2002 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2002. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the fourteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third seed Kent State won their second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2002 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (2nd title)
MVPBrad Snyder, Ball State
2002 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍ 18–7 .720  32–22 .593
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–8 .692  37–22 .627
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .571  31–28 .525
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  26–25 .510
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  18–33 .353
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 6–17 .261  16–28 .364
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  17–35 .327
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‍ 19–9 .679  30–28 .517
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17–9 .654  34–23 .596
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  31–25 .554
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–13 .480  22–25 .468
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–14 .440  23–32 .418
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  18–34 .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the fifth year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green187.720
–
1
Kent State188.692
.5
3
Miami1612.571
3.5
6
Ohio1413.519
5
–
Akron819.296
11
–
Buffalo617.261
11
–
Marshall720.259
12
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan199.679
–
2
Ball State179.654
1
4
Central Michigan1410.583
4
5
Western Michigan1213.480
5.5
–
Northern Illinois1114.440
6.5
–
Toledo918.333
9.5
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Bowling Green 15  
  6 Miami 6     1 Bowling Green 11  
    4 Ball State 20    
      4 Ball State 19  
      6 Miami 16    
  6 Miami 14          
  2 Eastern Michigan 13        
  3 Kent State 13         4 Ball State 16 4
  4 Ball State 4           3 Kent State 9 13
      3 Kent State 18        
      5 Central Michigan 8          
  2 Eastern Michigan 9           3 Kent State 2    
  5 Central Michigan 15         5 Central Michigan 0  
  1 Bowling Green 4    
  5 Central Michigan 11  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

NameSchool
Dirk HayhurstKent State
Doug BooneBall State
Michael CarlinMiami
Chris WelschKent State
Brady GlassKent State
Tim BullingerCentral Michigan
Tom MartinKent State
Ben SchroederBall State
Brad SnyderBall State
Adam MetzlerBall State

Most Valuable Player

Brad Snyder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Snyder played for Ball State.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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