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| Teams | 48 | ||||
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| Finals site | Salem, Virginia | ||||
| Champions | Otterbein (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Elizabethtown (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Dick Reynolds (Otterbein) | ||||
| MOP | Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein) | ||||
| Attendance | 74,437 | ||||
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The 2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.[1]
Otterbein defeated Elizabethtown, 102–83, in the championship, clinching their first national title.
The Cardinals (30–3) were coached by Dick Reynolds.
Jeff Gibbs, also from Otterbein, was named Most Outstanding Player.
- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 14, 2019.