2002 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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2002 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Warren E. Steller Field
  • Bowling Green, OH
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (2nd title)
MVPBrad Snyder (Ball State)
2002 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍ 18 – 7   .720 32 – 22   .593
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 8   .692 37 – 22   .627
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571 31 – 28   .525
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 26 – 25   .510
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 18 – 33   .353
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 6 – 17   .261 16 – 28   .364
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 17 – 35   .327
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‍ 19 – 9   .679 30 – 28   .517
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 34 – 23   .596
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 31 – 25   .554
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13   .480 22 – 25   .468
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 23 – 32   .418
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 18 – 34   .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Bowling Green 18 7 .720
–
1
Kent State 18 8 .692
.5
3
Miami 16 12 .571
3.5
6
Ohio 14 13 .519
5
–
Akron 8 19 .296
11
–
Buffalo 6 17 .261
11
–
Marshall 7 20 .259
12
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan 19 9 .679
–
2
Ball State 17 9 .654
1
4
Central Michigan 14 10 .583
4
5
Western Michigan 12 13 .480
5.5
–
Northern Illinois 11 14 .440
6.5
–
Toledo 9 18 .333
9.5
–

Results[]

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Bowling Green 15  
  6 Miami 6     1 Bowling Green 11  
    4 Ball State 20    
      4 Ball State 19  
      6 Miami 16    
  6 Miami 14          
  2 Eastern Michigan 13        
  3 Kent State 13         4 Ball State 16 4
  4 Ball State 4           3 Kent State 9 13
      3 Kent State 18        
      5 Central Michigan 8          
  2 Eastern Michigan 9           3 Kent State 2    
  5 Central Michigan 15         5 Central Michigan 0  
  1 Bowling Green 4    
  5 Central Michigan 11  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
Dirk Hayhurst Kent State
Doug Boone Ball State
Michael Carlin Miami
Chris Welsch Kent State
Brady Glass Kent State
Tim Bullinger Central Michigan
Tom Martin Kent State
Ben Schroeder Ball State
Brad Snyder Ball State
Adam Metzler Ball 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 June 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. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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