2001–02 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team

2001–02 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record20–11 (11–7 Big West)
Head coach
Home arenaThe Thunderdome
2001–02 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah State 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
UC Irvine 13 5   .722 21 11   .656
UC Santa Barbara 11 7   .611 20 11   .645
Pacific 11 7   .611 20 10   .667
Cal State Northridge 11 7   .611 12 16   .429
Cal Poly 9 9   .500 15 12   .556
Long Beach State 9 9   .500 13 17   .433
Idaho 6 12   .333 9 19   .321
UC Riverside 5 13   .278 8 18   .308
Cal State Fullerton 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
2002 Big West tournament winner
As of April 10, 2002
Rankings from AP poll

The 2001–02 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2001–02 college basketball season. They were led by head coach Bob Williams in his 4th season at UCSB. The Gauchos were members of the Big West Conference and played their home games at the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, also known as The Thunderdome.

They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in Big West play to finish in third place in the regular season standings. As the No. 3 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated UC Davis and Long Beach State to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 14 seed in the West region, they lost in the first round to No. 3 seed Arizona.