2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
APNo. 21
Record24–8 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coachDwight Freeman
Home arenaMiami Arena
2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut 13 3   .813 27 7   .794
No. 21 Miami 10 6   .625 24 8   .750
Boston College 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Villanova 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
Providence 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Virginia Tech* 4 12   .250 10 18   .357
St. John's# 0 7   .000 7 11   .389
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh 13 3   .813 29 6   .829
Notre Dame 10 6   .625 22 11   .667
Georgetown 9 7   .563 19 11   .633
Syracuse 9 7   .563 23 13   .639
Rutgers 8 8   .500 18 13   .581
Seton Hall 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
West Virginia* 1 15   .063 8 20   .286
2002 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 2002
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament.
#St. John's had 14 regular-season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; the school′s disputed record was 9–7, 20–12.

The 2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The University of Miami men's basketball team, led by second-year head coach Perry Clark, played their home games at the Miami Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 10–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Big East tournament to Pittsburgh, but received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the West region. Miami was upset by No. 12 seed Missouri, 93–80.