2002 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the eighteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

2002 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNotre Dame (1st title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (1st title)
MVPSteve Stanley, Notre Dame
2002 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–8–0 .692  50–18–0 .735
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 18–8–0 .692  33–26–0 .559
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .577  30–25–0 .545
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .577  25–22–0 .532
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 14–11–0 .560  36–16–1 .689
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 14–12–0 .538  29–23–0 .558
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13–12–0 .520  28–22–0 .560
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 12–13–0 .480  30–23–0 .566
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .423  25–28–0 .472
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 9–16–0 .360  24–26–0 .480
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 2–24–0 .077  9–47–0 .161
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2002. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Notre Dame188.692
–
1
Virginia Tech188.692
–
2
Boston College1511.577
3
3
Rutgers1511.577
3
4
Pittsburgh1411.560
3.5
–
St. John's1412.538
4
–
Connecticut1312.520
4.5
–
Villanova1213.480
5.5
–
Seton Hall1115.423
7
–
West Virginia916.360
8.5
–
Georgetown224.077
16
–

Bracket
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Notre Dame 8  
4 Rutgers 3  
  1 Notre Dame 8  
  2 Virginia Tech 4  
2 Virginia Tech 2
3 Boston College 1  
  1 Notre Dame 3 3*
  4 Rutgers 4 2*
4 Rutgers 4  
3 Boston College 3  
  2 Virginia Tech 2
  4 Rutgers 6  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Steve Stanley was the winner of the 2002 Jack Kaiser Award. Stanley was a senior center fielder for Notre Dame.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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