2002 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

The 2002 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 22 through 26. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament.

2002 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (6th title)
Winning coachJim Wells (5th title)
MVPBrent Boyd (Alabama)
Attendance124,440
2002 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y 21–8 .72453–16 .768
No. 20 Florida  ‍‍‍y 20–10 .66746–19 .708
Georgia  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50032–29 .525
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40027–28 .491
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 7–21 .25024–27 .471
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .20017–36 .321
Western
No. 16 Alabama  x‍‍‡‍y 20–10 .66751–15 .773
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19–10 .65544–22 .667
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .50034–26 .567
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .48334–24 .586
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13–14 .48135–28 .556
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46737–19 .661
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season Results
Eastern Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Carolina 21 8 .724 -- 1
Florida 20 10 .667 1.5 3
Georgia 15 15 .500 6.5 6
Tennessee 12 18 .400 9.5 --
Vanderbilt 7 21 .250 13.5 --
Kentucky 6 24 .200 15.5 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Alabama 20 10 .667 -- 2
LSU 19 10 .655 0.5 4
Auburn 15 15 .500 5 5
Mississippi State 14 15 .483 5.5 7
Arkansas 13 14 .481 5.5 8
Ole Miss 14 16 .467 6 --

Tournament
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
6Georgia2
3Florida7
3Florida4
2Alabama7
7Mississippi State2
2Alabama12
2Alabama411
3Florida79
6Georgia3
7Mississippi State107Mississippi State0
3Florida5
2Alabama6
5Auburn1
1South Carolina2
4LSU2
4LSU8
1South Carolina3
8Arkansas1
1South Carolina10
4LSU84
1South Carolina105
5Auburn5
8Arkansas88Arkansas2
1South Carolina6

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
P Jeff Norris Alabama
P Gary Bell South Carolina
C Cody Clark Arkansas
1B Brent Boyd Alabama
2B Pete Stonard Alabama
3B Pat Osborn Florida
SS Drew Meyer South Carolina
OF Ben Harrison Florida
OF Matt Heath LSU
OF Steve Thomas South Carolina
DH Ryan Shealy Florida
MVP Brent Boyd Alabama

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2002". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.