The 2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March.
Central Connecticut won the championship, its second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.
The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Central Connecticut.
[1] Damian Battles, CCSU Rob Monroe, QU Peter Mulligan, UMBC Ron Robinson, CCSU Bill Romano, QU