| Year: | 2002 |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Anaheim Convention Center |
| City: | Anaheim, CA |
| Champions: | UC Santa Barbara |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Bob Williams |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Nick Jones |
| Mvpteam: | UC Santa Barbara |
The 2002 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[1]
UC Santa Barbara defeated in the championship game, 60–56, to obtain the first Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.
The Gauchos participated in the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after earning the conference's automatic bid.
Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with and not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.