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| Date | April 1, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Juan Dixon, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Maryland by 7.5 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Jim Burr, Richard Cartmell, Tony Greene | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 53,406 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Bonnie Bernstein and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 2001-02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 1, 2002, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia and featured the 2002 East Regional Champion, #1-seeded Maryland versus the South Regional Champion, #5-seeded Indiana.