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2002 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

2002 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (2nd title)
MVPBrad Snyder (Ball State)
2002 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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


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]

Seeding and format

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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

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First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1Bowling Green11
4Ball State20
1Bowling Green154Ball State19
6Miami66Miami16
6Miami14
2Eastern Michigan13
3Kent State134Ball State164
4Ball State43Kent State913
3Kent State18
5Central Michigan8
2Eastern Michigan93Kent State2
5Central Michigan155Central Michigan0
1Bowling Green4
5Central Michigan11

All-Tournament Team

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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