2002 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2002 NCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteSalem, Virginia
ChampionsOtterbein (1st title)
Runner-upElizabethtown (1st title game)
Semifinalists
  • Carthage (1st Final Four)
  • Rochester (3rd Final Four)
Winning coachDick Reynolds (Otterbein)
MOPJeff Gibbs (Otterbein)
Attendance74,437
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«2001 2003»

The field contained sixty-four 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.

Championship Rounds
  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 14 April 2019.
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