2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Horizon League Men's
Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2001–02
Teams 9[1]
Site CSU Convocation Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions UIC (1st title)
Winning coach Jimmy Collins (1st title)
MVP Cedrick Banks UIC
Post-Horizon League
tournament(s)
2002 NIT, 2002 NCAA
Horizon League Men's
Basketball Tournaments
«2001  2003»

The 2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2001–02 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Cleveland State University.

Contents

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2001–02 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 7 teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, March 1
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 2
Semifinals
Sunday, March 3
Championship
Tuesday, March 5
                                     
   
  1  Butler 48  
    8  Green Bay 49  
8  Green Bay 86
9  Youngstown State 65  
  8  Green Bay 57  
  5  Loyola 63  
   
   
  4  Wright State 64
    5  Loyola 90  
 
   
  5  Loyola (OT) 75
  6  UIC 76
   
   
  2  Detroit 67
    7  Cleveland State 63  
 
   
  2  Detroit 68
  6  UIC 75  
   
   
  3  Milwaukee 68
    6  UIC 75  
 

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

See also

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