2002 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 2002 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was for the first time held at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, from May 22 through 26. Texas won their first tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game. 2002 set an NCAA record for attendance at a conference tournament, with 150,196 people attending the 5-day event.

2002 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, Texas
Champions	Texas (1st title)
Winning coach	Augie Garrido (1st title)
MVP	Dustin Majewski (Texas)
Attendance	150,196
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2002 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍y	19	–	8		.704			57	–	15		.792
No. 8 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	16	–	11		.593			47	–	21		.691
No. 24 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y	16	–	11		.593			42	–	20		.677
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12		.556			35	–	27		.565
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			37	–	21		.638
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			30	–	25		.545
Baylor  ‍‍‍y	13	–	13		.500			36	–	26		.581
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			35	–	24		.593
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	16		.360			24	–	29		.453
Kansas  ‍‍‍	5	–	21		.192			22	–	29		.431
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular Season Standings

Source:^[2]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
W	L	%	GB	W	L	%
1	1	Texas	19	8	.704	–	57	15	.792
2	2	Nebraska	16	11	.593	3	47	21	.691
2	3	Texas Tech	16	11	.593	3	42	20	.677
4	4	Oklahoma	15	12	.556	4	35	27	.565
5	5	Oklahoma State	13	13	.500	5.5	37	21	.638
5	6	Kansas State	13	13	.500	5.5	30	25	.545
5	7	Baylor	13	13	.500	5.5	36	26	.581
8	8	Texas A&M	13	14	.481	6	35	24	.593
9	–	Missouri	9	16	.360	9	24	29	.453
10	–	Kansas	5	21	.192	13.5	22	29	.431

• Colorado and Iowa State did not sponsor baseball teams.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	3	Texas Tech	5
	6	Kansas State	4
						3	Texas Tech	8
						2	Nebraska	12
	2	Nebraska	11
	7	Baylor	9
											2	Nebraska	8	-
											6	Kansas State	7	-
	6	Kansas State	6
	7	Baylor	2			6	Kansas State	7
						3	Texas Tech	6
																	2	Nebraska	6*
	4	Oklahoma	11
																	1	Texas	9*
	5	Oklahoma State	3
						4	Oklahoma	9
						8	Texas A&M	1
	8	Texas A&M	8
	1	Texas	4
											4	Oklahoma	1	5
											1	Texas	2	8
	5	Oklahoma State	6
	1	Texas	8			1	Texas	9
						8	Texas A&M	4

• * indicates extra-inning game.
• Kansas and Missouri did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Jeff Ontiveros	Texas
2B	Will Bolt	Nebraska
3B	Jake Brown	Texas Tech
SS	Osmar Castillo	Kansas State
C	John Grose	Nebraska
OF	Dustin Majewski	Texas
OF	Jason Fransz	Oklahoma
OF	Pat Mahoney	Kansas State
DH	J.D. Reininger	Texas
UT	Ty Soto	Kansas State
P	Ray Clark	Texas
P	Mark Roberts	Oklahoma
P	Huston Street	Texas
MOP	Dustin Majewski	Texas

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference baseball tournament