This was head coach Gregg Marshall's fourth season at Winthrop.

The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum.

They finished the season 19–12, 10–4 in Big South play to finish tied atop the conference regular season standings.

They won the 2002 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

16 seed in the South region, the Eagles lost to No.