2001–02 USC Trojans men's basketball team

The 2001–02 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Henry Bibby, they played their home games at the L. A. Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-10 Conference. The Trojans finished the season with a record of 22–10 (12–6 Pac-10, 2nd) and made the NCAA tournament.

2001–02 USC Trojans men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	22–10 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Henry Bibby (6th season)
Home arena	L. A. Sports Arena
Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
California	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
No. 10 Arizona†	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
No. 18 USC	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Stanford	12	–	6		.667			20	–	10		.667
No. 20 UCLA	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Arizona State	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
Washington	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	17		.393
Washington State	1	–	17		.056			6	–	21		.222
† Conference tournament winner As of July 10, 2011[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

Roster

2001–02 USC Trojans men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 5 Brandon Granville 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Sr     G 22 Errick Craven 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Bishop Montgomery Carson, California G 33 Desmon Farmer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Northwestern Flint, Michigan F/C 50 Sam Clancy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr St. Edward Lakewood, Ohio	Head coach Henry Bibby (UCLA) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13, 2001*	No. 20	Wyoming	W 68–55	1–0	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Nov 15, 2001*	No. 20	at Fresno State	L 58–65	1–1	Selland Arena  Fresno, California
Nov 26, 2001*	No. 24	UC Santa Barbara	W 73–62	2–1	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 1, 2001*		at Bradley	W 60–50	3–1	Carver Arena  Peoria, Illinois
Dec 4, 2001*		Rhode Island	W 82–54	4–1	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 6, 2001*		vs. Pepperdine	L 77–78	4–2	The Forum  Inglewood, California
Dec 12, 2001*		at Long Beach State	W 86–68	5–2	The Walter Pyramid  Long Beach, California
Dec 16, 2001*		Miami (OH)	W 59–55	6–2	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Dec 20, 2001*		at San Diego	W 71–67 OT	7–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, California
Dec 22, 2001*		at Loyola Marymount	W 81–67	8–2	Gersten Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Pac-10 regular season
Dec 27, 2001		at Washington	W 87–65	9–2 (1–0)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Dec 29, 2001		at Washington State	W 78–63	10–2 (2–0)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Jan 4, 2002		Washington State	W 85–64	11–2 (3–0)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 6, 2002		Washington	W 94–74	12–2 (4–0)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 10, 2002		No. 11 UCLA	W 81–77	13–2 (5–0)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 17, 2002	No. 18	at No. 15 Arizona	L 80–97	13–3 (5–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 19, 2002	No. 18	at Arizona State	W 81–73	14–3 (6–1)	Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 24, 2002	No. 23	California	L 91–92 OT	14–4 (6–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 26, 2002	No. 23	No. 17 Stanford	W 90–82	15–4 (7–2)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Jan 31, 2002	No. 23	at Oregon State	W 64–51	16–4 (8–2)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Feb 2, 2002	No. 23	at Oregon	L 69–73	16–5 (8–3)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Feb 6, 2002	No. 25	at No. 15 UCLA	L 65–67	16–6 (8–4)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Feb 14, 2002	No. 25	Arizona State	W 83–61	17–6 (9–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 16, 2002	No. 25	No. 9 Arizona	W 94–89	18–6 (10–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 21, 2002	No. 20	at No. 10 Stanford	W 77–58	19–6 (11–4)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Feb 23, 2002	No. 20	at California	L 64–83	19–7 (11–5)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, California
Feb 28, 2002	No. 19	No. 13 Oregon	L 65–67	19–8 (11–6)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Mar 2, 2002	No. 19	Oregon State	W 79–45	20–8 (12–6)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Pac-10 Tournament
Mar 7, 2002*	No. 22	No. 16 Stanford Quarterfinals	W 103–78	21–8	The Forum  Inglewood, California
Mar 8, 2002*	No. 22	No. 9 Oregon Semifinals	W 89–78	22–8	The Forum  Inglewood, California
Mar 9, 2002*	No. 22	at No. 15 Arizona Championship game	L 71–81	22–9	The Forum  Inglewood, California
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 2002*	(4 W) No. 18	vs. (13 W) UNC Wilmington First Round	L 89–93 OT	22–10	ARCO Arena  Sacramento, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

See also: 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings