2002 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2002
| Conference = Conference USA
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| Image =
| ImageSize =
| Caption =
| Teams = 12
| Arena = Firstar Center
| City = Cincinnati, OH
| Champions = Cincinnati
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Bob Huggins
| CoachCount = 3rd
| MVP = Steve Logan
| MVPTeam = Cincinnati
}}
{{2001–02 Conference USA men's basketball standings}}
The 2002 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.{{cite web| title=2001-02 Conference USA Season Summary| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2016| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/cusa/2002.html| accessdate =April 19, 2016}}
Top-seeded Cincinnati defeated Marquette in the championship game, 77–63, to clinch their third Conference USA men's tournament championship.
The Bearcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Marquette and Charlotte, both of whom earned at-large bids.
Format
Conference USA added two new teams, East Carolina and TCU, bringing total membership to fourteen. ECU was placed in the American Division, and TCU into the National Division.
Even with the league expansion, there were no new changes to the tournament format. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. The two teams at the bottom of the conference standings, therefore, did not qualify for the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records.
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 6
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 8
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 9
| boldwinner=high
| RD1-seed03=9
| RD1-team03={{cbb link|2001|team=UAB Blazers|title=UAB}}
| RD1-score03=62
| RD1-seed04=8
| RD1-team04={{cbb link|2001|team=South Florida Bulls|title=South Florida}}
| RD1-score04=65
| RD1-seed05=5
| RD1-team05={{cbb link|2001|team=Saint Louis Billikens|title=Saint Louis}}
| RD1-score05=47
| RD1-seed06=12
| RD1-team06={{cbb link|2001|team=Tulane Green Wave|title=Tulane}}
| RD1-score06=50
| RD1-seed11=11
| RD1-team11={{cbb link|2001|team=East Carolina Pirates|title=East Carolina}}
| RD1-score11=49
| RD1-seed12=6
| RD1-team12={{cbb link|2001|team=Houston Cougars|title=Houston}}
| RD1-score12=58
| RD1-seed13=7
| RD1-team13=Louisville
| RD1-score13=110
| RD1-seed14=10
| RD1-team14={{cbb link|2001|sex=none|team=TCU Horned Frogs|title=TCU}}
| RD1-score14=86
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=#5 Cincinnati
| RD2-score01=79
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02=South Florida
| RD2-score02=57
| RD2-seed03=12
| RD2-team03=Tulane
| RD2-score03=69
| RD2-seed04=4
| RD2-team04=Charlotte
| RD2-score04=78
| RD2-seed05=3
| RD2-team05={{cbb link|2001|team=Memphis Tigers|title=Memphis}}
| RD2-score05=74
| RD2-seed06=6
| RD2-team06=Houston
| RD2-score06=80
| RD2-seed07=7
| RD2-team07=Louisville
| RD2-score07=76
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08=#13 Marquette
| RD2-score08=84
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=#5 Cincinnati
| RD3-score01=71
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Charlotte
| RD3-score02=55
| RD3-seed03=6
| RD3-team03=Houston
| RD3-score03=73
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=#13 Marquette
| RD3-score04=85
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=#5 Cincinnati
| RD4-score01=77
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=#13 Marquette
| RD4-score02=63
}}
References
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{{Conference USA men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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