2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 31 through June 22, 2002. 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams competing in the 2002 College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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. The worst 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 apart along Interstate 10, the first time (and to date, last) a regional has been entirely an in-state affair outside of 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.

1 National Seeds
2 Regionals & Super Regionals
3 Notes on tournament field
4 College World Series
5 References
6 See also

National Seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

Florida State
Clemson
Alabama
Rice
Texas
South Carolina
Wake Forest
Stanford

Regionals & 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	Central Florida	3
3	South Florida	1

2	Central Florida	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	Central Florida	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	9	8

										Arkansas	6	7
1	Wichita State	1

4	Oral Roberts	6
			4	Oral Roberts	6

			3	Arkansas	7
3	Arkansas	8

2	Oklahoma	6
						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	SE Missouri State	7
			4	SE 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	SE 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	Cent. Conn. State	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	Cent. Conn. State	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
Tempe Regional - Packard Stadium
						2	Arizona State	3
4	New Mexico State	1

3	San Diego	2
			3	San Diego	1

			2	Arizona State	11

Columbia Super Regional

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	South Carolina	6
4	Va. Commonwealth	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	Va. Commonwealth	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	Florida International	1
						3	Miami (FL)	10*	8
Gainesville Regional - McKethan Stadium
						1	Florida	11*	7
4	Bethune-Cookman	7

2	Florida International	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	Wisc.-Milwaukee	2
			1	Nebraska	9

			3	Marist	1
3	Marist	5*

2	SW Missouri State	4*
						1	Nebraska	14
Lincoln Regional - Haymarket Park
						2	SW Missouri State	3
4	Wisc.-Milwaukee	1

2	SW Missouri State	6
			2	SW 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

										USC	2	3
1	USC	5*

4	BYU	4*
			1	USC	7

			2	Cal State Northridge	5
3	Maine	4

2	Cal State Northridge	7
						1	USC	13
Los Angeles Regional - Dedeaux Field
						4	BYU	10
4	BYU	12

3	Maine	5
			4	BYU	7

			2	Cal State Northridge	2

Notes on tournament field

Central Connecticut State, Elon, Louisville, New Mexico St., and San Diego were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.^[1]

College World Series

Notre Dame, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Rice, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and Stanford advanced to the College World Series.

Main article: 2002 College World Series

References

^ "NCAA Men's College World Series Records 1947-2008". NCAA. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/baseball_cws_RB/08CWSRecordBook.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-20.