2002 MAC men's basketball tournament

2002 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200102
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State (3rd title)
Winning coachStan Heath (1st title)
MVPTrevor Huffman (Kent State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
2001–02 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State171 .944306  .833
Bowling Green126 .667249  .727
Ohio117 .6111711  .607
Miami (OH)99 .5001318  .419
Marshall810 .4441515  .500
Buffalo711 .3891218  .400
Akron513 .2781021  .323
West
Ball State126 .6672312  .657
Toledo117 .6111614  .533
Western Michigan108 .5561713  .567
Northern Illinois810 .4441216  .429
Central Michigan513 .278919  .321
Eastern Michigan216 .111624  .200
2002 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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. In the NCAA Tournament Kent State defeated Oklahoma State, Alabama, and Pittsburgh before losing to then eventual national runner-up Indiana Hoosiers in the Elite Eight.