Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2002 |
Gender: | Men's |
Division: | II |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Keeter Gymnasium |
Fabfourcity: | Point Lookout, Missouri |
Champions: | Evangel Crusaders |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | Robert Morris Eagles |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Cornerstone Golden Eagles |
Fabfourcount1: | 3rd |
Semifinal2: | Northwestern Red Raiders |
Fabfourcount2: | 3rd |
Mvp: | Daniel Cutbirth |
Mvpteam: | Evangel |
Hustle: | Neil Foster |
Hustleschool: | Warner Southern |
Topscorer: | Bobby Smith |
Topscorerteam: | Robert Morris (IL) |
Points: | 156 |
The 2002 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 2001–02 basketball season.
Top-seeded Evangel defeated Robert Morris (IL) in the championship game, 84–61, to claim the Crusaders' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.[1]
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.
The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.