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2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 65 Finals Site Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Champions Maryland (1st title) Runner-Up Indiana (6th title game) Semifinalists Kansas (11th Final Four) Oklahoma (4th Final Four) Winning Coach Gary Williams (1st title) MOP Juan Dixon Maryland Attendance 720,433 Top scorers Juan Dixon Maryland Jared Jeffries Indiana (155 points) |
The 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing
in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
I college basketball. It began on March 12, 2002, and ended with the championship
game on April 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 64 games were played. This was the first year that the tournament used the so-called "pod" system, in which the eight first- and second-round sites are distributed around the four regionals. Teams were assigned to first round spots in order to minimize travel for as many teams as possible. The top seeds at each site were: Maryland, coached by Gary Williams, won the national title with a 64-52 victory in the final game over Indiana, coached by Mike Davis. Juan Dixon of Maryland was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. |
Men's basketball has been played at University of Maryland, College Park every year
since the 1923-1924 season. Before the 1923 season, games were played sporadically
during the 1904-1905, 1910-1911, 1913-1914, and the 1918-1919 seasons. |
The University of Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team has been one of the most
successful college basketball programs in the country since hiring Coach Gary
Williams before the 1989-1990 season. Since the hiring of Williams, the Terrapins
have gone to twelve NCAA tournaments, including eleven straight from 1994-2004,
highlighted by the school's first Final Four appearance in 2001, and its
first national title in 2002. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The Terps have played at the Comcast Center since it opened in 2002. Prior to 2002
the Terps spent 47 seasons from 1955 to 2002 at Cole Field House. Before this
Maryland basketball games took place in Ritchie Coliseum, a small arena on campus,
from 1932 to 1955 and before that a small gymnasium on campus simply entitled,
"The Gymnasium". |
