The 2001–02 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2001–2002 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by head coach Gary Williams and played their home games at Cole Field House. The Terrapins were champions of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning the first national championship in school history.
As of 2025, this is the last time Maryland has won the national championship, as well as reached the Final Four. The 2001-02 Maryland team is widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history.
Preseason
Accolades Team ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll ranked preseason #2
Roster
Depth chart
Season recap
Accolades Lonny Baxter Wooden Award All-American Team NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player Second Team All-ACC
Juan Dixon AP First Team All-American USBWA First Team All-American Wooden Award All-American Team Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award Senior CLASS Award ACC Player of the Year First Team All-ACC
Gary Williams ACC Coach of the Year Eastern College Coach of the Year
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"|ACC Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"|NCAA tournament
Statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Juan Dixon 36 36 33.6 .469 .397 .898 4.6 2.9 2.6 0.2 20.4 Lonny Baxter 35 35 28.7 .545 .000 .623 8.2 0.8 0.9 2.0 15.2 Chris Wilcox 36 26 24.1 .504 .000 .585 7.1 1.5 0.8 1.5 12.0 Byron Mouton 36 35 28.3 .469 .255 .767 5.0 2.1 0.9 0.2 11.1 Steve Blake 36 36 32.0 .382 .344 .824 3.8 7.9 1.6 0.4 8.0 Drew Nicholas 36 1 20.5 .477 .396 .803 2.3 2.4 0.3 0.4 7.1 Tahj Holden 36 11 18.5 .453 .425 .836 2.7 1.2 0.6 0.9 5.6
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20090206225040/http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/md-m-baskbl-2001.html