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2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

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2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2001–02
Teams8
SiteCurb Event Center
Nashville, TN
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachSidney Green (1st title)
MVPThomas Terrell (Georgia State)
← 2001
2003 →
2001–02 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia State 14 6   .700 20 11   .645
Troy State 14 6   .700 18 10   .643
Florida Atlantic 13 7   .650 19 12   .613
Jacksonville 12 8   .600 18 12   .600
UCF 12 8   .600 17 12   .586
Samford 12 8   .600 15 14   .517
Jacksonville State 8 12   .400 13 16   .448
Belmont 8 12   .400 11 17   .393
Stetson 7 13   .350 10 16   .385
Campbell 6 14   .300 8 19   .296
Mercer 4 16   .200 6 23   .207
2002 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2003
Rankings from AP Poll

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 Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

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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

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, February 28
Semifinals
Friday, March 1
Championship
Saturday, March 2
         
1 Georgia State 82
8 Belmont 79
1 Georgia State 82
5 UCF 64
5 UCF 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

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