2001–02 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
Appearance
2001–02 Montana Grizzlies basketball | |
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Big Sky tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First round | |
Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 16–15 (7–7 Big Sky) |
Head coach | |
Home arena | Dahlberg Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2002 Big Sky tournament winner |
The 2001–02 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by second-year head coach Don Holst, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 7–7 in Big Sky play to finish tied for fourth place in the conference regular season standings. Montana won the Big Sky Basketball tournament to earn the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Playing as No. 15 seed in the Midwest region, the Grizzlies lost to No. 2 seed Oregon, 81–62, in the opening round.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Big Sky Tournament | |||||||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 2002* |
(15 W) | vs. (2 W) No. 11 Oregon First round |
L 62–81 | 16–15 |
ARCO Arena Sacramento, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region. |
References
[edit]- ^ "BC outmuscles Montana to advance to regional semis". ESPN. March 18, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "2001–02 Montana Grizzlies Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "2001-02 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Montana Men's Basketball History & Records" (PDF). University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2023.