Arizona Basketball 2001-02
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Wildcat Quick Facts Location . Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Basketball Founded . 1885 Enrollment . 35,400 President . Dr. Peter Likins 2001-02 Athletic Director . Jim Livengood Head Coach . Lute Olson ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Richard Paige Alma Mater . Augsburg ’58 McKale Center, Room 106 Men’s Basketball Contact Record/Years . 639-225 (.740)/28 P.O. Box 210096 Phone: (520) 621-4163 Record at UA . 447-133 (.771)/18 Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 FAX: (520) 621-2681 Assistant Coaches . Jim Rosborough Rodney Tention Jay John Game 1: Arizona (0-0) vs. No. 2 Maryland (0-0) Video/Recruiting Coord. Josh Pastner Date: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 Time: 9 p.m. EST Basketball Office . (520) 621-4813 Location: Madison Square Garden (19,763), New York, N.Y. Basketball SID . Richard Paige Radio: Wildcat Radio Network (Brian Jeffries/Ryan Hansen) TV: ESPN2 (Brad Nessler/Dick Vitale) e-mail . [email protected] Paige Home . (520) 790-4347 Arizona Probable Starters (2000-01 Stats) Office Phone . (520) 621-0916 No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG FAX . (520) 621-2681 Press Row . (520) 621-4334 F 4 Luke Walton 6-8 241 Jr. San Diego, Calif. 5.5 3.9 3.2 Internet . www.arizonaathletics.com F 33 Rick Anderson 6-9 213 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. -- -- -- C 52 Isaiah Fox 6-9 265 Fr. Santa Monica, Calif. -- -- -- 2001-02 Schedule/Results G 22 Jason Gardner 5-10 181 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 10.9 3.0 4.1 Nov. 4 EA Sports All-Stars (Ex) 112-96 G 20 Salim Stoudamire 6-1 176 Fr. Lake Oswego, Ore. -- -- -- Nov. 8 !vs. Maryland (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Nov. 9 !vs. Florida/Temple (ESPN/2) TBA Reserves Nov. 17 at Texas (KWBA) 7 p.m. G 3 Will Bynum 5-10 183 Fr. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- Nov. 25 Nike Elite (Ex) 7 p.m. G 10 Anas Fellah 5-10 165 Fr. Tucson, Ariz. -- -- -- Dec. 1 KANSAS (CBS) 12:30 p.m. Dec. 4 %vs. Illinois (FSN) 6 p.m. G 11 Jason Ranne 6-4 204 So. Tulsa, Okla. 0.0 0.1 0.0 Dec. 8 #vs. Purdue (FSNA) 1:30 p.m. G 12 Fil Torres 6-2 185 Jr. Lisle, Ill. -- -- -- Dec. 15 at Michigan State (CBS) 2 p.m. F 13 Andrew Zahn 6-9 254 Fr. Redondo Beach, Calf. -- -- -- Dec. 20 *at Oregon State (KWBA) 7 p.m. F 14 Peter Jansen 6-8 241 Sr. Palo Alto, Calif. -- -- -- Dec. 22 *at Oregon (FSNA) TBA Dec. 28 ^PEPPERDINE (FSNA) 6 p.m. F 21 Mike Schwertley 6-5 229 So. Phoenix, Ariz. 1.1 0.9 0.1 Dec. 30 ^Valparaiso/West Virginia (FSNA) 2 p.m. F 34 Dennis Latimore 6-8 254 Fr. Halsted, Kan. -- -- -- Jan. 4 *OREGON (FSNA) 6:30 p.m. C 45 Channing Frye 6-10 222 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. -- -- -- Jan. 6 *OREGON STATE (FSNA) 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10 *at Washington State (KWBA) 7 p.m. GAME DATA: Arizona (0-0, 0-0 Pac-10) opens the 2001-02 season against No. 2 Mary- Jan. 12 *at Washington (FSNA) 7 p.m. Jan. 17 *USC (FSN) 8:30 p.m. land (0-0, 0-0 ACC) in the first round of the fifth annual Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic Jan. 19 *UCLA (CBS) Noon ... Both teams were 2001 NCAA Final Four participants with the Wildcats finishing as Jan. 23 *at Arizona State (FSN) 8:30 p.m. NCAA runners-up and the Terrapins as semifinalists ... Arizona appears in the “World’s Jan. 26 CONNECTICUT (CBS) 11 a.m. Jan. 31 *at California (KWBA) 7 p.m. Most Famous Arena” with five true freshmen and a redshirt freshman on its 11-man travel Feb. 2 *at Stanford (FSN) 5 p.m. roster ... This is UA’s 10th trip to Madison Square Garden (covering 12 games) and the Feb. 7 *WASHINGTON (FSNA) 6:30 p.m. Wildcats have a 7-5 record in the building. Feb. 9 *WASHINGTON STATE (FSNA) 8 p.m. Feb. 14 *at UCLA (FSN) 7:30 p.m. THE RANKINGS: Arizona opens 2001-02 without a top-25 ranking. The last time the Feb. 16 *at USC (ABC) 3 p.m. Cats failed to appear in the coaches’ poll was Feb. 26, 1990, a span of 202 ranking Feb. 20 *ARIZONA STATE (FSNA) 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 *STANFORD (TBA) 8:30 p.m. periods. UA finished the 2000-01 season ranked No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ March 2 *CALIFORNIA (CBS) Noon poll and No. 5 in the Associated Press poll. Prior to this season, UA had been ranked in March 7-9 $at Pac-10 Tournament (FSN/CBS) TBA the AP top 25 for 109 straight weeks. Arizona has been ranked in 236 consecutive AP polls all times local to site and subject to change released during the regular season only. Home games in BOLD CAPS * Pacific-10 Conference game ARIZONA HEAD COACH LUTE OLSON . enters his 19th season at Arizona and his (ex) exhibition game th ! at Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic, New York, N.Y. 29 overall as a college head coach with a career record of 639-225 (.740) and 447-133 % at Southwest Showdown, Phoenix, Ariz. (.771) at Arizona ... He recorded his 600th career win and his 400th victory at Arizona # at John R. Wooden Classic, Anaheim, Calif. during the 2000 campaign and has the fourth most Pac-10 wins (250) in history, trailing ^ Fiesta Bowl Classic honoring Bobbi Olson, Tucson, Ariz. UCLA’s John Wooden (304, 1949-75), Oregon State’s Slats Gill (276, 1929-64) and $ at Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Washington’s Hec Edmundson (266, 1921-47) ... He has the second-best conference winning percentage in Pac-10 history (minimum three years), trailing only Wooden Staying Current (.810/304-74) ... During his 18-year tenure at Arizona, the Wildcats have won one The University of Arizona aslo maintains a comprehensive athletic web site, featuring the national championship (1997), played in the national championship game (2001), latest information on all 19 Wildcat varsity sports. participated in four Final Fours (1988, 1994, 1997, 2001), won nine Pac-10 Conference Point your internet browser to titles and been to the NCAA Tournament for the past 17 years in a row, which is the www.arizonaathletics.com. All UA basketball games are broadcast live on second-longest streak in NCAA history (North Carolina, 27)... He also led Iowa to the the Wildcat Basketball Network, which consists 1980 Final Four... Olson has been named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year six times of the flagship KNST-AM 790 in Tucson and 13 (1986, ‘88, ‘89, ‘93, ‘94, ‘98), the Big 10 Coach of the Year twice (1979 & ‘81) and affiliates in Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. All home games and selected road contests are also carried directed the UA program to the nation’s best winning percentage over the past 14 years in Spanish on Tucson’s KXEW-AM 1600 and (377-87/.813) ... In his collegiate career, Olson has produced 35 NBA Draft picks, Radio XENY-AM 760 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. including 20 at Arizona – 15 alone since 1990 ... A Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame TEAMLINE (800-846-4700) also carries KNST’s broadcasts via phone, while broadcatst.com finalist in each of the last two years, Olson has led UA to 14 consecutive 20-win netcasts KNST’s signal via the internet with links seasons and has 23 overall in his career, making him one of only seven head coaches from arizonaathletics.com. in NCAA history to record 23 or more 20-win seasons... Under Olson, the Cats are 271- 26 (.912) in McKale Center and have won 199 of its last 210 home games. LAST TIME OUT: Arizona shot 53.2 percent from the field and placed five players in The Rankings double figures to earn a 112-96 win over the EA Sports All-Stars Sunday evening at Associated Press Top 25 Poll McKale Center. The Cats used its quickness and accurate shooting to race to the 16- (Nov. 5, 2001) point win. Arizona connected on 41-of-77 (.532) attempts to stretch the lead to as Rnk. Team Points Last 1. Duke (61) 1,787 1 many as 18 points in the second half. EA Sports never got closer than six points in the 2. Maryland (6) 1,634 11 game’s final 17 minutes. Leading the way for Arizona was freshman center Isaiah Fox, 3. Illinois 1,625 4 who finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and was 6-of-7 from the floor in 23 minutes. 4. Kentucky 1,614 9 Twelve of his 18 came in the first half, including seven points in the first four minutes, 5. UCLA 1,443 15 as the Wildcats jumped out to a 10-point lead with just over 13 minutes to play. 6. Florida 1,440 8 7. Kansas 1,336 12 SCOUTING MARYLAND: The Terrapins return four starters and nine letterwinners 8. Missouri 1,216 NR from last season’s NCAA Final Four club that won 25 games. Leading the way are All- 9. Iowa 1,157 24 10. St. Joseph’s 1,122 22 America candidates Lonny Baxter and Juan Dixon, who combined to average 33.8 11. Virginia 1,018 16 points per game in 2000-01. Point guard Steve Blake is also a good one, as he posted 12. Memphis 848 NR averages of 6.9 points and 6.9 assists last year. It would have been nice to play this 13. Stanford 827 2 one in College Park, as this is the final season for historic Cole Field House.