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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍ 18–7 .72032–22 .593
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–8 .69237–22 .627
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57131–28 .525
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51926–25 .510
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .29618–33 .353
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 6–17 .26116–28 .364
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .25917–35 .327
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‍ 19–9 .67930–28 .517
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17–9 .65434–23 .596
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58331–25 .554
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–13 .48022–25 .468
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–14 .44023–32 .418
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33318–34 .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 roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1Bowling Green11
4Ball State20
1Bowling Green154Ball State19
6Miami66Miami16
6Miami14
2Eastern Michigan13
3Kent State134Ball State164
4Ball State43Kent State913
3Kent State18
5Central Michigan8
2Eastern Michigan93Kent State2
5Central Michigan155Central Michigan0
1Bowling Green4
5Central Michigan11

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 October 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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