2002 National Invitation Tournament
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The <entity_0> was the <entity_3> edition of the annual <entity_2> college <entity_1> competition. Hoyas head coach Craig Esherick explained that Georgetown′s home court, the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., was booked to host the East Regional of the <entity_3> <entity_2> Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, meaning that accepting the NIT invitation would have required the Hoyas to play on the road in the West for two weeks, forcing his players to miss many of their classes.
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