2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (2002) August 2023 April 2026 2002 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 48 Salem, Virginia Otterbein 1st Elizabethtown 1st Carthage 1st Rochester 3rd Dick Reynolds (Otterbein) Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein) 74437 The 2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States. The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.Division III Men's Basketball Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2018/D3.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 14 April 2019 24 Otterbein defeated Elizabethtown, 102–83, in the championship, clinching their first national title. The Cardinals (30–3) were coached by Dick Reynolds. Jeff Gibbs, also from Otterbein, was named Most Outstanding Player. Bracket Top left sectional First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals no 175 30 high 1 UW–Oshkosh 71 Ripon 56 Lewis & Clark 81 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 59 St. Norbert 53 Hope 54 Gustavus Adolphus 74 Edgewood 65 St. Thomas (MN) 85 UW–Oshkosh 88* Lewis & Clark 70 Mississippi College 57 Carthage 63 Hope 57 Gustavus Adolphus 88 Buena Vista 60 UW–Oshkosh 71 Lewis & Clark 79 Carthage 71 Gustavus Adolphus 65 Lewis & Clark 70 Carthage 85 Bottom left sectional First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals no 175 30 high 1 Maryville (TN) 70 Webster 45 Wittenberg 75 Franklin 44 Gettysburg 59 Lycoming 78 Pitt–Bradford 98 Bethany (WV) 110 Washington–St. Louis 71 Maryville (TN) 57 Wittenberg 76 DePauw 89 Randolph–Macon 79 Lycoming 62 Bethany (WV) 89 Otterbein 121 Washington–St. Louis 87 DePauw 90 Randolph–Macon 72 Otterbein 85 DePauw 79 Otterbein 87 Top right sectional First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals no 175 30 high 1 Williams 121 Cazenovia 49 Union (NY) 75 Lasell 73 Western Connecticut 92 Salem State 89 Trinity (CT) 75 Colby–Sawyer 47 Rochester 66 Williams 51 Union (NY) 50 Babson 63 Amherst 82 Western Connecticut 77 Trinity (CT) 61 Brockport State 80 Rochester 71 Babson 60 Amherst 65 Brockport State 69 Rochester 71 Brockport State 62 Bottom right sectional First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals no 175 30 high 1 Alvernia 76 Ithaca 67 Kings Point 73 Cabrini 85 Clark (MA) 84 Suffolk 77 Hampden–Sydney 92 North Carolina Wesleyan 79 Elizabethtown 95 Alvernia 84 Cabrini 47 William Paterson 43 Staten Island 72 Clark (MA) 101 Hampden–Sydney 66 Catholic 74 Elizabethtown 87 Cabrini 85 Clark (MA) 75 Catholic 72 Elizabethtown 94 Clark (MA) 90 National finals Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia National semifinals National championship National third-place no 175 30 high 1 Carthage 66 Otterbein 70 Rochester 83 Elizabethtown 93* Otterbein 102 Elizabethtown 83 Carthage 72 Rochester 51 See also 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2002 NCAA Division II men'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 References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Ncaa Tournament