2002 National Invitation Tournament

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The 2002 National Invitation Tournament was the 2002 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

School Conference Record Appearance Last bid
Arizona State Pac-10 14–14 8th 2000
Ball State MAC 20–11 4th 1998
Bowling Green MAC 24–8 13th 2000
Butler Horizon 25–5 7th 1999
BYU Mountain West 17–11 9th 2000
Dayton Atlantic 10 20–10 20th 2001
[[{{{school}}}|Detroit]] Horizon 18–12 8th 1999
Fresno State WAC 19–14 6th 2001
George Mason Colonial 19–9 2nd 1986
Georgia State A-Sun 20–10 1st Never
Houston C-USA 18–14 7th 1993
Iowa Big Ten 19–15 3rd 1998
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 20–10 4th 1985
[[{{{school}}}|Louisiana Tech]] WAC 20–9 5th 1992
Louisville C-USA 18–12 13th 1985
LSU SEC 18–14 4th 1983
Manhattan MAAC 20–8 17th 1996
Memphis C-USA 22–9 15th 2001
Minnesota Big Ten 17–12 10th 2001
[[{{{school}}}|Montana State]] Big Sky 19–9 2nd 1987
New Mexico Mountain West 16–13 16th 2001
Princeton Ivy 16–11 5th 2000
Richmond Atlantic 10 19–13 6th 2001
Rutgers Big East 18–12 12th 2000
Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 18–11 7th 1996
South Carolina SEC 18–14 8th 2001
South Florida C-USA 19–12 7th 2000
[[{{{school}}}|St. Bonaventure]] Atlantic 10 17–12 15th 2001
Syracuse Big East 20–11 10th 1997
Temple Atlantic 10 15–14 13th 1989
[[{{{school}}}|Tennessee Tech]] Ohio Valley 24–6 2nd 1985
UC Irvine Big West 21–10 4th 2001
UNC Greensboro Southern 20–10 1st Never
UNLV Mountain West 20–10 6th 1999
Utah State Big West 23–7 6th 1995
Vanderbilt SEC 16–14 9th 2000
Villanova Big East 17–12 15th 2001
Virginia ACC 17–11 9th 2000
[[{{{school}}}|Wagner]] Northeast 19–9 2nd 1979
Yale Ivy 20–10 1st Never

Georgetown declines invitation

Big East Conference member Georgetown originally was among the teams selected, but declined to take part. Hoyas head coach Craig Esherick explained that Georgetown's home court, the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., was booked to host the East Regional of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, meaning that accepting the NIT invitation would have required the Hoyas to play on the road in the West for two weeks, forcing his players to miss many of their classes. After playing a similar schedule the previous season during the 2001 NCAA tournament, Esherick had concluded that missing so many classes to play in the NIT, a tournament which did not offer a chance for a national championship, was not in the best interest of GeorgetownTemplate:'s players.[2]

Esherick's controversial decision meant that Georgetown had no postseason play for the first time since the 1973–74 season. Georgetown became the first team to turn down an NIT bid since Louisville turned down a bid to the 1987 NIT.[3]

Bracket

Below are the four first-round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1] Template:4RoundBracket-Byes

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Semifinals & finals

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09
  2. ↑ Horn, David, "Georgetown's Esherick the Class Act of March," The Michigan Daily, March 13, 2002.
  3. ↑ Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," The Daily Utah Chronicle, March 12, 2002. Template:Webarchive

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