2002 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament
Sports competition
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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]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | BYU (2nd title) |
| MVP | Doug Jackson (BYU) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]