The 2002 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 65th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
The Drovers faced Sooner Athletic Conference rival Oklahoma Baptist University in the championship game.
It was the first time two teams from the Sooner Athletic Conference ever met in the national championship game.
2002 was also the first year Buffalo Funds, a Kansas City-based investment management firm, was the title corporate sponsor.