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#11 Southern Illinois 76, #6 Texas Tech 68 #2 UConn 71, #11 Southern Illinois 59 

March 15, 2002, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
March 22, 2002, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
FG
3P FT O/D REB F PTS A
TO B S M 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO B S M SIU (27-7)
SIU (28-8) FG 
0-0 0-0 0-0 0/1 1 3 1 0 0 13 0-0 5-11 4/5 9 4 17 1 3 0 0 27 Sylvester Willis, c
Jermaine Dearman, f 6-12 0 1 
3-10 0-2 3-3 3/3 6 3 1 0 1 22 11-16 0-0 2-4
3/5 8 3 24 2 2 1 1 34 Darren Brooks, g
Rolan Roberts, c
9 4 
1-5 0-4 6-8 1/4 5 3 1 0 0 31 1/1 2 5 0 3 0 0 1 25 Marcus Belcher, g
Marcus Belcher, g
8 4 0-3 0-2 0-0
2-4 2-2 1-2 1/3
4 2 2 1 1 31 3/0 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 31 Stetson Hairston, g
7 3 Stetson Hairston, g 0-5 0-2 2-2 
4-10 2-6 2 2
2 0 1 31 0/2 2 3 7 2 4 0 1 30 Kent Williams, g
17 4 7-10 0/2 Kent Williams, g 2-11 0-5 3-4 
2-3 0-0 1 1
1 0 1 8 1/2 3 1 7 0 1 0 0 25 Tyrese Buie
4 0 0-0 0/1 Darren Brooks 3-8 1-4 0-0 
1-2 0-1 2 2
1 1 0 15 2/2 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 11 Brad Korn
2 1 0-0 1/1 Tyrese Buie 1-5 0-1 0-0 
5-7 0-0 4 3
1 5 2 23 0/1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 Rolan Roberts
12 0 2-2 2/2 Sylvester Willis 0-0 0-0 0-0 
8-15
0-0
4 1 2 26
0/1 1 2
0 0 0
0 1 5 Jermaine Dearman
17
3
1-4 5/6
Brad Korn
0-0 0-0 0-0
11 2 
1
7 1
TEAM
3/1 4
TEAM
4 3 
1 5 200
Totals
Totals
23-60 1-14 12-21 18/22 40 27 59 11 12
26-56 4-15 20-29 16/24 40 21 76 20 15
8 8

200
UCONN (27-6) B S M FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO
TTU (23-9)
Caron Butler, f 21925 1 1 38 6-16 1-2 6-9 FG 3P
FT O/D REB F PTS A TO B S M 2/2 4 
Pawel Storozyns, f
Johnnie Selvie, f 4812 0 1 30 3-7 0-0 2-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0/111012 0 0 9 1/1 2 
Kasib Powell, f
Emeka Okafor, c 4912 1 1 22 4-5 0-0 1-2 8-20 0-0 3-4 6/1741932 0 1 39 2/4 6 
Andy Ellis, c
Taliek Brown, g 4940 0 2 33 2-5 1-2 4-6 6-11 1-2 6-8 6/41041912
2 0 40 3/4 7 
Andy Emmett, g
Tony Robertson, 21011 0 0 28 4-9 1-2 1-2 4-17 0-1
1-2
0 3 39 0/3 3 1/2 3 3922 g
Nick Valdez, g
Ben Gordon 01252 0 1 23
4-7 2-3 2-4 0 0 17 0/5 5 1/5 6 3413 1-2 1-2 1-2 
Nathan Doudney
Justin Brown 1001 0 0 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 11 1/0 1 1/0 1 3801 3-7 2-5 0-0 
Will Chavis
Mike Hayes
2401 0 0 17 1-1 0-0 2-4 0 5 32
2/0 2 1/3 4 5723 3-5 0-2 1-2 
Mikey Marshall
6 Shamon Tooles
3000 0 0 2
0-0 0-0 0-0
0/0 0 1/0 1 1200 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 
Ronald Ross
7 TEAM
2/6 8
0/0 0 0010
0-1 0-0 0-2
0 0
TEAM
2 6 200
6/3 9
Totals
24-52 5-9 18-30 13/25 38 22 71 14 14 
Totals
2 10
By Periods
26-67 4-12 12-20 23/19 42 24 68 11 15
1 2 Final
200
Southern Illinois
28 31 59 
By Periods
Connecticut
1 2 Final 40 31 71
Southern Illinois
FG Percentage: SIU 38.3, UC 46.2 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 7.1, UC 55.6 32 44 76 
Texas Tech
FT Percentage: SIU 57.1, UC 60.0 Attendance: 29,633
29 39 68

FG Percentage: SIU 46.4, TTU 38.8 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 26.7, TTU 33.3 
FT Percentage: SIU 69.0, TTU 60.0 Attendance: 21,700
2001-02 Milestones
#11 Southern Illinois 77, #3 Georgia 75 •Finished the season ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll, first national 
March 17, 2002, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
ranking since 1976-77 season.
•Most wins in school history (28).
TO B SIU (28-7) FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A S M 

•Tied for the regular-season MVC title, first league title since 1991-92. 1 0 Jermaine Dearman, f 10-15 0-0 5-7 5/3 8 2 25 2 2 33 
•Tied school record for conference wins (14).
0 0 Rolan Roberts, c 4-9 0-0 1-8 3/6 9 3 9 4 1 31 
•Undefeated at home (13-0) for just sixth time in school history and first 1 0 Marcus Belcher, g 2-2
1-1 0-0 0/1 1 3 5 2 0 22 
time since 1992-93 season.
0 0 1-2 0-1 1/0 1 4 3 5 0 29 Stetson Hairston, g 1-6 
1 1 1-5 2-2 0/1 1 1 11 2 1 36 Kent Williams, g 4-11 
•Beat two ranked teams, #23 Georgia and #22 Indiana.
0 1 3-4 3-4 0/2 2 2 16 3 1 24 Darren Brooks 5-8 
•Defeated teams from major conferences such as Conference USA, Big 2 1 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 8 Tyrese Buie 0-0 
Twelve, Big Ten, and SEC.
1 0 0-0 0-0 1/0 1 4 0 0 1 7 SylvesterWillis 0-1 
•Defeated six teams that played in the NCAA Tournament, including 0 0
1-1
3-4
0/0 0 3 8 0
0 10
Brad Korn
2-4
NCAA Championship runner-up Indiana.
1/3 4
TEAM
Totals
28-56 7-13 14-26 11/16 27 23 77 18
6 3 6
•Earned first at-large bid to NCAA Tournament in school history. 200
•Had first sell-out crowd at SIU Arena in 12 years.
UG (22-10) FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A
TO B S M 
•Held opponents to 40.3 percent shooting from the field, lowest since Jarvis Hayes, f 8-15 4-5 6-8 4/7 11 1 2 0 1 37 26 3 
the 1967-68 season.
Chris Daniels, f 1-5 0-0 4-6 3/1 4 5 5 1 1 28 6 2 
•Had two players named First Team All-MVC.
Steve Thomas, c 2-4 0-0 2-2 3/9 12 5 1 1 1 32 6 0 
Rashad Wright, g 6-15 2-4 2-3 1/2 3 1 1 0 0 37 16 5 
•Had the MVC “Newcomer of the Year” , “Defensive Player of the Year”
and runner-up for “Player of the Year”.
Ezra Williams, g 3-11 1-5 6-8 1/3 4 4 3 0 1 36 13 0 
•Were featured in newspapers such as USA Today and the New York Michael Dean 0-1 0-0 2-2 0/1 1 3 1 0 1 8 2 1 
Times, on television networks such as ESPN, FOX and CNN, and on Fred Gibson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 
Jonas Hayes 2-4
0-0
2-2
3/1 4 4
1 0
0 20
6
0
radio sports talk shows throughout the country.
TEAM
5/1 6
Totals
22-55 7-14 24-31 20/25 45 23 75 11 14 2 5
200
By Periods
1 2
Final
Southern Illinois
35 42 77 
Georgia
38 37 75
FG Percentage: SIU 50.0, UG 40.0 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 53.8, UG 50.0 
FT Percentage: SIU 53.8, UG 77.4 Attendance: 21,525


















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NIT IN 1967(ChAMPIoNS), 69, 75, 89, 90, 91, 92, 00, 08 

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