2002 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 2002
Conference = ACC
Gender = Men's


ImageSize = 120px
Caption = 2002 ACC Tournament logo
Teams = 9
Arena = Charlotte Coliseum
City = Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions = Duke
TitleCount = 13th
Coach = Mike Krzyzewski
CoachCount = 7th
MVP = Carlos Boozer
MVPTeam = (Duke)
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The 2002 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 7-10, 2002 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Charlotte Coliseum. Duke won the tournament for the fourth year in a row, defeating NC State in the championship game. The two teams would go on to meet in the championship game in the next season. Duke's Carlos Boozer won the tournament's most valuable player award.

The University of Maryland were the ACC regular season champions, but lost to NC State in the semifinal round. Maryland would go on to win the NCAA Championship for the first time in school history.

Duke defeated all three of their in-state rivals on their way to the tournament championship. They defeated arch-rival North Carolina in the quarterfinal round, Wake Forest in the semifinal, and NC State in the championship game.

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First Round
March 7, 2002
RD2=Quarterfinals
March 8, 2002
RD3=Semifinals
March 9, 2002
RD4=Championship Game
March 10, 2002
RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Florida State
RD1-score01=91
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=Clemson
RD1-score02=84
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Maryland
RD2-score01=85
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Florida State
RD2-score02=59
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=NC State
RD2-score03=92
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Virginia
RD2-score04=72
RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Duke
RD2-score05=60
RD2-seed06=7
RD2-team06=North Carolina
RD2-score06=48
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Wake Forest
RD2-score07=92
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Georgia Tech
RD2-score08=83
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Maryland
RD3-score01=82
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=NC State
RD3-score02=86
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Duke
RD3-score03=79
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Wake Forest
RD3-score04=54
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=NC State
RD4-score01=61
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Duke
RD4-score02=91

See also

*List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament champions
*2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
*2003 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acctournament-2002.html Tournament Homepage] on www.theacc.com