124	3	76	746

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 19, 2001*	No. 1	vs. Seton Hall Maui Invitational	W 80–79	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
November 20, 2001*	No. 1	vs. South Carolina Maui Invitational	W 81–56	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
November 21, 2001*	No. 1	vs. Ball State Maui Invitational	W 83–71	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center  Lahaina, Hawaii
November 25, 2001*	No. 1	Portland	W 104–62	4–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
November 27, 2001*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 Iowa ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 80–62	5–0	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
December 2, 2001	No. 1	Clemson	W 96–80	6–0 (1–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
December 5, 2001*	No. 1	Temple	W 82–57	7–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
December 8, 2001*	No. 1	at Michigan Rivalry	W 104–83	8–0	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
December 16, 2001*	No. 1	North Carolina A&T	W 93–51	9–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
December 18, 2001*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 Kentucky	W 95-92 OT	10–0	IZOD Center  East Rutherford, New Jersey
December 29, 2001*	No. 1	San Diego State	W 92–79	11–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 2, 2002*	No. 1	vs. Davidson	W 106–71	12–0	Bojangles' Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
January 6, 2002	No. 1	at Florida State	L 76–77	12–1 (1–1)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 8, 2002	No. 2	Georgia Tech	W 104–79	13–1 (2–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 13, 2002	No. 2	at NC State	W 76–57	14–1 (3–1)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 17, 2002	No. 1	No. 3 Maryland Rivalry	W 99–78	15–1 (4–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 19, 2002	No. 1	No. 14 Wake Forest	W 103–80	16–1 (5–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 24, 2002*	No. 1	at Boston College	W 88–78	17–1	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 27, 2002	No. 1	No. 7 Virginia	W 94–81	18–1 (6–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 31, 2002	No. 1	at North Carolina Rivalry	W 87–58	19–1 (7–1)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 2, 2002	No. 1	at Clemson	W 98–88	20–1 (8–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 7, 2002	No. 1	Florida State	W 80–49	21–1 (9–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 9, 2002	No. 1	at Georgia Tech	W 95–63	22–1 (10–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
February 14, 2002	No. 1	No. 24 NC State	W 108–71	23–1 (11–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 17, 2002	No. 1	at No. 3 Maryland Rivalry	L 73–87	23–2 (11–2)	Cole Field House  College Park, Maryland
February 21, 2002	No. 3	at No. 20 Wake Forest	W 90–61	24–2 (12–2)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 24, 2002*	No. 3	St. John's	W 97–55	25–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 28, 2002	No. 3	at Virginia	L 84–87	25–3 (12–3)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
March 3, 2002	No. 3	North Carolina Rivalry	W 93–68	26–3 (13–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
ACC tournament
March 8, 2002	(2) No. 3	vs. (7) North Carolina Quarterfinals	W 60–48	27–3	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 9, 2002	(2) No. 3	vs. (3) Wake Forest Semifinals	W 79–64	28–3	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 10, 2002	(2) No. 3	vs. (4) NC State Championship	W 91–61	29–3	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA tournament
March 14, 2002*	(1 S) No. 1	vs. (16 S) Winthrop First Round	W 84–37	30–3	BI-LO Center  Greenville, South Carolina
March 16, 2002*	(1 S) No. 1	vs. (8 S) Notre Dame Second Round	W 84–77	31–3	BI-LO Center  Greenville, South Carolina
March 21, 2002*	(1 S) No. 1	vs. (5 S) No. 23 Indiana Sweet Sixteen	L 73–74	31–4	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

• Duke Blue Devils became the first team to be seeded #1 in the NCAA tournament for five straight seasons.
• The team finished the regular season ranked #1 in the AP Poll for the fourth straight year.
• Jason Williams was a National Player of the Year winner for the second straight year, but oddly enough didn't win ACC Player of the Year in either 2000–01 or 2001–02. Shane Battier and Joseph Forte shared the award in '01 and Maryland's Juan Dixon won it in '02.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	2	Jay Williams	Chicago Bulls
1	3	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Golden State Warriors
2	34	Carlos Boozer	Cleveland Cavaliers

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