2002 NCAA Division I baseball season

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2002 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams286
Tournament
DurationMay 31–June 22, 2002
Most conference bids SEC (7)
College World Series
DurationJune 14–June 22, 2002
Champions Texas (5th title)
Runners-up South Carolina (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach Augie Garrido (4th title)
MOP Huston Street (Texas)
Seasons
  2001
2003  

The 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in January 2002. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2002 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 22, 2002, with the final game of the double-elimination bracket. Texas defeated South Carolina 12–6 to win its fifth championship. [1]

Contents

Format changes

Conference standings

America East Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Maine 166.7274017.702
Vermont 148.6362722.551
Northeastern 1111.5002922.569
Stony Brook 1111.5002724.529
Binghamton 812.4001734.333
Albany 814.3642030.400
Hartford 814.3641729.370
Atlantic Coast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Florida State 186.7506014.811
Wake Forest 176.7394713.783
North Carolina 177.7084321.672
Clemson 168.6675417.761
Georgia Tech 149.6095216.765
Virginia 816.3332532.439
North Carolina State 717.2923326.559
Maryland 618.2503423.596
Duke 420.1672434.414
Atlantic Sun Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Central Florida 237.7674122.651
Florida Atlantic 228.7334621.687
Stetson 199.6794219.689
Troy State 1614.6332830.483
Jacksonville 1515.5002731.466
Samford 1317.4332731.466
Mercer 1317.4332232.407
Georgia State 1317.4332432.429
Campbell 1119.3672230.423
Jacksonville State 920.3102331.426
Belmont 920.3102230.423
Atlantic 10 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
St. Bonaventure 167.6963013.698
Temple 1113.4582228.440
Rhode Island 1014.4172428.462
Saint Joseph's 1014.4171636.308
Massachusetts 915.3752126.447
Fordham 618.2501336.265
West
Richmond 222.9175313.803
George Washington 177.7084223.646
Xavier 158.6522727.500
Dayton 1410.5833221.604
Duquesne 1212.5002623.531
La Salle 123.0421040.200
Big East Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Notre Dame 188.6925018.735
Virginia Tech 188.6923326.559
Boston College 1511.5773025.545
Rutgers 1511.5773522.614
Pittsburgh 1411.5603616.692
St. John's 1412.5382923.558
Connecticut 1312.5202822.560
Villanova 1213.4803023.566
Seton Hall 1115.4232528.472
West Virginia 916.3602426.480
Georgetown 224.077947.161
Big South Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Coastal Carolina 165.7624419.698
Elon 138.6193423.596
Charleston Southern 129.5712534.424
Liberty 119.5503324.579
High Point 911.4502631.456
Winthrop 813.3812930.492
UNC Asheville 714.3332130.412
Radford 714.3331833.353
Big Ten Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Minnesota 1810.6433226.552
Ohio State 1811.6213820.655
Michigan State 1612.5713819.667
Indiana 1514.5173520.636
Iowa 1516.4842629.473
Northwestern 1415.4832629.473
Illinois 1415.4833219.627
Michigan 1417.4522132.396
Purdue 1319.4062432.429
Penn State 1119.3672330.434
Big 12 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Texas 198.7045715.792
Nebraska 1611.5934721.691
Texas Tech 1611.5934220.677
Oklahoma 1512.5563527.565
Oklahoma State 1313.5003721.638
Kansas State 1313.5003025.545
Baylor 1313.5003626.581
Texas A&M 1314.4813524.593
Missouri 916.3602429.453
Kansas 521.1922229.431
Big West Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Cal State Northridge 195.7924117.707
Long Beach State 177.7083921.650
Cal Poly 159.6253029.508
Cal State Fullerton 1410.5833722.627
UC Irvine 1410.5833326.559
UC Riverside 1014.4173028.517
UC Santa Barbara 816.3332233.400
Pacific 717.2922628.481
Sacramento State 420.1672234.393
Colonial Athletic Association
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
American
James Madison 155.7504416.733
UNC Wilmington 147.6673621.632
Towson 912.4292327.460
Old Dominion 812.4002627.491
Drexel 516.2382134.382
Colonial
Delaware 127.6323522.614
George Mason 127.6822829.491
Virginia Commonwealth 138.6193827.585
William & Mary 129.5713226.552
Hofstra 219.0951240.231
Conference USA
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Houston 227.7594817.738
Louisville 219.7003819.667
Texas Christian 1911.6333029.508
Southern Miss 1811.6213622.621
Tulane 1713.5673627.571
East Carolina 1613.5524320.683
South Florida 1614.5333529.547
Saint Louis 1117.3932230.423
Cincinnati 1118.3792629.473
Memphis 1020.3332031.392
Charlotte 921.3001935.352
UAB 723.2331640.286
Horizon League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Illinois–Chicago 145.7373916.709
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 158.6523620.643
Youngstown State 118.5791826.409
Butler 1111.5003423.596
Cleveland State 1112.4781735.327
Wright State 914.3912033.377
Detroit 316.1581536.294
Ivy League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Lou Gehrig
Princeton 137.6502223.489
Penn 119.5501722.436
Columbia 1010.5002225.468
Cornell 614.3001530.333
Red Rolfe
Harvard 137.6502026.435
Brown 137.6502524.510
Dartmouth 911.4502120.512
Yale 515.2501227.308
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Marist 225.8154114.745
Le Moyne 197.7313018.625
Siena 179.6542829.491
Rider 1710.6303322.600
Manhattan 1611.5933219.627
Fairfield 1215.4442030.400
Iona 1016.3852028.417
Niagara 917.3461234.261
Saint Peter's 718.2801230.286
Canisius 324.111438.095
Mid-American Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Bowling Green 187.7203222.593
Kent State 188.6923722.627
Miami (OH) 1612.5713128.525
Ohio 1413.5192625.510
Akron 819.2961833.353
Buffalo 617.2611628.364
Marshall 720.2591735.327
West
Eastern Michigan 199.6793028.517
Ball State 179.6543423.596
Central Michigan 1410.5833125.554
Western Michigan 1213.4802225.468
Northern Illinois 1114.4402332.418
Toledo 918.3331834.346
Mid-Continent Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Oral Roberts 162.8894819.716
Southern Utah 117.6111837.327
Oakland 98.5291935.352
Valparaiso 79.4381532.319
Western Illinois 69.4001239.235
Chicago State 014.000536.122
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
North
Delaware State 161.9414019.678
Coppin State 97.5631237.245
Howard 612.333841.163
Maryland–Eastern Shore 314.176436.100
South
Bethune–Cookman 162.8893922.639
Florida A&M 108.5562727.500
North Carolina A&T 611.3541939.328
Norfolk State 314.1761634.320
Missouri Valley Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Wichita State 239.7194717.734
Creighton 2110.6773024.556
Southwest Missouri State 1913.5944321.672
Southern Illinois 1715.5313224.571
Indiana State 1615.5163027.526
Northern Iowa 1418.4383025.545
Illinois State 1218.4002430.444
Evansville 1220.3752233.400
Bradley 824.2501838.321
Mountain West Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
San Diego State 2010.6674323.652
Utah 1614.5333326.559
BYU 1514.5173131.500
Air Force 1415.4832728.491
UNLV 1317.4333030.500
New Mexico 1119.3672235.386
Northeast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Monmouth 234.8523021.588
UMBC 207.7413224.571
Central Connecticut 189.6673423.596
St. Francis (NY) 1710.6302224.478
Sacred Heart 1413.5192027.426
Mount St. Mary's 1016.3851735.327
Quinnipiac 918.3331230.286
Long Island 819.2961133.250
Wagner 819.2961039.204
Fairleigh Dickinson 719.269935.205
Ohio Valley Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Southeast Missouri State 165.7623720.649
Eastern Illinois 128.6002526.490
Austin Peay 129.5713027.526
Murray State 1011.4762033.377
Tennessee Tech 911.4502927.518
Morehead State 911.4502927.518
Eastern Kentucky 911.4501540.273
Tennessee–Martin 415.2111833.353
Pacific-10 Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
USC 177.7083724.606
Stanford 168.6674718.723
Arizona State 159.6253721.638
Washington 159.6253327.550
California 1113.4582927.518
Oregon State 1014.4173123.574
UCLA 915.3752635.410
Arizona 915.3753124.564
Washington State 618.2502133.389
Patriot League
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Navy 137.6502325.479
Lehigh 137.6502921.580
Lafayette 128.6002322.511
Army 119.5502221.515
Bucknell 614.3001535.300
Holy Cross 515.2501128.282
Southeastern Conference
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
South Carolina 218.7245316.768
Florida 2010.6674619.708
Georgia 1515.5003229.525
Tennessee 1218.4002728.491
Vanderbilt 721.2502427.471
Kentucky 624.2001736.321
West
Alabama 2010.6675115.773
LSU 1910.6554422.667
Auburn 1515.5003426.567
Mississippi State 1415.4833424.586
Arkansas 1314.4813528.556
Ole Miss 1416.4673719.661
Southern Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
The Citadel 228.7333126.544
Western Carolina 2010.6673323.589
College of Charleston 1911.6333622.621
Georgia Southern 1811.6213925.609
UNC Greensboro 1711.6073322.600
Furman 1416.4672634.433
Wofford 1416.4672631.456
East Tennessee State 1316.4482336.390
Davidson 1316.4482129.420
Appalachian State 1019.3451634.320
VMI 127.0361041.196
Southland Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Northwestern State 1710.6304317.717
Louisiana–Monroe 1710.6302929.500
Lamar 1611.5933624.600
Texas–Arlington 1511.5772929.500
McNeese State 1512.5563028.517
Southwest Texas State 1413.5193624.600
Texas–San Antonio 1314.4812529.463
Nicholls State 1115.4232826.519
Sam Houston State 918.3332133.389
Southeastern Louisiana 720.2592133.389
Southwestern Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
East
Alcorn State 1814.5632422.522
Jackson State 1513.5362329.442
Alabama State 1715.5312327.460
Alabama A&M 1316.4481726.395
Mississippi Valley State 1015.4001042.192
West
Southern 293.9064510.818
Texas Southern 2012.6252428.462
Grambling State 1418.4382426.480
Arkansas Pine–Bluff 1418.4382528.472
Prairie View A&M 329.094346.061
Sun Belt Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
South Alabama 175.7734219.689
Louisiana–Lafayette 177.7083923.629
Western Kentucky 149.6093820.655
Florida International 1311.5424120.672
New Orleans 1212.5003128.525
New Mexico State 1014.4173725.597
Arkansas State 914.3912335.397
Middle Tennessee 816.3332630.464
Arkansas–Little Rock 517.2271935.352
West Coast Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Coast
Pepperdine 1812.6003132.492
Santa Clara 1514.5172530.455
Saint Mary's 1415.4832227.449
Gonzaga 1416.4672729.482
West
San Diego 1812.6003923.629
Portland 1614.5332430.444
Loyola Marymount 1515.5002234.393
San Francisco 921.3001838.321
Western Athletic Conference
ConfOverall
TeamWLPctWLPct
Rice 282.9335214.788
San Jose State 219.7004517.726
Fresno State 1911.6673227.542
Nevada 1020.3332532.439
Louisiana Tech 723.2332137.362
Hawaii 525.1671640.286
Division I Independents
TeamWLPct
Miami (FL) 3429.540
Birmingham–Southern 3220.615
NYIT 2725.519
Lipscomb 2424.500
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2429.453
Morris Brown 1535.300
Texas–Pan American 1538.283
Pace 1436.280
C.W. Post 1130.268
Centenary 1541.268
Hawaii–Hilo 1038.208
Team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament
Conference does not have conference tournament, so team won the autobid for finishing in first
Team received at-large bid to NCAA tournament

College World Series

The 2002 season marked the fifty sixth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their fifth championship with a 12–6 win over South Carolina in the final. [1]

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
Notre Dame 3
8 Stanford 4
8 Stanford 7
5 Texas8
5 Texas 2
4 Rice 1
5 Texas6
8 Stanford 5
Notre Dame5
4 Rice 3
Notre Dame 3
8 Stanford5
5 Texas12
6 South Carolina 6
2 Clemson 11
Nebraska 10
2 Clemson9
Georgia Tech 7
6 South Carolina 0
Georgia Tech 11
2 Clemson 4 2
6 South Carolina1210
Nebraska 8
6 South Carolina10
6 South Carolina9
Georgia Tech 5

Award winners

All-America team

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