The 2002 MAC men's basketball tournament , a part of the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season , took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland . Its winner received the Mid-American Conference 's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament . It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State , the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. The Flashes won the tournament, their third MAC Tournament championship, claiming the title 70–59 over Bowling Green .[1] The announced crowd of 14,106 set a conference record for highest-attended tournament game. In the NCAA Tournament Kent State defeated Oklahoma State , Alabama , and Pittsburgh before losing to then eventual national runner-up Indiana Hoosiers in the Elite Eight .[2] [3] [4] [5]
Tournament
Seeds
Kent State
Ball State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Ohio
Western Michigan
Miami
Marshall
Northern Illinois
Buffalo
Akron
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Bracket
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First Round summary
Quarterfinal summary
Semifinal summary
Championship summary
Broadcast Information
ESPN2 announcers
Regional TV announcers
Local announcers
Seed
Teams
Flagship station
Play-by-play announcer
Color analyst(s)
1
Kent State
WNIR –FM 100.1
Bill Needle
References