2002 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2002 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–8–0 .69250–18–0 .735
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 18–8–0 .69233–26–0 .559
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .57730–25–0 .545
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .57725–22–0 .532
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 14–11–0 .56036–16–1 .689
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 14–12–0 .53829–23–0 .558
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13–12–0 .52028–22–0 .560
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 12–13–0 .48030–23–0 .566
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .42325–28–0 .472
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 9–16–0 .36024–26–0 .480
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 2–24–0 .0779–47–0 .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
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Notre Dame8
4Rutgers3
1Notre Dame8
2Virginia Tech4
2Virginia Tech2
3Boston College1
1Notre Dame
4Rutgers
Lower round 1Lower final
2Virginia Tech2
4Rutgers44Rutgers6
3Boston College3

* - 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 March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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