2002 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

2002 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
2002 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
(23-9)	(28-4)
52	64
Head coach:; Mike Davis	Head coach:; Gary Williams
AP: NR; Coaches: NR;	AP: 4; Coaches: 4;
Date	April 1, 2002
Arena	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	Juan Dixon, Maryland
Favorite	Maryland by 7.5
Referee(s)	Jim Burr, Richard Cartmell, Tony Greene
Attendance	53,406
United States TV coverage
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 2002 National Title Game was played on April 1, 2002 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, The 2002 National Title Game was played between the 2002 East Regional Champions, #1-seeded Maryland and the 2002 South Regional Champions, #5-seeded Indiana.

Game summary[]

The Maryland Terrapins completed the task they set out to do one year earlier by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers, 64–52. Maryland led virtually the entire game except for a brief point with 9:50 left in the basketball game when Indiana took a 44–42 lead. Maryland answered the Hoosier run and ended the game with a 22–8 run to bring home the school's first and coach Gary Williams' only men's basketball National Championship. Senior Juan Dixon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player (MOP).^[1]

Aftermath[]

On November 19, 2012, Maryland would join the Big Ten Conference becoming the 13th member to join the conference. Since Indiana was already in the Big Ten Conference, the two teams would later become conference foes and end up facing each other at least once every year.^[2]

References[]

^ CNN Sports Illustrated. "2002 NCAA National Championship: (E1) Maryland 64, (S5) Indiana 52". CNNSI.com. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
^ Prewitt, Alex (November 19, 2012). "Maryland moving to Big Ten". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-11-19.

[CNNSI4.1-1] CNN Sports Illustrated. "2002 NCAA National Championship: (E1) Maryland 64, (S5) Indiana 52". CNNSI.com. Retrieved 2008-03-06.

[2] Prewitt, Alex (November 19, 2012). "Maryland moving to Big Ten". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-11-19.

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