2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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2002 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season2002
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (5th title)
Runner-upSouth Carolina (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachAugie Garrido (4th title)
MOPHuston Street (Texas)

The 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty sixth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.[1] The fifty-sixth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Augie Garrido. This was Texas' first title since 1983, but Augie Garrido previously won three titles with Cal State Fullerton. The Most Outstanding Player was Huston Street of Texas.

Due to fears over terrorism and travel security in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Division I Baseball Committee, which selects the 64-team field and places the teams on the bracket, was ordered by the NCAA to keep regional pairings as localized as possible, in order to minimize the number of plane trips utilized. Due to these travel constraints, teams from the same conference were allowed to play in the same regional for the first time. An example of the travel restrictions came from the regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, featuring four schools from the Bayou State which are located a total of 130 miles (210 km) apart along Interstate 10, the first time (and to date, last) a regional has been entirely an in-state affair outside California, Florida, and Texas. The travel restrictions were eased in 2003, and the ban on conference teams facing each other in regional play was reinstated.

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

Conference School Berth type
America East Maine Tournament champion
ACC Florida State Tournament champion
Atlantic Sun UCF Tournament champion
A-10 George Washington Tournament champion
Big East Notre Dame Tournament champion
Big South Coastal Carolina Tournament champion
Big Ten Ohio State Tournament champion
Big 12 Texas Tournament champion
Big West Cal State Northridge Regular-season champion
CAA VCU Tournament champion
Conference USA East Carolina Tournament champion
Horizon League Milwaukee Tournament champion
Ivy League Harvard Championship series winner
MAAC Marist Tournament champion
MAC Kent State Tournament champion
Mid-Con Oral Roberts Tournament champion
MEAC Bethune-Cookman Tournament champion
Missouri Valley Wichita State Tournament champion
MWC BYU Tournament champion
NEC Central Connecticut Tournament champion
OVC Southeast Missouri State Tournament champion
Pac-10 Southern California Regular-season champion
Patriot League Navy Tournament champion
SEC Alabama Tournament champion
SoCon Georgia Southern Tournament champion
Southland Lamar Tournament champion
SWAC Southern Tournament champion
Sun Belt New Mexico State Tournament champion
WCC San Diego Championship series winner
WAC Rice Regular-season champion

Bids by conference

Conference Total Schools
Southeastern 7 Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina
Atlantic Coast 5 Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Wake Forest
Big 12 5 Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech
Conference USA 5 East Carolina, Houston, Louisville, South Florida, Tulane
Pacific-10 4 Arizona State, Stanford, Southern California, Washington
Sun Belt 4 FIU, Louisiana–Lafayette, New Mexico State, South Alabama
Atlantic Sun 3 UCF, Florida Atlantic, Stetson
Big West 3 Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State
Atlantic 10 2 George Washington, Richmond
Big South 2 Coastal Carolina, Elon
Colonial Athletic 2 James Madison, VCU
Missouri Valley 2 Southwest Missouri State, Wichita State
Western Athletic 2 Rice, San Jose State
America East 1 Maine
Big East 1 Notre Dame
Big Ten 1 Ohio State
Horizon 1 Milwaukee
Independent 1 Miami (FL)
Ivy 1 Harvard
Metro Atlantic 1 Marist
Mid-American 1 Kent State
Mid-Continent 1 Oral Roberts
Mid-Eastern 1 Bethune-Cookman
Mountain West 1 BYU
Northeast 1 Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley 1 Southeast Missouri State
Patriot 1 Navy
Southern 1 Georgia Southern
Southland 1 Lamar
Southwestern Athletic 1 Southern
West Coast 1 San Diego

Notes on tournament field

  • Central Connecticut State, Elon, Louisville, New Mexico St., and San Diego were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.[2]

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Florida State
  2. Clemson
  3. Alabama
  4. Rice
  5. Texas
  6. South Carolina
  7. Wake Forest
  8. Stanford

Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Tallahassee Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Florida State 11
4 Stetson 8
1 Florida State 7
2 UCF 3
3 South Florida 1
2 UCF 6
1 Florida State 13
Tallahassee Regional–Dick Howser Stadium
3 South Florida 6
4 Stetson 13
3 South Florida 14
3 South Florida 7
2 UCF 2
1 Florida State 4 12 1
Notre Dame 10 5 3
1 South Alabama 7
4 Kent State 4
1 South Alabama 1
2 Notre Dame 25
3 Ohio State 6
2 Notre Dame 8
2 Notre Dame 9
South Bend Regional–Frank Eck Stadium
3 Ohio State 6
4 Kent State 8
3 Ohio State 12
3 Ohio State 6
1 South Alabama 4

Clemson Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Clemson 15
4 Georgia Southern 1
1 Clemson 4
2 East Carolina 2
3 Elon 7
2 East Carolina 13
1 Clemson 21
Clemson Regional–Doug Kingsmore Stadium
2 East Carolina 1
4 Georgia Southern 6
3 Elon 2
4 Georgia Southern 3
2 East Carolina 7
2 Clemson 6 8 7
Arkansas 9 7 4
1 Wichita State 1
4 Oral Roberts 6
4 Oral Roberts 6
3 Arkansas 7
3 Arkansas 8
2 Oklahoma 5
3 Arkansas 11
Wichita Regional–Eck Stadium
4 Oral Roberts 6
1 Wichita State 8
2 Oklahoma 4
1 Wichita State 8
4 Oral Roberts 15

Atlanta Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Alabama 4
4 Southeast Missouri State 7
4 Southeast Missouri State 6
3 Florida Atlantic 12
3 Florida Atlantic 16
2 Auburn 11
3 Florida Atlantic 2 6
Tuscaloosa Regional–Sewell-Thomas Stadium
1 Alabama 7 5
1 Alabama 6
2 Auburn 3
1 Alabama 7
4 Southeast Missouri State 4
Florida Atlantic 3 5
Georgia Tech 14 11
1 Georgia Tech 6
4 Coastal Carolina 0
1 Georgia Tech 3
2 Georgia 0
3 Louisville 1
2 Georgia 7
1 Georgia Tech 8
Atlanta Regional–Russ Chandler Stadium
2 Georgia 7
4 Coastal Carolina 9
3 Louisville 1
4 Coastal Carolina 7
2 Georgia 9

Houston Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Rice 8
4 Harvard 3
1 Rice 6
2 Texas Tech 0
3 Washington 4
2 Texas Tech 5
1 Rice 6 14
Houston Regional–Reckling Park
3 Washington 7 2
4 Harvard 2
3 Washington 4
3 Washington 3
2 Texas Tech 1
4 Rice 6 3
LSU 0 0
1 LSU 5
4 Southern 4
1 LSU 0
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 5
3 Tulane 3
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 6
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 2 2
Baton Rouge Regional–Alex Box Stadium
1 LSU 12 12
4 Southern 2
3 Tulane 10
3 Tulane 2
1 LSU 4

Austin Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Texas 7
4 Central Connecticut 2
1 Texas 10
2 Baylor 8
3 Lamar 2
2 Baylor 4
1 Texas 2
Austin Regional–Disch–Falk Field
2 Baylor 0
4 Central Connecticut 4
3 Lamar 9
3 Lamar 9
2 Baylor 10
5 Texas 0 17 5
Houston 2 2 2
1 Houston 9
4 New Mexico State 0
1 Houston 8
2 Arizona State 4
3 San Diego 3
2 Arizona State 6
1 Houston 8
†Mesa Regional–HoHoKam Park
2 Arizona State 3
4 New Mexico State 1
3 San Diego 2
3 San Diego 1
2 Arizona State 11

†Arizona State hosted at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Arizona, where they played their 2002 season due to construction at Packard Stadium.

Columbia Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 South Carolina 6
4 VCU 3
1 South Carolina 9
2 North Carolina 6
3 James Madison 0
2 North Carolina 5
1 South Carolina 4 3
Columbia Regional–Sarge Frye Field
2 North Carolina 8 1
4 VCU 2
3 James Madison 5
3 James Madison 7
2 North Carolina 9
6 South Carolina 10 2 6
Miami (FL) 7 5 4
1 Florida 13
4 Bethune-Cookman 1
1 Florida 2
3 Miami (FL) 7
3 Miami (FL) 9
2 FIU 1
3 Miami (FL) 10* 8
Gainesville Regional–McKethan Stadium
1 Florida 11* 7
4 Bethune-Cookman 7
2 FIU 4
4 Bethune-Cookman 10
1 Florida 21

Lincoln Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Wake Forest 12
4 George Washington 6
1 Wake Forest 2
2 Richmond 3
3 Navy 5
2 Richmond 15
2 Richmond 4* 7
Winston-Salem Regional–Ernie Shore Field
1 Wake Forest 5* 5
4 George Washington 4
3 Navy 6
3 Navy 1
1 Wake Forest 13
Richmond 0 6 6
Nebraska 2 2 11
1 Nebraska 7
4 Milwaukee 2
1 Nebraska 9
3 Marist 1
3 Marist 5*
2 Southwest Missouri State 4*
1 Nebraska 14
Lincoln Regional–Haymarket Park
2 Southwest Missouri State 3
4 Milwaukee 1
2 Southwest Missouri State 6
2 Southwest Missouri State 5
3 Marist 2

Palo Alto Super Regional

First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals
               
1 Stanford 3*
4 Cal State Fullerton 2*
1 Stanford 5
2 Long Beach State 4
3 San Jose State 3
2 Long Beach State 6
1 Stanford 8
Palo Alto Regional–Sunken Diamond
2 Long Beach State 4
4 Cal State Fullerton 9
3 San Jose State 1
4 Cal State Fullerton 0
2 Long Beach State 4
8 Stanford 4 5
Southern California 2 3
1 Southern California 5*
4 BYU 4*
1 Southern California 7
2 Cal State Northridge 5
3 Maine 4
2 Cal State Northridge 7
1 Southern California 13
Los Angeles Regional–Dedeaux Field
4 BYU 10
4 BYU 12
3 Maine 5
4 BYU 7
2 Cal State Northridge 2

College World Series

Participants

School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS record
Not including this year
Clemson ACC 52–15 (16–8) Jack Leggett 9
(last: 2000)
3rd
(1996)
7–18
Georgia Tech ACC 51–14 (14–9) Danny Hall 1
(last: 1994)
2nd
(1994)
3–1
Nebraska Big 12 47–19 (16–11) Dave Van Horn 1
(last: 2001)
7th
(2001)
0–2
Notre Dame Big East 49–16 (18–8) Paul Mainieri 1
(last: 1957)
4th
(1957)
2–2
Rice WAC 52–12 (28–2) Wayne Graham 2
(last: 1999)
6th
(1999)
1–4
South Carolina SEC 53–16 (21–8) Ray Tanner 5
(last: 1985)
2nd
(1975, 1977)
9–10
Stanford Pac-10 45–16 (16–8) Mark Marquess 13
(last: 2001)
1st
(1987, 1988)
31–22
Texas Big 12 53–15 (19–8) Augie Garrido 28
(last: 2000)
1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)
64–49

Results

Bracket

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

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
June 14 Game 1 Georgia Tech 11–0 South Carolina
Game 2 Clemson 11–10 Nebraska
June 15 Game 3 Stanford 4–3 Notre Dame
Game 4 Texas 2–1 Rice
June 16 Game 5 South Carolina 10–8 Nebraska Nebraska eliminated
Game 6 Clemson 9–7 Georgia Tech
June 17 Game 7 Notre Dame 5–3 Rice Rice eliminated
Game 8 Texas 8–7 Stanford
June 18 Game 9 South Carolina 9–5 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech eliminated
Game 10 Stanford 5–3 Notre Dame Notre Dame eliminated
June 19 Game 11 South Carolina 12–4 Clemson
June 20 Game 12 Texas 6–5 Stanford Stanford eliminated
June 21 Game 13 South Carolina 10–2 Clemson Clemson eliminated
June 22 Final Texas 12–6 South Carolina Texas wins CWS

Championship Game

Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:40 pm (CT) at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Carolina 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 10 3
Texas 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 X 12 13 2
WP: Justin Simmons (16–1)   LP: Aaron Rawl (7–2)   Sv: Huston Street (14)
Attendance: 24,089
Notes: Texas wins fifth CWS title
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Position Player School
P Justin Simmons Texas
Huston Street (MOP) Texas
C Landon Powell South Carolina
1B Michael Johnson Clemson
2B Tim Moss Texas
3B Omar Quintanilla Texas
SS Victor Menocal Georgia Tech
OF Sam Fuld Stanford
Justin Harris South Carolina
Dustin Majewski Texas
DH Steve Stanley Notre Dame

Tournament notes

  • This was the last College World Series championship to be decided by a single game as the final was moved to a best-of-three format the following year.

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 195. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records 1947-2008" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 20, 2009.