2002 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2002 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNotre Dame (1st title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (1st title)
MVPSteve 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


The 2002 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. 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]

  1. ^ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on March 26, 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 March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.