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

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Commerce Bank Ballpark Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (1st title)
MVP	Steve Stanley, Notre Dame

2002 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Notre Dame	18	8	.692	–	1
Virginia Tech	18	8	.692	–	2
Boston College	15	11	.577	3	3
Rutgers	15	11	.577	3	4
Pittsburgh	14	11	.560	3.5	–
St. John's	14	12	.538	4	–
Connecticut	13	12	.520	4.5	–
Villanova	12	13	.480	5.5	–
Seton Hall	11	15	.423	7	–
West Virginia	9	16	.360	8.5	–
Georgetown	2	24	.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.