2002 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Science and Arts (Okla.) ; (1st title)
Runner-Up	Oklahoma Baptist ; (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Azusa Pacific (Calif.); Barat (Ill.)
Coach of the Year	Harry Statham ; (McKendree (Ill.))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Michael Williamson ; (Science & Arts (Okla.))
Player of the Year	DuJuan Brown and Robert Joseph ; (Oklahoma Baptist and Union (Tenn.))
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Troy Farrow, ; (Barat (Ill.))
Attendance	21,456
Top scorer	DuJuan Brown (Oklahoma Baptist); (136 points)

The 2002 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the first NAIA tournament back in Kansas City since 1993. The NAIA headquarters also relocated to Olathe, Kansas this year. The 65th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The 2002 champion was 2001's runner-up, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The Drovers faced Sooner Athletic Conference rival Oklahoma Baptist University in the championship game. It was the first time two teams from the Sooner Athletic Conference ever met in the national championship game. And the first SAC team to win the tournament since Oklahoma City University won in 1996. The Drovers rolled over the Bison 96–79. Finishing out the NAIA Semifinals were Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) and Barat College (Ill.).

2002 was also the first year Buffalo Funds, a Kansas City-based investment management firm, was the title corporate sponsor.[2] In 2008 Buffalo Funds extended its contract with the NAIA tournament until the 2010 tournament; in 2013, it would be extended to 2017. [3]

Awards and honors

Leading scorer: DuJuan Brown, Oklahoma Baptist (2001 winner) in 5 games DuJuan scored 51FG 21FT totaling 136pts (avg 27.2/game)
Leading rebounder: Sidney Holmes, Barat (Ill.) in 4 games 49 rebounds (avg. 12.3)
Most Three-Point Field Goals Made (All Tournament): 55, University of Science & Arts (Okla.) (120 attempts)
Most consecutive tournament appearances: 11th, Georgetown (Ky.)
Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 21st of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament[4]

2002 NAIA bracket

First Round			Second Round			Elite Eight			NAIA National Semifinals			NAIA National Championship


1	Georgetown (Ky.)	88

-	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	65
			1	Georgetown	59

			16	Oklahoma City	74
-	Houston Baptist (Texas)	82

16	Oklahoma City	88
						16	Oklahoma City	72
TOP TIER
						9	Azusa Pacific	80
9	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	78

-	Spalding (Ky.)	44
			9	Azusa Pacific	97

			-	Auburn Montgomery	50
-	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	56

8	Southern-New Orleans (La.)	55
									9	Azusa Pacific	81

									5	Oklahoma Baptist	93
-	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	78

5	Oklahoma Baptist	89
			5	Oklahoma Baptist	90

			-	Martin Methodist	79
-	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	53

12	Spring Hill (Ala.)	47
						5	Oklahoma Baptist	89
TOP TIER
						-	Olivet Nazarene	69
13	Edwards Waters (Fla.)	64

-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	80
			-	Olivet Nazarene	85

			4	McKendree	78
-	Georgia Southwestern	71

4	McKendree (Ill.)	87
												5	Oklahoma Baptist	79

												-	Science & Arts	96
3	Biola (Calif.)	75

-	Barber-Scotia (N.C.)	46
			3	Biola	79

			-	Science & Arts	92
-	Science & Arts (Okla.)	68

14	Carroll (Mont.)	61
						-	Science and Arts	92
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Huston-Tillotson	77
11	Cumberlands (Ky.)	69

-	Dillard (La.)	55
			11	Cumberland	73

			-	Huston-Tillotson	78
-	Huston-Tillotson (Texas)	83

6	Faulkner (Ala.)	68
									-	Science & Arts	111

									15	Barat	106*
7	Mountain State (W. Va.)	85

-	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	71
			7	Mountain State	47

			-	Westmont	75
-	Westmont (Calif.)	88

10	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)	77
						-	Westmont	79
BOTTOM TIER
						15	Barat	91
15	Barat (Ill.)	93

-	Columbia (Mo.)	86
			15	Barat	96

			2	Union	87*
-	Westminster (Utah)	52

2	Union (Tenn.)	62

* denotes overtime.

References

"NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
Buffalo Funds as NAIA title sponsor
"Buffalo Funds extends sponsorship to 2010". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-19.

[2] Buffalo Funds as NAIA title sponsor

[3] "Buffalo Funds extends sponsorship to 2010". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-30.

[4] NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine