2002 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

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2002 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBYU (2nd title)
MVPDoug Jackson (BYU)
2002 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
San Diego State  ‍†‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 43 – 23 – 0   .652
Utah  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 33 – 26 – 0   .559
BYU  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517 31 – 31 – 1   .500
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15 – 0   .483 27 – 28 – 0   .491
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 30 – 30 – 0   .500
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 22 – 35 – 0   .386
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–25. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Brigham Young University's Larry H. Miller Field. Top seeded BYU won their second consecutive and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 14–9 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding[]

The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
San Diego State 20 10 .667
–
1
Utah 16 14 .533
4
2
BYU 15 14 .517
4.5
3
Air Force 14 15 .483
5.5
4
UNLV 13 17 .433
7
5
New Mexico 11 19 .367
9
6

Results[]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 San Diego State 8  
  6 New Mexico 2     1 San Diego State 9  
    4 Air Force 6    
  3 BYU 18         1 San Diego State 11            
  4 Air Force 3           3 BYU 10              
      3 BYU 13           1 San Diego State 4 3
      5 UNLV 11         3 BYU 6 5
  2 Utah 9         3 BYU 8    
  5 UNLV 13       5 UNLV 13     5 UNLV 7  
  2 Utah 9     2 Utah 7  
  6 New Mexico 8  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[2][4]

Name Class Team POS
Jake McLintock Fr. San Diego State RF
Landon Burt So. San Diego State LF
Anthony Gwynn So. San Diego State CF
Cameron Coughlan Jr. BYU 2B
Doug Jackson Jr. BYU OF
Jason Garcia Jr. BYU P
Jake Stubblefield Jr. BYU DH
Ranger Wiens So. BYU SS
Matt Ciaramella Fr. Utah CF
David Trujillo Sr. UNLV DH
Royce Ring Jr. San Diego State RP

Most Valuable Player[]

Doug Jackson, an outfielder for the champion BYU Cougars, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "BYU Defeats Aztecs, 5-3, In Baseball Tourney Final". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ^ a b 2002 MWC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team. themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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