| Date | Day | Opponent | Outcome/Time | Location | TV |
| 11/06/2001 | Tue | Nike Elite (Exhibition) | W – 107-80 | Lexington, Ky. | |
| 11/11/2001 | Sun | Athletes in Action (Exh.) | W – 88-83 OT | Lexington, Ky. | UKTV-D |
| 11/15/2001 | Thu | Western Kentucky (NABC Classic) | L – 52-64 | Lexington, Ky. | Fox Sports Ohio |
| 11/16/2001 | Fri | Marshall | W – 90-73 | Lexington, Ky. | Fox Sports Ohio |
| 11/24/2001 | Sat | Morehead St | W – 94-75 | Lexington, Ky. | UKTV-L |
| 11/28/2001 | Wed | Kent State | W – 82-68 | Cincinnati, Oh. | UKTV-L |
| 12/05/2001 | Wed | VMI | W – 99-57 | Lexington, Ky. | UKTV-D |
| 12/08/2001 | Sat | North Carolina | W – 79-59 | Lexington, Ky. | CBS |
| 12/15/2001 | Sat | Kentucky State | W – 118-63 | Lexington, Ky. | UKTV-L |
| 12/18/2001 | Tue | Duke | L – 92-95 OT | E. Rutherford, N.J. | ESPN |
| 12/22/2001 | Sat | Indiana | W – 66-52 | Indianapolis, Ind. | CBS |
| 12/29/2001 | Sat | Louisville | W – 82-62 | Lexington, Ky. | CBS |
| 01/02/2002 | Wed | Tulane | W – 101-67 | Louisville, Ky. | UKTV-L |
| 01/05/2002 | Sat | Mississippi St | L – 69-74 OT | Starkville, Miss. | JP |
| 01/09/2002 | Wed | Georgia | L – 84-88 | Lexington, Ky. | Fox Sports South |
| 01/12/2002 | Sat | South Carolina | W – 51-50 | Columbia, S.C | JP |
| 01/15/2002 | Tue | Mississippi | W – 87-64 | Lexington, Ky. | ESPN |
| 01/19/2002 | Sat | Notre Dame | W – 72-65 | South Bend, Ind. | CBS |
| 01/22/2002 | Tue | Auburn | W – 69-62 | Auburn, Ala. | ESPN |
| 01/26/2002 | Sat | Alabama | L – 61-64 | Lexington, Ky. | ESPN |
| 01/29/2002 | Tue | Florida | W – 70-68 | Gainesville, Fla. | ESPN |
| 02/02/2002 | Sat | South Carolina | W – 91-74 | Lexington, Ky. | JP |
| 02/06/2002 | Wed | Tennessee | L – 74-76 OT | Knoxville, Tenn. | JP |
| 02/09/2002 | Sat | LSU | W – 68-56 | Baton Rouge, La. | JP |
| 02/13/2002 | Wed | Vanderbilt | W – 67-59 | Lexington, Ky. | JP |
| 02/16/2002 | Sat | Georgia | L – 69-78 | Athens, Ga. | CBS |
| 02/19/2002 | Tue | Tennessee | W – 64-61 | Lexington, Ky. | ESPN |
| 02/23/2002 | Sat | Arkansas | W – 71-58 | Lexington, Ky. | CBS |
| 02/27/2002 | Wed | Vanderbilt | L – 73-86 | Nashville, Tenn. | JP |
| 03/02/2002 | Sat | Florida | W – 70-67 | Lexington, Ky. | CBS |
| 03/08/2002 | Fri | SEC Tourney – S. Carolina | L – 57-70 | Atlanta, Ga. | |
| 03/14/2002 | NCAA – Valparaiso | W – 83-68 | St. Louis | ||
| 03/16/2002 | NCAA – Tulsa | W 87-82 | St. Louis | ||
| 03/22/2002 | NCAA – Maryland | L – 68-7 | Syracuse, NY |