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2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

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The 2002 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament was held February 28–March 2 at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] This was the first Atlantic Sun tournament after the conference changed its name from the Trans America Athletic Conference.

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Florida Atlantic defeated defending champions Georgia State in the championship game, 76–75, to win their first Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Owls, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

The Atlantic Sun added Belmont as their eleventh member prior to the season. However, the tournament reverted to its old format whereby only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, February 28 		Semifinals
Friday, March 1 		Championship
Saturday, March 2
         
1 Georgia State 82
8 Belmont 79
1 Georgia State 82
5 UCF 64
5 UCF 84
4 Samford 74
1 Georgia State 75
3 Florida Atlantic 76
3 Florida Atlantic 59
6 Jacksonville 50
3 Florida Atlantic 55
7 Jacksonville State 47
7 Jacksonville State 69
2 Troy State 62

References

  1. [1]
    "2001-2002 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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