2002 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2002 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2002. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the fourteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third seed Kent State won their second consecutive and fourth overall tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2002 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Warren E. Steller Field Bowling Green, OH
Champions	Kent State (4th title)
Winning coach	Rick Rembielak (2nd title)
MVP	Brad Snyder (Ball State)
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2002 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍	18	–	7		.720			32	–	22		.593
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	8		.692			37	–	22		.627
Miami  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			31	–	28		.525
Ohio  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			26	–	25		.510
Akron  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			18	–	33		.353
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	6	–	17		.261			16	–	28		.364
Marshall  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			17	–	35		.327
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‍	19	–	9		.679			30	–	28		.517
Ball State  ‍‍‍	17	–	9		.654			34	–	23		.596
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			31	–	25		.554
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	12	–	13		.480			22	–	25		.468
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	11	–	14		.440			23	–	32		.418
Toledo  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			18	–	34		.346
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the fifth year of the six team tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Bowling Green	18	7	.720	–	1
Kent State	18	8	.692	.5	3
Miami	16	12	.571	3.5	6
Ohio	14	13	.519	5	–
Akron	8	19	.296	11	–
Buffalo	6	17	.261	11	–
Marshall	7	20	.259	12	–
West Division
Eastern Michigan	19	9	.679	–	2
Ball State	17	9	.654	1	4
Central Michigan	14	10	.583	4	5
Western Michigan	12	13	.480	5.5	–
Northern Illinois	11	14	.440	6.5	–
Toledo	9	18	.333	9.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						1	Bowling Green	11
						4	Ball State	20
	1	Bowling Green	15								4	Ball State	19
	6	Miami	6								6	Miami	16
						6	Miami	14
						2	Eastern Michigan	13
	3	Kent State	13													4	Ball State	16	4
	4	Ball State	4													3	Kent State	9	13
						3	Kent State	18
						5	Central Michigan	8
	2	Eastern Michigan	9								3	Kent State	2
	5	Central Michigan	15								5	Central Michigan	0
						1	Bowling Green	4
						5	Central Michigan	11

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School
Dirk Hayhurst	Kent State
Doug Boone	Ball State
Michael Carlin	Miami
Chris Welsch	Kent State
Brady Glass	Kent State
Tim Bullinger	Central Michigan
Tom Martin	Kent State
Ben Schroeder	Ball State
Brad Snyder	Ball State
Adam Metzler	Ball State

Most Valuable Player

Brad Snyder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Snyder played for Ball State.^[4]