2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
Teams 12
Site North Charleston Coliseum
North Charleston, SC
Champions Davidson (7th title)
Winning coach Bob McKillop (2nd title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2001  2003»
2001–02 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North
Davidson 11 5   .688     21 10   .677
East Tennessee State 11 5   .688     18 10   .643
UNC Greensboro 11 5   .688     20 11   .645
Western Carolina 6 10   .375     12 16   .429
VMI 5 11   .313     10 18   .357
Appalachian State 5 11   .313     10 18   .357
South
Georgia Southern 9 7   .563     16 12   .571
Chattanooga 9 7   .563     16 14   .533
College of Charleston 9 7   .563     21 9   .700
The Citadel 8 8   .500     17 12   .586
Furman 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
Wofford 5 11   .313     11 18   .379
SoCon Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2002; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 3, 2002 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Davidson Wildcats, led by head coach Bob McKillop defeated the Furman Paladins in the championship game to win their seventh title in school history and receive the automatic berth to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

All twelve teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured four games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top two finishers in each division received first round byes.

Bracket

  First Round
February 28
Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 2
Championship Game
March 3
                                     
4S  The Citadel 80  
5N  VMI 70  
  1N  Davidson 71  
    4S  The Citadel 58  
      
        
  1N  Davidson 68  
  3N  UNC Greensboro 58  
        
        
  2S  Chattanooga 57
    3N  UNC Greensboro 67  
3N  UNC Greensboro 70
6S  Wofford 41  
  1N  Davidson 62
  5S  Furman 57
4N  Western Carolina 61  
5S  Furman 65  
  1S  Georgia Southern 70
    5S  Furman 73  
      
        
  3S  Coll. of Charleston 43
  5S  Furman 44  
        
        
  2N  East Tennessee St. 75
    3S  Coll. of Charleston 76*  
3S  Coll. of Charleston 85
6N  Appalachian State 61  

* Overtime game

See also

References

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