2002 NCAA Division I baseball season explained

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]

Format changes

• The Northeast Conference dissolved its divisions after 3 seasons.

Conference standings

America East Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 16 6 .727 40 17 .702 14 8 .636 27 22 .551 11 11 .500 29 22 .569 11 11 .500 27 24 .529 8 12 .400 17 34 .333 8 14 .364 20 30 .400 8 14 .364 17 29 .370	Atlantic Coast Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 18 6 .750 60 14 .811 17 6 .739 47 13 .783 17 7 .708 43 21 .672 16 8 .667 54 17 .761 14 9 .609 52 16 .765 8 16 .333 25 32 .439 7 17 .292 33 26 .559 6 18 .250 34 23 .596 4 20 .167 24 34 .414	Atlantic Sun Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 23 7 .767 41 22 .651 22 8 .733 46 21 .687 19 9 .679 42 19 .689 16 14 .633 28 30 .483 15 15 .500 27 31 .466 13 17 .433 27 31 .466 13 17 .433 22 32 .407 13 17 .433 24 32 .429 11 19 .367 22 30 .423 9 20 .310 23 31 .426 9 20 .310 22 30 .423
Atlantic 10 Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct East 16 7 .696 30 13 .698 11 13 .458 22 28 .440 10 14 .417 24 28 .462 10 14 .417 16 36 .308 9 15 .375 21 26 .447 6 18 .250 13 36 .265 West 22 2 .917 53 13 .803 17 7 .708 42 23 .646 15 8 .652 27 27 .500 14 10 .583 32 21 .604 12 12 .500 26 23 .531 1 23 .042 10 40 .200	Big East Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 18 8 .692 50 18 .735 18 8 .692 33 26 .559 15 11 .577 30 25 .545 15 11 .577 35 22 .614 14 11 .560 36 16 .692 14 12 .538 29 23 .558 13 12 .520 28 22 .560 12 13 .480 30 23 .566 11 15 .423 25 28 .472 9 16 .360 24 26 .480 2 24 .077 9 47 .161	Big South Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 16 5 .762 44 19 .698 13 8 .619 34 23 .596 12 9 .571 25 34 .424 11 9 .550 33 24 .579 9 11 .450 26 31 .456 8 13 .381 29 30 .492 7 14 .333 21 30 .412 7 14 .333 18 33 .353
Big Ten Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 18 10 .643 32 26 .552 18 11 .621 38 20 .655 16 12 .571 38 19 .667 15 14 .517 35 20 .636 15 16 .484 26 29 .473 14 15 .483 26 29 .473 14 15 .483 32 19 .627 14 17 .452 21 32 .396 13 19 .406 24 32 .429 11 19 .367 23 30 .434	Big 12 Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 19 8 .704 57 15 .792 16 11 .593 47 21 .691 16 11 .593 42 20 .677 15 12 .556 35 27 .565 13 13 .500 37 21 .638 13 13 .500 30 25 .545 13 13 .500 36 26 .581 13 14 .481 35 24 .593 9 16 .360 24 29 .453 5 21 .192 22 29 .431	Big West Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 19 5 .792 41 17 .707 17 7 .708 39 21 .650 15 9 .625 30 29 .508 14 10 .583 37 22 .627 14 10 .583 33 26 .559 10 14 .417 30 28 .517 8 16 .333 22 33 .400 7 17 .292 26 28 .481 4 20 .167 22 34 .393
Colonial Athletic Association Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct American 15 5 .750 44 16 .733 14 7 .667 36 21 .632 9 12 .429 23 27 .460 8 12 .400 26 27 .491 5 16 .238 21 34 .382 Colonial 12 7 .632 35 22 .614 12 7 .682 28 29 .491 13 8 .619 38 27 .585 12 9 .571 32 26 .552 2 19 .095 12 40 .231	Conference USA Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 22 7 .759 48 17 .738 21 9 .700 38 19 .667 19 11 .633 30 29 .508 18 11 .621 36 22 .621 17 13 .567 36 27 .571 16 13 .552 43 20 .683 16 14 .533 35 29 .547 11 17 .393 22 30 .423 11 18 .379 26 29 .473 10 20 .333 20 31 .392 9 21 .300 19 35 .352 7 23 .233 16 40 .286	Horizon League Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 14 5 .737 39 16 .709 15 8 .652 36 20 .643 11 8 .579 18 26 .409 11 11 .500 34 23 .596 11 12 .478 17 35 .327 9 14 .391 20 33 .377 3 16 .158 15 36 .294
Ivy League Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Lou Gehrig 13 7 .650 22 23 .489 11 9 .550 17 22 .436 10 10 .500 22 25 .468 6 14 .300 15 30 .333 Red Rolfe 13 7 .650 20 26 .435 13 7 .650 25 24 .510 9 11 .450 21 20 .512 5 15 .250 12 27 .308	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 22 5 .815 41 14 .745 19 7 .731 30 18 .625 17 9 .654 28 29 .491 17 10 .630 33 22 .600 16 11 .593 32 19 .627 12 15 .444 20 30 .400 10 16 .385 20 28 .417 9 17 .346 12 34 .261 7 18 .280 12 30 .286 3 24 .111 4 38 .095	Mid-American Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct East 18 7 .720 32 22 .593 18 8 .692 37 22 .627 16 12 .571 31 28 .525 14 13 .519 26 25 .510 8 19 .296 18 33 .353 6 17 .261 16 28 .364 7 20 .259 17 35 .327 West 19 9 .679 30 28 .517 17 9 .654 34 23 .596 14 10 .583 31 25 .554 12 13 .480 22 25 .468 11 14 .440 23 32 .418 9 18 .333 18 34 .346
Mid-Continent Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 16 2 .889 48 19 .716 11 7 .611 18 37 .327 9 8 .529 19 35 .352 7 9 .438 15 32 .319 6 9 .400 12 39 .235 0 14 .000 5 36 .122	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct North 16 1 .941 40 19 .678 9 7 .563 12 37 .245 6 12 .333 8 41 .163 3 14 .176 4 36 .100 South 16 2 .889 39 22 .639 10 8 .556 27 27 .500 6 11 .354 19 39 .328 3 14 .176 16 34 .320	Missouri Valley Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 23 9 .719 47 17 .734 21 10 .677 30 24 .556 19 13 .594 43 21 .672 17 15 .531 32 24 .571 16 15 .516 30 27 .526 14 18 .438 30 25 .545 12 18 .400 24 30 .444 12 20 .375 22 33 .400 8 24 .250 18 38 .321
Mountain West Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 20 10 .667 43 23 .652 16 14 .533 33 26 .559 15 14 .517 31 31 .500 14 15 .483 27 28 .491 13 17 .433 30 30 .500 11 19 .367 22 35 .386	Northeast Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 23 4 .852 30 21 .588 20 7 .741 32 24 .571 18 9 .667 34 23 .596 17 10 .630 22 24 .478 14 13 .519 20 27 .426 10 16 .385 17 35 .327 9 18 .333 12 30 .286 8 19 .296 11 33 .250 8 19 .296 10 39 .204 7 19 .269 9 35 .205	Ohio Valley Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 16 5 .762 37 20 .649 12 8 .600 25 26 .490 12 9 .571 30 27 .526 10 11 .476 20 33 .377 9 11 .450 29 27 .518 9 11 .450 29 27 .518 9 11 .450 15 40 .273 4 15 .211 18 33 .353
Pacific-10 Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 17 7 .708 37 24 .606 16 8 .667 47 18 .723 15 9 .625 37 21 .638 15 9 .625 33 27 .550 11 13 .458 29 27 .518 10 14 .417 31 23 .574 9 15 .375 26 35 .410 9 15 .375 31 24 .564 6 18 .250 21 33 .389	Patriot League Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 13 7 .650 23 25 .479 13 7 .650 29 21 .580 12 8 .600 23 22 .511 11 9 .550 22 21 .515 6 14 .300 15 35 .300 5 15 .250 11 28 .282	Southeastern Conference Team W L Pct W L Pct East 21 8 .724 53 16 .768 20 10 .667 46 19 .708 15 15 .500 32 29 .525 12 18 .400 27 28 .491 7 21 .250 24 27 .471 6 24 .200 17 36 .321 West 20 10 .667 51 15 .773 19 10 .655 44 22 .667 15 15 .500 34 26 .567 14 15 .483 34 24 .586 13 14 .481 35 28 .556 14 16 .467 37 19 .661
Southern Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 22 8 .733 31 26 .544 20 10 .667 33 23 .589 19 11 .633 36 22 .621 18 11 .621 39 25 .609 17 11 .607 33 22 .600 14 16 .467 26 34 .433 14 16 .467 26 31 .456 13 16 .448 23 36 .390 13 16 .448 21 29 .420 10 19 .345 16 34 .320 1 27 .036 10 41 .196	Southland Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 17 10 .630 43 17 .717 17 10 .630 29 29 .500 16 11 .593 36 24 .600 15 11 .577 29 29 .500 15 12 .556 30 28 .517 14 13 .519 36 24 .600 13 14 .481 25 29 .463 11 15 .423 28 26 .519 9 18 .333 21 33 .389 7 20 .259 21 33 .389	Southwestern Athletic Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct East 18 14 .563 24 22 .522 15 13 .536 23 29 .442 17 15 .531 23 27 .460 13 16 .448 17 26 .395 10 15 .400 10 42 .192 West 29 3 .906 45 10 .818 20 12 .625 24 28 .462 14 18 .438 24 26 .480 14 18 .438 25 28 .472 3 29 .094 3 46 .061
Sun Belt Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 17 5 .773 42 19 .689 17 7 .708 39 23 .629 14 9 .609 38 20 .655 13 11 .542 41 20 .672 12 12 .500 31 28 .525 10 14 .417 37 25 .597 9 14 .391 23 35 .397 8 16 .333 26 30 .464 5 17 .227 19 35 .352	West Coast Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Coast 18 12 .600 31 32 .492 15 14 .517 25 30 .455 14 15 .483 22 27 .449 14 16 .467 27 29 .482 West 18 12 .600 39 23 .629 16 14 .533 24 30 .444 15 15 .500 22 34 .393 9 21 .300 18 38 .321	Western Athletic Conference Conf Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct 28 2 .933 52 14 .788 21 9 .700 45 17 .726 19 11 .667 32 27 .542 10 20 .333 25 32 .439 7 23 .233 21 37 .362 5 25 .167 16 40 .286
Division I Independents Team W L Pct 34 29 .540 32 20 .615 27 25 .519 24 24 .500 24 29 .453 15 35 .300 15 38 .283 14 36 .280 11 30 .268 15 41 .268 10 38 .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.

Bracket

Award winners

All-America team

See main article: 2002 College Baseball All-America Team.

References

• 2002 Division I Standings at BoydsWorld.com

Notes and References

1. Book: The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947–2003. W.C. Madden. Patrick J. Stewart. amp. McFarland & Co.. 2004. 221–228. 9780786418428. June 30, 2017.