2002 Patriot League baseball tournament

2002 Patriot League
baseball tournament
Teams	3
Format	Best of three series
Finals site	Max Bishop Stadium; Annapolis, Maryland;
Champions	Navy (4th title)
Winning coach	Steve Whitmyer (1st title)
MVP	Matt Foster (Navy)
	← 2001; baseball tournament; 2003 →;

2002 Patriot League baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Navy ‍†‍‡‍^y	13	–	7	–	0	.650	23	–	25	–	0	.479
Lehigh ‍†‍‍	13	–	7	–	0	.650	29	–	21	–	1	.578
Lafayette ‍‍‍	12	–	8	–	0	.600	23	–	22	–	0	.511
Army ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	22	–	21	–	0	.512
Bucknell ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0	.300	15	–	35	–	0	.300
Holy Cross ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0	.250	11	–	28	–	0	.282

‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2002^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Patriot League baseball tournament was held on May 11 and 12, 2002 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Navy won their fourth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Matt Foster of Navy was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Format and seeding

The top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.