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
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	13
Site	Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Kent State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Stan Heath (1st title)
MVP	Trevor Huffman (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2001–02 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State†	17	–	1		.944			30	–	6		.833
Bowling Green	12	–	6		.667			24	–	9		.727
Ohio	11	–	7		.611			17	–	11		.607
Miami	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Marshall	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Buffalo	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
Akron	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
West
Ball State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			16	–	14		.533
Western Michigan	10	–	8		.556			17	–	13		.567
Northern Illinois	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Central Michigan	5	–	13		.278			9	–	19		.321
Eastern Michigan	2	–	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

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	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

First Round summary

Quarterfinal summary

Semifinal summary

Championship summary

Broadcast Information

ESPN2 announcers

Regional TV announcers

Local announcers

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

Notes

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.