2002 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)
Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4
Winning Team highlighted in Green Box It began on March 12, 2002, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. A total of 64 games were played.
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2002 tournament:
Opening Round
First and Second Rounds
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East REGIONAL |
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| Favorite | Site | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | |
| 16 | Siena | 16 | Alcorn State | ||||
| Maryland | 16 | ||||||
| 2 | Connecticut | 15 | Hampton | ||||
| 3 | Georgia | 14 | Murray State | ||||
| 4 | Kentucky | 13 | Valparaiso | ||||
| 5 | Marquette | 12 | Tulsa | ||||
| 6 | Texas Tech | 11 | Southern Illinois | ||||
| 7 | NC State | 10 | Michigan State | ||||
| 8 | Wisconsin | 9 | St. John's | ||||
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Midwest REGIONAL |
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| Favorite | Site | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | |
| 1 | Kansas | 16 | Holy Cross | ||||
| 2 | Oregon | 15 | Montana | ||||
| 3 | Mississippi State | 14 | McNeese State | ||||
| 4 | Illinois | 13 | San Diego State | ||||
| 5 | Florida | 12 | Creighton | ||||
| 6 | Texas | 11 | Boston College | ||||
| 7 | Wake Forest | 10 | Pepperdine | ||||
| 8 | Stanford | 9 | Western Kentucky | ||||
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South REGIONAL |
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| Favorite | Site | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | |
| 1 | Duke | 16 | Winthrop | ||||
| 2 | Alabama | 15 | Florida Atlantic | ||||
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 14 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
| 4 | USC | 13 | UNC Wilmington | ||||
| 5 | Indiana | 12 | Utah | ||||
| 6 | California | 11 | Penn | ||||
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 10 | Kent State | ||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 9 | Charlotte | ||||
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West REGIONAL |
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| Favorite | Site | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 16 | Boston University | ||||
| 2 | Oklahoma | 15 | Illinois–Chicago | ||||
| 3 | Arizona | 14 | UC Santa Barbara | ||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 13 | Davidson | ||||
| 5 | Miami (FL) | 12 | Missouri | ||||
| 6 | Gonzaga | 11 | Wyoming | ||||
| 7 | Xavier | 10 | Hawaii | ||||
| 8 | UCLA | 9 | Ole Miss | ||||
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East REGIONAL |
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Midwest REGIONAL |
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South REGIONAL |
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East REGIONAL at Carrier Dome, SyracuseMarch 22 and 24 |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
| Maryland 78, Kentucky 68; |
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| Connecticut 71, Southern Illinois 59 | ||||||
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Midwest REGIONAL at Kohl Center, Madison, WisMarch 22 and 24 |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
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Kansas 73, Illinois 69
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| Oregon 72, Texas 70 | ||||||
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South REGIONAL at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KentuMarch 21 and 23 |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
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Indiana 74, Duke 73;
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| Kent State 78, Pittsburgh 73 | ||||||
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West REGIONAL at Compaq Center at San Jose,March 21 and 23 |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
| Oklahoma 88, Arizona 67; | ||||||
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Missouri 82, UCLA 73 |
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Maryland 90, Connecticut 82 |
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Kansas 104, Oregon 86 |
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South REGIONAL at |
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| Indiana 81, Kent State 69 |
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West REGIONAL at |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
| Oklahoma 81, Missouri 75 |
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at Atlanta , GA
National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)
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NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS |
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
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Indiana 73, Oklahoma 64 |
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| Maryland 97, Kansas 88 |
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at Atlanta , GA
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| Favorite | Seed | Team | Seed | Team | Score | Star Efforts |
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Maryland 64, Indiana 52 |
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NCAA Results
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Top 10 Teams
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All-America Team
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All NCAA Tournament Team
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Team OffenseKansas, 90.9 |
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Team DefenseColumbia 57.0 |
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Individual Scoring
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Individual Rebounding
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