2002 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
Teams 8
Site Curb Event Center
Nashville, TN
Champions Florida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coach Sidney Green (1st title)
MVP Thomas Terrell (Georgia State)
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2001  2003»

Template:2001–02 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

The 2002 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 28–March 2 at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] This was the first Atlantic Sun tournament after the conference changed its name from the Trans America Athletic Conference.

Florida Atlantic defeated defending champions Georgia State in the championship game, 76–75, to win their first Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Owls, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

The Atlantic Sun added Belmont as their eleventh member prior to the season. However, the tournament reverted to its old format whereby only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, February 28
Semifinals
Friday, March 1
Championship
Saturday, March 2
                           
  1  Georgia State 82  
8  Belmont 79  
  1  Georgia State 82  
    5  Central Florida 64  
5  Central Florida 84
  4  Samford 74  
    1  Georgia State 75
  3  Florida Atlantic 76
  3  Florida Atlantic 59  
6  Jacksonville 50  
3  Florida Atlantic 55
    7  Jacksonville State 47  
7  Jacksonville State 69
  2  Troy State 62  

References

  1. "2001-2002 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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