2002 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2002 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. The Flashes won the tournament, their third MAC Tournament championship, claiming the title 70–59 over Bowling Green. The announced crowd of 14,106 set a conference record for highest-attended tournament game.

2002 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2001–02
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State (3rd title)
Winning coachStan Heath (1st title)
MVPTrevor Huffman (Kent State)
2001–02 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State†17–1 .944  30–6  .833
Bowling Green12–6 .667  24–9  .727
Ohio11–7 .611  17–11  .607
Miami9–9 .500  13–18  .419
Marshall8–10 .444  15–15  .500
Buffalo7–11 .389  12–18  .400
Akron5–13 .278  10–21  .323
West
Ball State12–6 .667  23–12  .657
Toledo11–7 .611  16–14  .533
Western Michigan10–8 .556  17–13  .567
Northern Illinois8–10 .444  12–16  .429
Central Michigan5–13 .278  9–19  .321
Eastern Michigan2–16 .111  6–24  .200
† 2002 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds
  1. Kent State
  2. Ball State
  3. Bowling Green
  4. Toledo
  5. Ohio
  6. Western Michigan
  7. Miami
  8. Marshall
  9. Northern Illinois
  10. Buffalo
  11. Akron
  12. Central Michigan
  13. Eastern Michigan

Bracket

[1]

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                     
       
  1 Kent State 86  
    8 Marshall 70  
8 Marshall 97
9 Northern Illinois 93  
  1 Kent State 86  
  4 Toledo 61  
4 Toledo 89  
13 Eastern Michigan 53  
  4 Toledo 62
    12 Central Michigan 54  
5 Ohio 56
12 Central Michigan 65  
  1 Kent State 70
  3 Bowling Green 59
       
       
  2 Ball State 62
    7 Miami 50  
7 Miami 70
10 Buffalo 61  
  2 Ball State 57
  3 Bowling Green 69  
       
       
  3 Bowling Green 60
    11 Akron 58  
6 Western Michigan 83
11 Akron 90  

* – Denotes overtime period

Broadcast Information

Local announcers
Seed Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
1 Kent State WNIR–FM 100.1 Bill Needle

References
  1. "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men's Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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