2001–02 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2001–02 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record11–17 (5–13 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
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
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2001–02 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 11–16 overall in the regular season and 5–13 in conference play, eighth in the standings. Last played in 1990, the conference tournament resumed this season, with eight teams qualifying. Washington drew top seed Oregon in the opening quarterfinal; the teams had split the season series with home wins. At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Huskies led by seven points at the half, but the Ducks dominated the second half and won by 22 points.

Twelve days later, Bender was relieved of his duties by athletic director Barbara Hedges. He was succeeded in early April by alumnus Lorenzo Romar, the head coach at Saint Louis, who led the Husky program for fifteen seasons.