title: 2002 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # 2002 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The 2002 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5, 2002, at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  
  Valparaiso defeated IUPUI in the title game, 88–55, to win their seventh AMCU/Mid-Con/Summit League championship. The Crusaders earned an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the East region.
  
  ## Format
  
  All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Semifinals March 5 | Semifinals March 5 | Semifinals March 5 | Finals March 6 | Finals March 6 | Finals March 6 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Valparaiso | 81 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Chicago State | 50 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Chicago State | 50 | 1 | Valparaiso | 71 | | | |
  | | | | 5 | UMKC | 58 | | | |
  | 4 | Southern Utah | 57 | 5 | UMKC | 58 | | | |
  | 5 | UMKC | 70 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | UMKC | 70 | | | | 1 | Valparaiso | 88 |
  | | | | | | | 6 | IUPUI | 55 |
  | 3 | Oakland | 84 | | | | | | | 6 | IUPUI | 55 |
  | 6 | IUPUI | 90 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | IUPUI | 90 | 6 | IUPUI | 58 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Oral Roberts | 53 | | | |
  | 2 | Oral Roberts | 86 | 2 | Oral Roberts | 53 | | | |
  | 7 | Western Illinois | 75 | | | | | | |
  