2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball finished in a four-way tie atop the Big Ten regular season standings, and followed that by winning the Big Ten tournament for the first time. The Buckeyes received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the West region. After an opening round victory over No. 13 seed Davidson,^[1] they lost to No. 12 seed Missouri in the second round.^[2] The Buckeyes finished with a record of 24–8 (11–5 Big Ten), but all 32 games – including the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, and NCAA Tournament appearance – were later vacated due to NCAA sanctions as a result of the Jim O’Brien scandal.^[3]

2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten tournament champion (vacated) Big Ten Regular season co-champion (vacated)
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 14
Record	0-0 (24–8 unadjusted) (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim O'Brien (5th season)
Home arena	Value City Arena
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)

Roster

2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 13 Brian Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Brooklyn, New York G 21 Boban Savović 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr	Head coach Jim O'Brien Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 18, 2001*		Winthrop	W 78–54	1–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 20, 2001*		Albany	W 87–62	2–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 27, 2001*		NC State	W 64–50	3–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 2, 2001*		UNC Wilmington	W 80–54	4–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 9, 2001*		IUPUI	W 83–70	5–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 12, 2001*		Santa Clara	W 88–41	6–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 15, 2001*		at Louisville	L 61–66	6–1	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 19, 2001*		Pittsburgh	L 55–62	6–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 22, 2001*		Eastern Illinois	W 72–59	7–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 29, 2001*		UNC Greensboro	W 85–54	8–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Big Ten tournament
Mar 8, 2002*	No. 21	vs. Michigan Quarterfinals	W 75–68	21–7	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 9, 2002*	No. 21	vs. No. 10 Illinois Semifinals	W 94–88	22–7	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 10, 2002*	No. 21	vs. Iowa Championship game	W 81–64	23–7	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 2002*	(4 W) No. 14	vs. Davidson First Round	W 69–64	24–7	University Arena  Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 16, 2002*	(4 W) No. 14	vs. (12 W) Missouri Second Round	L 67–83	24–8	University Arena  Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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