Turkish Basketball League (2001-2002)

 

Division I Standings
1. Efes Pilsen 20-2
2. Ulkerspor 20-2
3. Darussafaka 17-5
4. Turk Telekom 13-9
5. Oyak Renault 12-10
6. Pinar Karsiyaka 11-11
7. Besiktas 10-12

8. Galatasaray

10-12
9. Fenerbahce 7-15
10. ITU 6-16
11. Myndose Kol. 4-18
12. Buyuk Kolej 2-20


Efes Pilsen with 2002 cup (photo: Turkbasket)
Stats Leaders
Points
Yarangume -TED 21.1
Mrsic-Fenerbahce 21.1
Radosevic-Turk T. 21.8
Thompson:Oyak R. 19.2
Bas-Galatararay 19.1
Rebounds
Whisby-Fenerbahce 13.3
Thompson:Oyak R. 13.0
Jones-Darussafaka 10.7
Lollis-Ulker 10.5
Matthews-Galatasaray10.1
Assists
Tunceri-Galatasaray 5.8
Blackwell-Oyak R. 5.5
Koseoglu-Darussafaka 5.1
Ene-ITU:4.9
Tinay-Besiktas:4.8

   Turkish Cup Final - April 22, 2002
After an interesting final game Efes Pilsen won the game 2 in a row with a 78-74 victory over Darussafaka.Efes Pilsen won the cup for the 6th time in their history..The key of the game was Efes Pilsen's foul shots , they were huge from the foul line: (32/35) while Dacka only scored 19 points from the line..Darussafaka star Hakan Koseoglu could not dominate it this time for Dacka,regular season MVP Vincent Jones scored 22 and also grabbed 8 rebounds+stole 4 balls..At the other hand Marcus Brown poured with 20 points and young Ender Arslan added 11 for Efes Pilsen..Both teams were ok on the boards during the game..Fnailly we can say It was a very nice weekend for the basketball fans who filled the tribunes in Abdi Ipekci..
DARUSSAFAKA(74): Omer Kahyaoglu 11, Leonid Yaylo 14, Hakan Koseoglu 9 , Alex Jensen 5, Mehmet Kahyaoglu 4, Deniz Gokay 0, Burak Sezgin 9, Vincent Jones 22
EFES PILSEN(78): Ender Arslan 11, Marcus Brown 20, Omer Onan 0, Saulius Stombergas 6, Kerem Tunceri 8, Mehmet Okur 15 , Kaspars Kambala 9, Alper Yilmaz 0, Kaya Peker 9
Jones - MVP
Vincent Jones of Darussafaka is named the MVP of regular season

   Turkish teams in Euro cups 2001-2002
Euroleague:
Efes Pilsen - Stage 1: took 4th place (9-5) in Group A; Stage 2: took 2nd place (3-3) in Group F
Ulker - Stage 1: took 3rd place (9-5) in Group B; Stage 2: took 4th place (1-5) in Group H

Saporta Cup:
Darussafaka - took 6th place (1-9) in Group B
Turk Telekom - took 3rd place (6-4) in Group A, lost in the 1/8 Finals to Panionios (GRE)
Korac Cup:
Büyük Kolej - took 4th place (0-6) in Group F
Fenerbahce - lost to Euraz Ekaterinburg (RUS) in eliminations
Besiktas - took 4th place (2-4) in Group D
SEBC:
Besiktas