2002 NCAA Division I baseball season
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Baseball season
The 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in January 2002. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and 2002 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska, at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 22, 2002, with the final game of the double-elimination bracket. Texas defeated South Carolina 12–6 to win its fifth championship.[1]
Format changes[edit]
Conference standings[edit]
| Team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament | ||||||
| Conference does not have conference tournament, so team won the autobid for finishing in first | ||||||
| Team received at-large bid to NCAA Tournament |
College World Series[edit]
The 2002 season marked the fifty sixth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their fifth championship with a 12–6 win over South Carolina in the final.[1]
Bracket[edit]
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Stanford | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Stanford | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 6 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Stanford | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Stanford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Clemson | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Clemson | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Award winners[edit]
All-America team[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b
W.C. Madden & Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947–2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 221–228. ISBN 9780786418428. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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