2002 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament

2002 Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2002
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Larry H. Miller Field
Provo, UT
Champions BYU (2nd title)
MVP Doug Jackson (BYU)
Mountain West Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2001  2003»
2002 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
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. themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide. themwc.com. p. 11. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "BYU Defeats Aztecs, 5-3, In Baseball Tourney Final". themwc.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2002 MWC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team. themwc.com. p. 11. Retrieved December 8, 2012.