2002 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2002 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	11
Site	Arthur Ashe Athletic Center Richmond, Virginia
Champions	Hampton (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Merfeld (2nd title)
MVP	Tommy Adams (Hampton)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2001–02 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hampton †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	7		.788
Delaware State	12	–	6		.667			16	–	13		.552
Howard	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
South Carolina State	11	–	7		.611			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina A&T	10	–	8		.556			11	–	17		.393
Norfolk State	9	–	9		.500			10	–	19		.345
Florida A&M	9	–	9		.500			9	–	19		.321
Bethune–Cookman	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Maryland Eastern Shore	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
Coppin State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
Morgan State	2	–	16		.111			3	–	25		.107
† 2002 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–9, 2002, at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. Hampton defeated Howard, 80–62 in the championship game, to win its second consecutive MEAC Tournament title. The Pirates earned an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the East region. In the round of 64, Hampton fell to No. 2 seed Connecticut 78–67.

Format

All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday-Wednesday, March 4–5					Quarterfinals Wednesday-Thursday, March 6–7					Semifinals Friday, March 8					Final Saturday, March 9
						1	Hampton	93
						11	Morgan State	70
	8	Bethune–Cookman	82
	9	Maryland Eastern Shore	70
											1	Hampton	80
											4	South Carolina State	70
						4	South Carolina State	63
						5	North Carolina A&T	61
																1	Hampton	80
																3	Howard	62
						8	Bethune–Cookman	52
						3	Howard	71
	6	Florida A&M	91
	11	Morgan State	94
											3	Howard	65
											2	Delaware State	56
						2	Delaware State	54
						10	Coppin State	45
	7	Norfolk State	46
	10	Coppin State	61