2002 Mountain West Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBYU (2nd title)
MVPDoug Jackson (BYU)
2002 Mountain West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
San Diego State  ‍†‍‍ 20–10–0 .66743–23–0 .652
Utah  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53333–26–0 .559
BYU  ‍‍‡‍y 15–14–0 .51731–31–1 .500
Air Force  ‍‍‍ 14–15–0 .48327–28–0 .491
UNLV  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .43330–30–0 .500
New Mexico  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36722–35–0 .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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
San Diego State2010.667
–
1
Utah1614.533
4
2
BYU1514.517
4.5
3
Air Force1415.483
5.5
4
UNLV1317.433
7
5
New Mexico1119.367
9
6

Results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1San Diego State8
6New Mexico21San Diego State9
4Air Force6
3BYU181San Diego State11
4Air Force33BYU10
3BYU131San Diego State43
5UNLV113BYU65
2Utah93BYU8
5UNLV135UNLV135UNLV7
2Utah92Utah7
6New Mexico8

All-Tournament Team

The following teams were named to the All-Tournament team.[2][4]

NameClassTeamPOS
Jake McLintockFr.San Diego StateRF
Landon BurtSo.San Diego StateLF
Anthony GwynnSo.San Diego StateCF
Cameron CoughlanJr.BYU2B
Doug JacksonJr.BYUOF
Jason GarciaJr.BYUP
Jake StubblefieldJr.BYUDH
Ranger WiensSo.BYUSS
Matt CiaramellaFr.UtahCF
David TrujilloSr.UNLVDH
Royce RingJr.San Diego StateRP

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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 2002 MWC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team. themwc.com. p. 11. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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