| 2002 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2001–02 |
| Teams | 8 |
| First round site | Campus Sites |
| Semifinals site | Kentucky International Convention Center Louisville, Kentucky |
| Finals site | Kentucky International Convention Center Louisville, Kentucky |
| Champions | Murray State (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Tevester Anderson (2nd title) |
| MVP | Justin Burdine (Murray State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State † | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2002 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held February 26–March 2, 2002. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Third-seeded Murray State won the tournament, defeating Tennessee Tech in the championship game, and received the Ohio Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Justin Burdine of Murray State was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the regular season, teams were seeded by conference record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals February 26 | Semifinals March 1 | Finals March 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Southeast Missouri State | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UT Martin | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Murray State | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Murray State | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Illinois | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Murray State | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Morehead State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Morehead State | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 2001-02 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary
- "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- "2001-02 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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