2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 22nd through May 26th. 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y 21–8 .724  53–16 .768
No. 20 Florida  ‍‍‍y 20–10 .667  46–19 .708
Georgia  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  32–29 .525
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  27–28 .491
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 7–21 .250  24–27 .471
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .200  17–36 .321
Western
No. 16 Alabama  x‍‍‡‍y 20–10 .667  51–15 .773
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19–10 .655  44–22 .667
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  34–26 .567
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .483  34–24 .586
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 13–14 .481  35–28 .556
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  37–19 .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
Team W L Pct GB Seed
South Carolina 21 8 .724 -- 1
Florida 20 10 .667 1.5 3
Georgia 15 15 .500 6.5 6
Tennessee 12 18 .400 9.5 --
Vanderbilt 7 21 .250 13.5 --
Kentucky 6 24 .200 15.5 --
Western Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Alabama 20 10 .667 -- 2
LSU 19 10 .655 0.5 4
Auburn 15 15 .500 5 5
Mississippi State 14 15 .483 5.5 7
Arkansas 13 14 .481 5.5 8
Ole Miss 14 16 .467 6 --

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Georgia 2  
3 Florida 7  
  3 Florida 4  
  2 Alabama 7  
7 Mississippi State 2
2 Alabama 12  
  2 Alabama 4 11  
  3 Florida 7 9  
6 Georgia 3  
7 Mississippi State 10  
  7 Mississippi State 0
  3 Florida 5  
  2 Alabama 6
  1 South Carolina 2
5 Auburn 1  
4 LSU 2  
  4 LSU 8
  1 South Carolina 3  
8 Arkansas 1
1 South Carolina 10  
  4 LSU 8 4
  1 South Carolina 10 5  
5 Auburn 5  
8 Arkansas 8  
  8 Arkansas 2
  1 South Carolina 6  

All-Tournament Team
Position Player School
P Jeff Norris Alabama
P Gary Bell South Carolina
C Cody Clark Arkansas
1B Brent Boyd Alabama
2B Pete Stonard Alabama
3B Pat Osborn Florida
SS Drew Meyer South Carolina
OF Ben Harrison Florida
OF Matt Heath LSU
OF Steve Thomas South Carolina
DH Ryan Shealy Florida
MVP Brent Boyd Alabama

See also

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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