2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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The 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 2002, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. A total of 64 games were played.

This was the first year that the tournament used the so-called "pod" system, in which the eight first- and second-round sites are distributed around the four regionals. Teams were assigned to first round spots in order to minimize travel for as many teams as possible. The top seeds at each site were:

The Final Four consisted of Maryland, making their second consecutive appearance, Kansas, making their first appearance since 1993, Indiana, making their first appearance since 1992, and Oklahoma, making their first appearance since their national runner-up finish in 1988.

Maryland defeated Indiana 64–52 in the championship game to win their first-ever national championship. Juan Dixon of Maryland was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. He would go on to be drafted 17th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2002 NBA Draft.

For the second straight tournament, the Elite Eight featured at least one double-digit seed. South Region tenth-seed Kent State and West Region twelfth-seed Missouri played in their respective regional finals, with Kent State losing to Indiana and Missouri losing to Oklahoma. This also marked the first time since 1987 that no team from the states of North Carolina nor Kentucky reached the Final Four.

This tournament was the first since 1974 (the last tournament which only allowed one team per conference) in which the North Carolina Tar Heels were not a participant. The 27-year streak was, at the time, the longest appearance streak in NCAA history, having beaten UCLA's 15-year streak in 1990. It has since been topped by Kansas, whose 35-year streak dates back to 1990 and is still active. (Two other active teams, Michigan State and Gonzaga, also have active 20 year streaks and could beat UNC's streak in 2026 and 2027, respectively.)

Schedule and venues

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The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2002 tournament:

Opening Round

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

Qualifying teams

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Automatic bids

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2002 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Conference School Appearance Last bid
ACC Duke 26th 2001
America East Boston University 6th 1997
Atlantic 10 Xavier 14th 2001
Atlantic Sun Florida Atlantic 1st Never
Big 12 Oklahoma 21st 2001
Big East Connecticut 23rd 2000
Big Sky Montana 5th 1997
Big South Winthrop 4th 2001
Big Ten Ohio State 22nd 2001
Big West UC Santa Barbara 3rd 1990
Colonial UNC Wilmington 2nd 2000
C-USA Cincinnati 21st 2001
Horizon [[{{{school}}}|Illinois–Chicago]] 2nd 1998
Ivy League Penn 19th 2000
MAAC Siena 3rd 1999
MAC Kent State 3rd 2001
MEAC [[{{{school}}}|Hampton]] 2nd 2001
Mid-Con Valparaiso 6th 2000
Missouri Valley Creighton 13th 2001
Mountain West San Diego State 4th 1985
Northeast Central Connecticut State 2nd 2000
Ohio Valley Murray State 11th 1999
Pac-10 Arizona 21st 2001
Patriot Holy Cross 10th 2001
SEC Mississippi State 5th 1996
Southern Davidson 7th 1998
Southland McNeese State 2nd 1989
Sun Belt Western Kentucky 18th 2001
SWAC Alcorn State 6th 1999
WAC Hawaii 4th 2001
West Coast Gonzaga 5th 2001

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Syracuse
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Maryland ACC 26–4 At-large
#2 Connecticut Big East 24–6 Automatic
#3 Georgia SEC 21–9 At-large
#4 Kentucky SEC 20–9 At-large
#5 Marquette C-USA 26–6 At-large
#6 Texas Tech Big 12 23–8 At-large
#7 NC State ACC 22–10 At-large
#8 Wisconsin Big Ten 18–12 At-large
#9 St. John's Big East 20–11 At-large
#10 Michigan State Big Ten 19–11 At-large
#11 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 26–7 At-large
#12 Tulsa WAC 26–6 At-large
#13 Valparaiso Mid-Continent 25–7 Automatic
#14 Murray State OVC 19–12 Automatic
#15 [[{{{school}}}|Hampton]] MEAC 26–6 Automatic
#16 Siena MAAC 16–18 Automatic
Alcorn State SWAC 21–9 Automatic
Midwest Regional – Madison
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Kansas Big 12 29–3 At-large
#2 Oregon Pac-10 23–8 At-large
#3 Mississippi State SEC 26–7 Automatic
#4 Illinois Big Ten 24–8 At-large
#5 Florida SEC 22–8 At-large
#6 Texas Big 12 20–11 At-large
#7 Wake Forest ACC 20–12 At-large
#8 Stanford Pac-10 19–9 At-large
#9 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 28–3 Automatic
#10 Pepperdine WCC 22–8 At-large
#11 Boston College Big East 20–11 At-large
#12 Creighton Missouri Valley 22–8 Automatic
#13 San Diego State Mountain West 21–11 Automatic
#14 McNeese State Southland 21–8 Automatic
#15 Montana Big Sky 16–14 Automatic
#16 Holy Cross Patriot 18–14 Automatic
South Regional – Lexington
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Duke ACC 29–3 Automatic
#2 Alabama SEC 26–7 At-large
#3 Pittsburgh Big East 27–5 At-large
#4 USC Pac-10 22–9 At-large
#5 Indiana Big Ten 20–11 At-large
#6 California Pac-10 21–8 At-large
#7 Oklahoma State Big 12 23–8 At-large
#8 Notre Dame Big East 21–10 At-large
#9 Charlotte C-USA 18–11 At-large
#10 Kent State MAC 27–5 Automatic
#11 Penn Ivy League 25–6 Automatic
#12 Utah Mountain West 21–8 At-large
#13 UNC Wilmington CAA 22–9 Automatic
#14 Central Connecticut State NEC 27–4 Automatic
#15 Florida Atlantic Atlantic Sun 19–11 Automatic
#16 Winthrop Big South 19–11 Automatic
West Regional – San Jose
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
#1 Cincinnati C-USA 30–3 Automatic
#2 Oklahoma Big 12 27–4 Automatic
#3 Arizona Pac-10 22–9 Automatic
#4 Ohio State Big Ten 23–7 Automatic
#5 Miami (FL) Big East 24–7 At-large
#6 Gonzaga WCC 29–3 Automatic
#7 Xavier Atlantic 10 25–5 Automatic
#8 UCLA Pac-10 19–11 At-Large
#9 Ole Miss SEC 20–10 At-large
#10 Hawaii WAC 27–5 Automatic
#11 Wyoming Mountain West 21–8 At-large
#12 Missouri Big 12 21–11 At-large
#13 Davidson Southern 21–9 Automatic
#14 UC Santa Barbara Big West 20–10 Automatic
#15 [[{{{school}}}|Illinois–Chicago]] Horizon 20–13 Automatic
#16 Boston University America East 22–9 Automatic

Bids by conference

Bids Conference Schools
6 Big 12 Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
Big East Boston College, Connecticut, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John's
Pac-10 Arizona, California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC
SEC Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
5 Big Ten Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin
4 ACC Duke, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest
3 C-USA Charlotte, Cincinnati, Marquette
Mountain West San Diego State, Utah, Wyoming
2 Missouri Valley Creighton, Southern Illinois
WAC Hawaii, Tulsa
West Coast Gonzaga, Pepperdine
1 20 other conferences

Final Four

At Georgia Dome, Atlanta

National semifinals

  • March 30, 2002
    For the second straight year the Maryland Terrapins earned a bid to the Final Four. This time they would take advantage of their trip. After falling behind 13–2 to the Kansas Jayhawks to begin the game, Maryland stormed to a 44–37 lead at halftime. They expanded their lead to 20, 83–63, with 6:11 left in the game. Roy Williams' Kansas squad did not quit and closed the gap to 4 with under a minute remaining, but the Terps survived to advance to the championship, 97–88. Maryland senior Juan Dixon led the contest in scoring with 33.[1]
    Mike Davis's Indiana Hoosiers continued their Cinderella ride in the NCAA tournament by defeating another higher ranked team, the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma led most of the first half, and took a 34–30 lead into halftime. However, with the score 60–60 late in the 2nd half Indiana broke ahead for good with an easy bucket from Jeff Newton, who led the Hoosiers with 19 points. The Hoosiers outscored the Sooners by 13 in the 2nd half and advanced to the championship game with a 73–64 victory. Oklahoma was coached by Kelvin Sampson, who later in his career would succeed Davis as IU head coach.[2] This was the first men's final four where all four teams had a unique nickname among D-I schools.

Championship game

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  • April 1, 2002
    The Maryland Terrapins completed the task they set out to do one year earlier by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 64–52. Maryland led virtually the entire game except for a brief point with 9:52 left in the basketball game when Indiana took a 44–42 lead. Maryland answered the Hoosier run and ended the game with a 22–8 run to bring home the school's first and coach Gary Williams's only men's basketball National Championship. Senior Juan Dixon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player (MOP).[3]

Bracket

Opening Round game

Winner advances to 16th seed in East Regional vs. (1) Maryland.

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East Regional — Syracuse, New York

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Regional Final Summary

CBS
Sunday, March 24
#1 Maryland Terrapins 90, #2 Connecticut Huskies 82
Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–45
Pts: L. Baxter – 29
Rebs: L. Baxter – 9
Asts: S. Blake – 6		 Pts: C. Butler – 33
Rebs: C. Butler – 7
Asts: C. Butler – 4
Carrier DomeTemplate:Snd Syracuse, NY
Attendance: 29,252
Referees: Tom Rucker, Zelton Steed, Dick Cartmell

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Midwest Regional — Madison, Wisconsin

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Regional Final Summary

CBS
Sunday, March 24
#1 Kansas Jayhawks 104, #2 Oregon Ducks 86
Scoring by half: 48–42, 56–44
Pts: N. Collison – 25
Rebs: D. Gooden – 20
Asts: A. Miles – 8		 Pts: F. Jones – 32
Rebs: R. Johnson – 10
Asts: L. Ridnour – 7
Kohl CenterTemplate:Snd Madison, WI
Attendance: 16,310
Referees: Jim Burr, Leslie Jones, Tom Lopes

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South Regional — Lexington, Kentucky

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Regional Final Summary

CBS
Saturday, March 23
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#5 Indiana Hoosiers 81, #10 Kent State Golden Flashes 69
Scoring by half: 40–28, 41–41
Pts: D. Fife – 17
Rebs: J. Jeffries – 7
Asts: T. Coverdale, K. Hornsby – 7		 Pts: A. Gates – 22
Rebs: A. Gates, D. Shaw – 8
Asts: T. Huffman – 4
Rupp ArenaTemplate:Snd Lexington, KY
Attendance: 22,435
Referees: Mark Whitehead, Scott Thornley, Tom Nunez

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West Regional — San Jose, California

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Ohio State vacated all 32 games including its NCAA Tournament appearance from the 2001–02 season due to the Jim O’Brien scandal.[4] Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Ohio State removing the wins from its own record.

Regional Final Summary

CBS
Saturday, March 23
#2 Oklahoma Sooners 81, #12 Missouri Tigers 75
Scoring by half: 41–32, 40–43
Pts: H. Price – 18
Rebs: Q. White, D, Selvy – 7
Asts: Q. White – 7		 Pts: R. Paulding – 22
Rebs: T. Bryant – 9
Asts: W. Stokes, R. Paulding – 4
Compaq CenterTemplate:Snd San Jose, CA
Attendance: 18,040
Referees: John Cahill, Terry Moore, John Hughes

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Final Four — Atlanta, Georgia

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Broadcast information

ESPN broadcast the opening-round game, then turned coverage over to CBS Sports for the remaining 63 games. They were carried on a regional basis until the "Elite Eight", at which point all games were shown nationally.

Westwood One had exclusive radio coverage.

CBS Sports announcers

Westwood One announcers

References

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See also

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