2002 NCAA Tournament

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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

March 12
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds

March 14 and 16
- ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Host: University of the Pacific)
- BI-LO Center, Greenville, South Carolina (Hosts: Southern Conference and Furman University)
- Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
- University Arena, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)

March 15 and 17

American Airlines Center, Dallas (Host: Big 12 Conference)
MCI Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: Georgetown University)
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh (Host: Duquesne University)
United Center, Chicago (Host: Big Ten Conference)

East Regional – Syracuse
Seed	School

Midwest Regional – Madison
Seed	School

South Regional – Lexington
Seed	School

West Regional – San Jose
Seed	School

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		16	Siena	16	Alcorn State
		1	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

Midwest REGIONAL
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

South REGIONAL
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

West REGIONAL
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

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

South REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Carrier Dome, SyracuseMarch 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Maryland 78, Kentucky 68;
		Connecticut 71, Southern Illinois 59

Midwest REGIONAL at Kohl Center, Madison, WisMarch 22 and 24
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Kansas 73, Illinois 69
		Oregon 72, Texas 70

South REGIONAL at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KentuMarch 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Indiana 74, Duke 73;
		Kent State 78, Pittsburgh 73

West REGIONAL at Compaq Center at San Jose,March 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Oklahoma 88, Arizona 67;
		; Missouri 82, UCLA 73

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Maryland 90, Connecticut 82

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Kansas 104, Oregon 86

South REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Indiana 81, Kent State 69

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Oklahoma 81, Missouri 75

Final 4

at Atlanta , GA

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 30 and April 1
- Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Indiana 73, Oklahoma 64
		Maryland 97, Kansas 88

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Atlanta , GA


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Maryland 64, Indiana 52

NCAA Results

First Round
Maryland 85, Siena 70
Wisconsin 80, St. John's 70
Tulsa 71, Marquette 69
Kentucky 83, Valparaiso 68
Southern Illinois 76, Texas Tech 68
Georgia 85, Murray State 68
North Carolina State 69, Michigan State 58
Connecticut 78, Hampton 67
Cincinnati 90, Boston U. 52
UCLA 80, Mississippi 58
Missouri 93, Miami (Fla) 80
Ohio State 69, Davidson 64
Wyoming 73, Gonzaga 66
Arizona 86, UC Santa Barbara 81
Xavier 70, Hawaii 58
Oklahoma 71, Ill-Chicago 63
Duke 84, Winthrop 37
Notre Dame 82, Charlotte 63
Indiana 75, Utah 56
UNC-Wilmington 93, Southern Cal 89
California 82, Penn 75
Pittsburgh 71, Central Connecticut State 54
Kent State 69, Oklahoma State 61
Alabama 86, Florida Atlantic 78
Kansas 70, Holy Cross 59
Stanford 84, Western Kentucky 68
Creighton 83, Florida 82
Illinois 93, San Diego State 64
Texas 70, Boston College 57
Mississippi State 70, McNeese State 58
Wake Forest 83, Pepperdine 74
Oregon 81, Montana 62

Second Round
Maryland 87, Wisconsin 57
Kentucky 87, Tulsa 82
Southern Illinois 77, Georgia 75
Connecticut 77, North Carolina State 74
UCLA 105, Cincinnati 101
Missouri 83, Ohio State 67
Arizona 68, Wyoming 60
Oklahoma 78, Xavier 65
Duke 84, Notre Dame 77
Indiana 76, UNC-Wilmington 67
Pittsburgh 63, California 50
Kent State 71, Alabama 58
Kansas 86, Stanford 63
Illinois 72, Creighton 60
Texas 68, Mississippi State 64
Oregon 92, Wake Forest 87

Top 10 Teams

Rank Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1. Duke	31-4	Lost in NCAA Regional
2. Kansas	33-4	Lost in NCAA Semifinals
3. Oklahoma	31-5	Lost in Final Four
4. Maryland	32-4	Defeated Indiana 64-52 for NCAA title
5. Cincinnati	31-4	Lost to UCLA in NCAA Second Round
6. Gonzaga	29-4	Lost to Wyoming in NCAA First Round
7. Arizona	24-10	Lost to Oklahoma in NCAA Regional.
8. Alabama	27-8	Lost to Kent State in NCAA Second Round.
9. Pittsburgh	29-6	Lost to Kent State in NCAA Regionals
10. Connecticut	27-7	Lost to Maryland in NCAA Regionals

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
G	Jason Williams	6-2	Duke
F-C	Drew Gooden	6-10	Kansas
G	Steve Logan	6-1	Cincinnati
G	Juan Dixon	6-3	Maryland
G	Dan Dickau	6-1	Gonzaga

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Pos	Team
Caron Butler	F	Connecticut
Aaron McGhee	F	Oklahoma
Lonny Baxter	C	Maryland
Juan Dixon (MVP)	G	Maryland
Dane Fife	G	Indiana

Team Offense

Kansas, 90.9

Notes

Maryland has won a nation's best 84 consecutive non-conference home games.
North Carolina finished 8-20, it's first-ever 20-loss season.
Notre Dame def. Georgetown 116-111 in the Irish's first-ever 4-OT game.
Memphis def. South Carolina, 72-62, for NIT title.

Team Defense

Columbia 57.0

Individual Scoring

1. Jason Conley	VMI	29.3
2. Henry Domercant	Eastern Illinois	26.4
3. Mire Chatman	Texas-Pan American	26.2
4. Ernest Bremer	St. Bonaventure	24.6
5. Melvin Ely	Fresno State	23.3

Individual Rebounding

1. Jeremy Bishop	Quinnipiac	12.0
2. Bruce Jenkins	North Carolina A&T	11.8
3. Chris Borchardt	Stanford	11.4