2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2002 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams48
Finals siteSalem, Virginia
ChampionsOtterbein (1st title)
Runner-upElizabethtown (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDick Reynolds (Otterbein)
MOPJeff Gibbs (Otterbein)
Attendance74,437
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2001 2003»

The 2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.[1]

Otterbein defeated Elizabethtown, 102–83, in the championship, clinching their first national title.

The Cardinals (30–3) were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Jeff Gibbs, also from Otterbein, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Top left sectional

First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
        
St. Thomas (MN) 85
UW–Oshkosh 88*
UW–Oshkosh 71
Ripon 56
UW–Oshkosh 71
Lewis & Clark 79
Lewis & Clark 81
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 59
Lewis & Clark 70
Mississippi College 57
Lewis & Clark 70
Carthage 85
Carthage 63
Hope 57
St. Norbert 53
Hope 54
Carthage 71
Buena Vista 65
Gustavus Adolphus 74
Edgewood 65
Gustavus Adolphus 88
Buena Vista 60

Bottom left sectional

First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
        
Washington–St. Louis 71
Maryville (TN) 57
Maryville (TN) 70
Webster 45
Washington–St. Louis 87
DePauw 90
Wittenberg 75
Franklin 44
Wittenberg 76
DePauw 89
DePauw 79
Otterbein 87
Randolph–Macon 79
Lycoming 62
Gettysburg 59
Lycoming 78
Randolph–Macon 72
Otterbein 85
Pitt–Bradford 98
Bethany (WV) 110
Bethany (WV) 89
Otterbein 121

Top right sectional

First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
        
Rochester 66
Williams 51
Williams 121
Cazenovia 49
Rochester 71
Babson 60
Union (NY) 75
Lasell 73
Union (NY) 50
Babson 63
Rochester 71
Brockport State 62
Amherst 82
Western Connecticut 77
Western Connecticut 92
Salem State 89
Amherst 65
Brockport State 69
Trinity (CT) 75
Colby–Sawyer 47
Trinity (CT) 61
Brockport State 80

Bottom right sectional

First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
        
Elizabethtown 95
Alvernia 84
Alvernia 76
Ithaca 67
Elizabethtown 87
Cabrini 85
Kings Point 73
Cabrini 85
Cabrini 47
William Paterson 43
Elizabethtown 94
Clark (MA) 90
Staten Island 72
Clark (MA) 101
Clark (MA) 84
Suffolk 77
Clark (MA) 75
Catholic 72
Hampden–Sydney 92
North Carolina Wesleyan 79
Hampden–Sydney 66
Catholic 74

National finals

National semifinals National championship
    
Carthage 66
Otterbein 70
Otterbein 102
Elizabethtown 83
Rochester 83
Elizabethtown 93* National third-place
Carthage 72
Rochester 51

See also

References

  1. ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 14, 2019.