2002 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2002 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 1–4, 2002 at Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York.

2002 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	10
Site	Pepsi Arena Albany, New York
Champions	Siena (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rob Lanier (1st title)
MVP	Dwayne Archbold (Siena)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

2000–01 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Rider	13	–	5		.722			17	–	11		.607
Marist	13	–	5		.722			19	–	9		.679
Manhattan	12	–	6		.667			20	–	9		.690
Niagara	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Iona	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
Fairfield	9	–	9		.500			12	–	17		.414
Siena †	9	–	9		.500			17	–	19		.472
Canisius	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Loyola (MD)	4	–	14		.222			5	–	23		.179
Saint Peter's	3	–	15		.167			4	–	24		.143
† 2002 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seventh-seeded Siena defeated Niagara in the championship game, 92–77, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Saints received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament.

Format

All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 1					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2					Semifinals Sunday, March 3					Championship Monday, March 4
						1	Rider	84OT
						8	Canisius	85
	8	Canisius	88
	9	Loyola (MD)	62
											8	Canisius	60
											4	Niagara	70
						4	Niagara	89
						5	Iona	83
																4	Niagara	77
																7	Siena	92
						2	Marist	76
						7	Siena	82
	7	Siena	77
	10	Saint Peter's	66
											7	Siena	83
											6	Fairfield	63
						3	Manhattan	74
						6	Fairfield	81