2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

American college basketball final March 2026 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament August 2023 2002 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg Maryland Pep Band File:NCAA logo.svg April 1, 2002 2001-02 Indiana University Indiana Hoosiers 25–11 Big Ten 23 NR Mike Davis 25 27 University of Maryland Maryland Terrapins 31–4 ACC 4 4 Gary Williams 31 33 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 53,406 Jim Burr, Richard Cartmell, Tony Greene Juan Dixon, Maryland Maryland by 7.5 CBS Jim Nantz (play-by-play)Billy Packer (color)Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline) 2001 2003 The 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2001-02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 1, 2002, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia and featured the 2002 East Regional Champion, #1-seeded Maryland versus the South Regional Champion, #5-seeded Indiana. The Terrapins defeated the Hoosiers to win their first (and to date, only) national championship in school history. The victory by the Terrapins was also Indiana’s first defeat in the national championship game, ending a five-game streak that dated back to their first national championship in 1940. Starting lineups Indiana Position Maryland Tom Coverdale G Steve Blake Dane Fife G † Juan Dixon Jared Jeffries F Byron Mouton Jarrad Odle F Chris Wilcox Kyle Hornsby F/C Lonny Baxter† 2002 Consensus First Team All-American SourceMaryland vs. Indiana Box Score (Men), April 1, 2002 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2002-04-01-indiana.html Sports Reference 29 March 2023 Game summary The Maryland Terrapins completed the task they set out to do one year earlier by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers, 64–52. Maryland led virtually the entire game except for a brief point with 9:50 left in the basketball game when Indiana took a 44–42 lead. Maryland answered the Hoosier run and ended the game with a 22–8 run to bring home the school's first and coach Gary Williams' only men's basketball National Championship. Senior Juan Dixon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player (MOP).CNN Sports Illustrated CNNSI.com http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/men/recaps/2002/04/01/maj_iai/ https://web.archive.org/web/20020606043201/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/men/recaps/2002/04/01/maj_iai/ dead June 6, 2002 2002 NCAA National Championship: (E1) Maryland 64, (S5) Indiana 52 2008-03-06 Aftermath Each team has not reached the NCAA championship game since the end of this game. Each have also not made it past the Sweet Sixteen since 2002; Davis was let go after the 2005–06 season. On November 19, 2012, Maryland would join the Big Ten Conference, becoming the 13th member to join the conference. Since Indiana was already in the Big Ten Conference, the two teams would later become conference foes and end up facing each other at least once every year.Prewitt Alex Maryland moving to Big Ten https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/maryland-approves-move-to-big-ten-reports-say/ 2012-11-19 The Washington Post November 19, 2012 AUBVjBf3VzM Full game broadcast by CBS References NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball Category:Maryland Terrapins men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Basketball competitions in Atlanta NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game