2002 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 2002 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 22 through 26. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament.

2002 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatTwo pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAlabama (6th title)
Winning coachJim Wells (5th title)
MVPBrent Boyd (Alabama)
Attendance124,440
2002 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍y218 .7245316 .768
No. 20 Florida  ‍‍‍y2010 .6674619 .708
Georgia  ‍‍‍y1515 .5003229 .525
Tennessee  ‍‍‍1218 .4002728 .491
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍721 .2502427 .471
Kentucky  ‍‍‍624 .2001736 .321
Western
No. 16 Alabama  x‍‍y2010 .6675115 .773
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍y1910 .6554422 .667
Auburn  ‍‍‍y1515 .5003426 .567
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍1415 .4833424 .586
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y1314 .4813528 .556
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍1416 .4673719 .661
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season Results

Eastern Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
South Carolina218.724--1
Florida2010.6671.53
Georgia1515.5006.56
Tennessee1218.4009.5--
Vanderbilt721.25013.5--
Kentucky624.20015.5--
Western Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Alabama2010.667--2
LSU1910.6550.54
Auburn1515.50055
Mississippi State1415.4835.57
Arkansas1314.4815.58
Ole Miss1416.4676--

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinals
6Georgia2
3Florida7
3Florida4
2Alabama7
7Mississippi State2
2Alabama12
2Alabama411
3Florida79
6Georgia3
7Mississippi State107Mississippi State0
3Florida5
2Alabama6
5Auburn1
1South Carolina2
4LSU2
4LSU8
1South Carolina3
8Arkansas1
1South Carolina10
4LSU84
1South Carolina105
5Auburn5
8Arkansas88Arkansas2
1South Carolina6

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PJeff NorrisAlabama
PGary BellSouth Carolina
CCody ClarkArkansas
1BBrent BoydAlabama
2BPete StonardAlabama
3BPat OsbornFlorida
SSDrew MeyerSouth Carolina
OFBen HarrisonFlorida
OFMatt HeathLSU
OFSteve ThomasSouth Carolina
DHRyan ShealyFlorida
MVPBrent BoydAlabama

See also

References