2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 2001–02 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Cleveland State University.

2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	9[1]
Site	CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	UIC (1st title)
Winning coach	Jimmy Collins (1st title)
MVP	Cedrick Banks (UIC)
Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournaments

Notably, this was the first men's basketball tournament that the conference held under its current identity as the Horizon League; the conference was originally known as the Midwestern City Conference and later as the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. It was also the last Horizon League tournament for more than a decade to be held at a single, predetermined site. From 2003 through 2015, the tournament was played at campus locations. The next tournament to take place at a neutral site was the 2016 edition, held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Seeds

All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2001–02 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 7 teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Bracket

	First Round Friday, March 1					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2					Semifinals Sunday, March 3					Championship Tuesday, March 5
						1	Butler	48
						8	Green Bay	49
	8	Green Bay	86
	9	Youngstown State	65
											8	Green Bay	57
										5	Loyola	63
						4	Wright State	64
						5	Loyola	90
																5	Loyola (OT)	75
																6	UIC	76
						2	Detroit	67
						7	Cleveland State	63
											2	Detroit	68
										6	UIC	75
						3	Milwaukee	68
						6	UIC	75

First round games at campus sites of higher seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by the top seed. Championship hosted by best remaining seed

References

1. Horizon League men's basketball recordbook