2002 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament

2002 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Larry H. Miller Field Provo, UT
Champions	BYU (2nd title)
MVP	Doug Jackson (BYU)

2002 Mountain West Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 through 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					Semifinals					Final
	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 (PDF). themwc.com. p. 2. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
2. Mountain West Conference Baseball Guide (PDF). themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
3. "BYU Defeats Aztecs, 5-3, In Baseball Tourney Final". themwc.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
4. 2002 MWC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team. themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.