2002 National Invitation Tournament
Season | 2001–02 | ||||
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Teams | 40 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Memphis (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | South Carolina (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | |||||
Winning coach | John Calipari (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Dajuan Wagner (Memphis) | ||||
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The 2002 National Invitation Tournament was the 2002 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
[edit]Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Georgetown declines invitation
[edit]Big East Conference member Georgetown originally was among the teams selected, but declined to take part. Hoyas head coach Craig Esherick explained that Georgetown's home court, the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., was booked to host the East Regional of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, meaning that accepting the NIT invitation would have required the Hoyas to play on the road in the West for two weeks, forcing his players to miss many of their classes. After playing a similar schedule the previous season during the 2001 NCAA tournament, Esherick had concluded that missing so many classes to play in the NIT, a tournament which did not offer a chance for a national championship, was not in the best interest of Georgetown's players.[2]
Esherick's controversial decision meant that Georgetown had no postseason play for the first time since the 1973–74 season. Georgetown became the first team to turn down an NIT bid since Louisville turned down a bid to the 1987 NIT.[3]
Bracket
[edit]Below are the four first-round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 69 |
Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 67 |
Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Temple | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 50 |
Opening Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 62 |
Semifinals & finals
[edit]Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Syracuse | 59 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 66 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 62 | ||||||||
Memphis | 72 | ||||||||
Temple | 77 | ||||||||
Memphis | 78 |
Third place game | ||||
Syracuse | 54 | |||
Temple | 65 |
See also
[edit]- 2002 Women's National Invitation Tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09
- ^ Horn, David, "Georgetown's Esherick the Class Act of March," The Michigan Daily, March 13, 2002.
- ^ Associated Press, "Georgetown Declines NIT Bid," The Daily Utah Chronicle, March 12, 2002. Archived February 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
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