The 2001–02 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented the McNeese State University during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
The Cowboys, led by first-year head coach Tic Price, played their home games at Burton Coliseum and were members of the Southland Conference.
They finished the season with a record of 21–9, 17–3 in Southland play.
They won the 2002 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as No.
3 seed Mississippi State, 70–58.