2002 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2002 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 28–March 2, 2002, at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.

2002 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	8
Site	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA
Champions	Winthrop (5th title)
Winning coach	Gregg Marshall (4th title)
MVP	Greg Lewis (Winthrop)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

2001–02 Big South Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Winthrop †	10	–	4		.714			19	–	12		.613
UNC Asheville	10	–	4		.714			13	–	15		.464
Radford	9	–	5		.643			15	–	16		.484
Charleston Southern	8	–	6		.571			12	–	17		.414
Elon	7	–	7		.500			13	–	16		.448
Coastal Carolina	5	–	9		.357			8	–	20		.286
High Point	5	–	9		.357			11	–	19		.367
Liberty	2	–	12		.143			5	–	25		.167
† 2002 Big South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. Birmingham–Southern was in a transitional phase to the conference during the season, and not technically counted as a conference member.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals February 28					Semifinals March 1					Finals March 2
	1	Winthrop	66
	8	Liberty	59
						1	Winthrop	77
						5	Elon	66
	4	Charleston Southern	64
	5	Elon	83
											1	Winthrop	70
											7	High Point	48
	3	Radford	81
	6	Coastal Carolina	66
						3	Radford	70OT
						7	High Point	72
	2	UNC Asheville	71
	7	High Point	72

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All-Tournament Team

• Greg Lewis, Winthrop
• Pierre Wooten, Winthrop
• Jay Wallace, High Point
• Joe Knight, High Point
• Correy Watkins, Radford