2001–02 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2001–02 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2001–02 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	23–9 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ben Braun (6th season);
Assistant coach	Joe Pasternack (1st season)
Home arena	Harmon Gym
	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]

^[3] The 2001–02 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2001–02 season.

Led by head coach Ben Braun, the Bears finished the regular season with a 12–6 record in the Pac-10, placing them in second. The Bears would receive an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament where they defeated No. 11 seed Penn^[4] before falling to No. 3 seed Pittsburgh^[5] in the second round. The team finished the season with an overall record of 23–9.

Roster

2001–02 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	15	Dennis Gates	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Country Club Hills, Illinois
G	25	Brian Wethers	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Murietta, California
F	31	Jamal Sampson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Inglewood, California
F	34	Joe Shipp	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Los Angeles, California

Head coach

Ben Braun

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Pasternack

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
Pac-10 Tournament
Mar 7, 2002*	(3) No. 25	(6) UCLA Quarterfinals	W 67–61	22–7	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California
Mar 8, 2002*	(3) No. 25	at (2) No. 15 Arizona Semifinals	L 78–90	22–8	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2002*	(6 S)	vs. (11 S) Penn First Round	W 82–75	23–8	Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 17, 2002*	(6 S)	vs. (3 S) No. 9 Pittsburgh Second Round	L 50–63	23–9	Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Pacific.

Rankings

Team players in the 2002 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
2	47	Jamal Sampson	Utah Jazz

References

^ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2001-02 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "California just escapes N.C. State with three-pointer in OT, 76-74". The Baltimore Sun. March 20, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
^ "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.

[1] "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[2] "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[3] "2001-02 University of California Golden Bears Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[ncaa-penn-4] "California just escapes N.C. State with three-pointer in OT, 76-74". The Baltimore Sun. March 20, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.

[ncaa-pitt-5] "Sooners Bounce Bears". The Washington Post. March 23, 2003. Retrieved August 13, 2022.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics