The 2001–02 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati as a member of Conference USA during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
The head coach was Bob Huggins, serving in his 13th year at the school.
The team won regular season and Conference USA tournament titles to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No.
After an opening round victory over Boston University, Cincinnati was upset in the second round by UCLA, 105–101 in double overtime.
Source[2] [3] *AP did not release a Week 1 poll nor post-NCAA Tournament rankings