2002 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

2002 (2002) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKeeter Gymnasium
Missouri Point Lookout, Missouri
ChampionsEvangel Crusaders (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Runner-upRobert Morris Eagles (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Neil Foster (Warner Southern)
Chuck Taylor MVPDaniel Cutbirth (Evangel)
Top scorerBobby Smith (Robert Morris (IL))
(156 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«2001 2003»

The 2002 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 2001–02 basketball season.

Top-seeded Evangel defeated Robert Morris (IL) in the championship game, 84–61, to claim the Crusaders' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.[1]

Qualification

See also: 2001–02 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Evangel 79
St. Joseph (VT) 49
1 Evangel 83
Black Hills State 66
Black Hills State 72
16 Brevard 62
1 Evangel 86
Holy Family 57
9 Newman 71
Holy Family 73
Holy Family 78
8 Evergreen State 74
Ottawa (KS) 64
8 Evergreen State 71
1 Evangel 81
4 Northwestern (IA) 79
5 Siena Heights 90
Northwestern St. Paul 67
5 Siena Heights 52
12 Saint Vincent 74
Briar Cliff 69
12 Saint Vincent 77
12 Saint Vincent 62
4 Northwestern (IA) 72
13 Huntington (IN) 76
Holy Names 60
13 Huntington (IN) 80
4 Northwestern (IA) 92
Saint Joseph's (ME) 69
4 Northwestern (IA) 86
1 Evangel 84
7 Robert Morris (IL) 61
3 Cornerstone 92
Mount St. Clare 91
3 Cornerstone 81
14 Caldwell 78
Bluefield (VA) 48
14 Caldwell 68
3 Cornerstone 67
11 MidAmerica Nazarene 61
11 MidAmerica Nazarene 81
Ohio Dominican 70
11 MidAmerica Nazarene 75
6 Jamestown 70
College of the Ozarks 80
6 Jamestown 82
3 Cornerstone 75
7 Robert Morris (IL) 82
7 Robert Morris (IL) 80
Menlo 66
7 Robert Morris (IL) 89
Bethel (TN) 72
Bethel (TN) 71
10 Western Baptist 69
7 Robert Morris (IL) 81
2 Warner Southern 74
15 Walsh 78
Sioux Falls 94
Sioux Falls 74
2 Warner Southern 88
Tabor 78
2 Warner Southern 87

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 13, 2022.