2002 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

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2002 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
Teams12
Site First Union Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions Xavier (2nd title)
Winning coach Thad Matta (1st title)
MVP David West (Xavier)
  2001
2003  
2001–02 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Saint Joseph's 124 .7501912  .613
Temple 124 .7501915  .559
St. Bonaventure 88 .5001713  .567
UMass 610 .3751316  .448
Fordham 412 .250820  .286
Rhode Island 412 .250820  .286
West
No. 22 Xavier142 .875266  .813
Richmond 115 .6882214  .611
Dayton 106 .6252111  .656
La Salle 610 .3751517  .469
George Washington 511 .3131216  .429
Duquesne 412 .250919  .321
2002 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2002 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was played from March 6 to March 9, 2002. The tournament was played at the First Union Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Xavier won the tournament and got the conference's only bid to the NCAA Tournament. Dayton, Richmond, Temple, Saint Joseph's and St. Bonaventure received bids to the 2002 National Invitation Tournament. David West of Xavier was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future NBA players Rasual Butler of La Salle and Romain Sato and Lionel Chalmers, both of Xavier, were among those joining West on the All-Championship Team.

Contents

Format

The tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Seeding was determined by the regular season standings in each division. With the conference divided into East and West divisions, the top two teams in each division received a first-round bye. This was after a one-year departure from this format due to having only eleven teams in the conference the year before.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Final
Saturday, March 9
            
E1 Temple 66
W4 La Salle 72
W4 La Salle 83
E5 Fordham 63
W4 La Salle 60
W2 Richmond 68
W2 Richmond 78
E3 St. Bonaventure 69
E3 St. Bonaventure 81
W6 Duquesne 66
W2 Richmond 60
W1 #24 Xavier 73
W1 #24 Xavier 65
E4 Massachusetts 59OT
E4 UMass 73
W5 George Washington 62
W1 #24 Xavier 66
W3 Dayton 59
E2 Saint Joseph's 74
W3 Dayton 81
W3 Dayton 90
E6 Rhode Island 71

All games played at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* - Overtime

References

Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Atlantic 10 Championship Results

  1. sports-reference.com 2001-02 Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary