2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

American college sports championship August 2023 2002 Division I 64 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE Texas 5th South Carolina 6th Augie Garrido 4th Huston Street Texas NCAA Division I Baseball Championship The 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty sixth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.NCAA Men's College World Series Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2009CWSfull.pdf NCAA November 5, 2014 195 2009 The fifty-sixth tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Augie Garrido. This was Texas' first title since 1983, but Augie Garrido previously won three titles with Cal State Fullerton. The Most Outstanding Player was Huston Street of Texas. Due to fears over terrorism and travel security in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Division I Baseball Committee, which selects the 64-team field and places the teams on the bracket, was ordered by the NCAA to keep regional pairings as localized as possible, in order to minimize the number of plane trips utilized. Due to these travel constraints, teams from the same conference were allowed to play in the same regional for the first time. An example of the travel restrictions came from the regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, featuring four schools from the Bayou State which are located a total of 130 mi apart along Interstate 10, the first time (and to date, last) a regional has been entirely an in-state affair outside California, Florida, and Texas. The travel restrictions were eased in 2003, and the ban on conference teams facing each other in regional play was reinstated. Bids Automatic bids Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees. ConferenceSchoolBerth type America East 2002 Maine Black Bears Maine Tournament champion ACC 2002 Florida State Seminoles Florida State Tournament champion Atlantic Sun 2002 UCF Knights baseball UCF Tournament champion A-10 2002 George Washington Colonials George Washington Tournament champion Big East Notre Dame Tournament champion Big South 2002 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina Tournament champion Big Ten 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Tournament champion Big 12 Texas Tournament champion Big West 2002 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Regular-season champion CAA 2002 VCU Rams baseball VCU Tournament champion Conference USA 2002 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina Tournament champion Horizon League 2002 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee Tournament champion Ivy League 2002 Harvard Crimson Harvard Championship series winner MAAC 2002 Marist Red Foxes Marist Tournament champion MAC 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Tournament champion Mid-Con 2002 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Tournament champion MEAC 2002 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman Tournament champion Missouri Valley 2002 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State Tournament champion MWC 2002 BYU Cougars BYU Tournament champion NEC 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut Tournament champion OVC 2002 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Southeast Missouri State Tournament champion Pac-10 2002 USC Trojans Southern California Regular-season champion Patriot League 2002 Navy Midshipmen Navy Tournament champion SEC 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Tournament champion SoCon 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Tournament champion Southland 2002 Lamar Cardinals Lamar Tournament champion SWAC 2002 Southern Jaguars Southern Tournament champion Sun Belt 2002 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Tournament champion WCC 2002 San Diego Toreros San Diego Championship series winner WAC 2002 Rice Owls Rice Regular-season champion Bids by conference Conference Total Schools Southeastern 7 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama, 2002 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas, 2002 Auburn Tigers Auburn, Florida, 2002 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia, 2002 LSU Tigers LSU, South Carolina Atlantic Coast 5 Clemson, 2002 Florida State Seminoles Florida State, 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech, 2002 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina, 2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest Big 12 5 2002 Baylor Bears Baylor, Nebraska, 2002 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma, Texas, 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech Conference USA 5 2002 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina, 2002 Houston Cougars Houston, 2002 Louisville Cardinals Louisville, 2002 South Florida Bulls South Florida, 2002 Tulane Green Wave Tulane Pacific-10 4 2002 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State, Stanford, 2002 USC Trojans Southern California, 2002 Washington Huskies Washington Sun Belt 4 2002 FIU Golden Panthers FIU, 2002 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Lafayette, 2002 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State, 2002 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama Atlantic Sun 3 2002 UCF Knights UCF, Florida Atlantic, 2002 Stetson Hatters Stetson Big West 3 2002 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton, 2002 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge, 2002 Long Beach State Dirtbags Long Beach State Atlantic 10 2 2002 George Washington Colonials George Washington, 2002 Richmond Spiders Richmond Big South 2 2002 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina, 2002 Elon Phoenix Elon Colonial Athletic 2 2002 James Madison Dukes James Madison, 2002 VCU Rams VCU Missouri Valley 2 2002 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State, 2002 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State Western Athletic 2 2002 Rice Owls Rice, 2002 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State America East 1 2002 Maine Black Bears Maine Big East 1 Notre Dame Big Ten 1 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Horizon 1 2002 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee Independent 1 2002 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) Ivy 1 2002 Harvard Crimson Harvard Metro Atlantic 1 2002 Marist Red Foxes Marist Mid-American 1 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Mid-Continent 1 2002 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Mid-Eastern 1 2002 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman Mountain West 1 2002 BYU Cougars BYU Northeast 1 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut Ohio Valley 1 2002 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Southeast Missouri State Patriot 1 2002 Navy Midshipmen Navy Southern 1 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern Southland 1 2002 Lamar Cardinals Lamar Southwestern Athletic 1 2002 Southern Jaguars Southern West Coast 1 2002 San Diego Toreros San Diego Notes on tournament field Central Connecticut State, Elon, Louisville, New Mexico St., and San Diego were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/baseball_cws_RB/08CWSRecordBook.pdf NCAA Men's College World Series Records 1947-2008 NCAA 2009-01-20 National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant. 2002 Florida State Seminoles Florida State (lost super regional at home vs. Notre Dame) Clemson 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama (eliminated by Florida Atlantic in regional at home) 2002 Rice Owls Rice Texas South Carolina 2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest (eliminated by Richmond in regional at home) Stanford Regionals and super regionals Bold indicates winner. Tallahassee Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Tallahassee Regional–Dick Howser Stadium South Bend Regional–Frank Eck Stadium 1 2002 Florida State Seminoles Florida State 11 4 2002 Stetson Hatters Stetson 8 3 2002 South Florida Bulls South Florida 1 2 2002 UCF Knights UCF 6 4 Stetson 13 3 South Florida 14 1 2002 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 7 4 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 4 3 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 6 2 Notre Dame 8 4 Kent State 8 3 Ohio State 12 1 Florida State 7 2 UCF 3 3 South Florida 7 2 UCF 2 1 South Alabama 1 2 Notre Dame 25 3 Ohio State 6 1 South Alabama 4 1 Florida State 13 — 3 South Florida 6 — 2 Notre Dame 9 — 3 Ohio State 6 — 1 Florida State 4 12 1 Notre Dame 10 5 3 Clemson Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Clemson Regional–Doug Kingsmore Stadium Wichita Regional–Eck Stadium 1 Clemson 15 4 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern 1 3 2002 Elon Phoenix Elon 7 2 2002 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina 13 4 Georgia Southern 6 3 Elon 2 1 2002 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State 1 4 2002 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts 6 3 2002 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas 8 2 2002 Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 5 1 Wichita State 8 2 Oklahoma 4 1 Clemson 4 2 East Carolina 2 4 Georgia Southern 3 2 East Carolina 7 4 Oral Roberts 6 3 Arkansas 7 1 Wichita State 8 4 Oral Roberts 15 1 Clemson 21 — 2 East Carolina 1 — 3 Arkansas 11 — 4 Oral Roberts 6 — 2 Clemson 6 8 7 Arkansas 9 7 4 Atlanta Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Tuscaloosa Regional–Sewell-Thomas Stadium Atlanta Regional–Russ Chandler Stadium 1 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 4 4 2002 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Southeast Missouri State 7 3 Florida Atlantic 16 2 2002 Auburn Tigers Auburn 11 1 Alabama 6 2 Auburn 3 1 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 6 4 2002 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina 0 3 2002 Louisville Cardinals Louisville 1 2 2002 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia 7 4 Coastal Carolina 9 3 Louisville 1 4 Southeast Missouri State 6 3 Florida Atlantic 12 1 Alabama 7 4 Southeast Missouri State 4 1 Georgia Tech 3 2 Georgia 0 4 Coastal Carolina 7 2 Georgia 9 3 Florida Atlantic 2 6 1 Alabama 7 5 1 Georgia Tech 8 — 2 Georgia 7 — Florida Atlantic 3 5 — Georgia Tech 14 11 — Houston Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Houston Regional–Reckling Park Baton Rouge Regional–Alex Box Stadium 1 2002 Rice Owls Rice 8 4 2002 Harvard Crimson Harvard 3 3 2002 Washington Huskies Washington 4 2 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech 5 4 Harvard 2 3 Washington 4 1 2002 LSU Tigers LSU 5 4 2002 Southern Jaguars Southern 4 3 2002 Tulane Green Wave Tulane 3 2 2002 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Lafayette 6 4 Southern 2 3 Tulane 10 1 Rice 6 2 Texas Tech 0 3 Washington 3 2 Texas Tech 1 1 LSU 0 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 5 3 Tulane 2 1 LSU 4 1 Rice 6 14 3 Washington 7 2 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 2 2 1 LSU 12 12 4 Rice 6 3 — LSU 0 0 — Austin Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Austin Regional–Disch–Falk Field †Mesa Regional–HoHoKam Park 1 Texas 7 4 2002 Central Connecticut Blue Devils Central Connecticut 2 3 2002 Lamar Cardinals Lamar 2 2 2002 Baylor Bears Baylor 4 4 Central Connecticut 4 3 Lamar 9 1 2002 Houston Cougars Houston 9 4 2002 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 0 3 2002 San Diego Toreros San Diego 3 2 2002 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 6 4 New Mexico State 1 3 San Diego 2 1 Texas 10 2 Baylor 8 3 Lamar 9 2 Baylor 10 1 Houston 8 2 Arizona State 4 3 San Diego 1 2 Arizona State 11 1 Texas 2 — 2 Baylor 0 — 1 Houston 8 — 2 Arizona State 3 — 5 Texas 0 17 5 Houston 2 2 2†Arizona State hosted at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Arizona, where they played their 2002 season due to construction at Packard Stadium. Columbia Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Columbia Regional–Sarge Frye Field Gainesville Regional–McKethan Stadium 1 South Carolina 6 4 2002 VCU Rams VCU 3 3 2002 James Madison Dukes James Madison 0 2 2002 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina 5 4 VCU 2 3 James Madison 5 1 Florida 13 4 2002 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman 1 3 2002 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) 9 2 2002 FIU Golden Panthers FIU 1 4 Bethune-Cookman 7 2 FIU 4 1 South Carolina 9 2 North Carolina 6 3 James Madison 7 2 North Carolina 9 1 Florida 2 3 Miami (FL) 7 4 Bethune-Cookman 10 1 Florida 21 1 South Carolina 4 3 2 North Carolina 8 1 3 Miami (FL) 10 8 1 Florida 1110 7 6 South Carolina 10 2 6 Miami (FL) 7 5 4 Lincoln Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Winston-Salem Regional–Ernie Shore Field Lincoln Regional–Haymarket Park 1 2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest 12 4 2002 George Washington Colonials George Washington 6 3 2002 Navy Midshipmen Navy 5 2 2002 Richmond Spiders Richmond 15 4 George Washington 4 3 Navy 6 1 Nebraska 7 4 2002 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee 2 3 2002 Marist Red Foxes Marist 511 2 2002 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State 4 4 Milwaukee 1 2 Southwest Missouri State 6 1 Wake Forest 2 2 Richmond 3 3 Navy 1 1 Wake Forest 13 1 Nebraska 9 3 Marist 1 2 Southwest Missouri State 5 3 Marist 2 2 Richmond 4 7 1 Wake Forest 510 5 1 Nebraska 14 — 2 Southwest Missouri State 3 — Richmond 0 6 6 Nebraska 2 2 11 Stanford Super Regional 1/1/2/3 First round Second round Regional finals Super regionals Stanford Regional–Sunken Diamond Los Angeles Regional–Dedeaux Field 1 Stanford 313 4 2002 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 2 3 2002 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 3 2 2002 Long Beach State Dirtbags Long Beach State 6 4 Cal State Fullerton 9 3 San Jose State 1 1 2002 USC Trojans Southern California 512 4 2002 BYU Cougars BYU 4 3 2002 Maine Black Bears Maine 4 2 2002 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge 7 4 BYU 12 3 Maine 5 1 Stanford 5 2 Long Beach State 4 4 Cal State Fullerton 0 2 Long Beach State 4 1 Southern California 7 2 Cal State Northridge 5 4 BYU 7 2 Cal State Northridge 2 1 Stanford 8 — 2 Long Beach State 4 — 1 Southern California 13 — 4 BYU 10 — 8 Stanford 4 5 — Southern California 2 3 — College World Series Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Clemson ACC 52–15 (16–8) Jack Leggett 9(last: 2000) 3rd(1996) 7–18 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech ACC 51–14 (14–9) Danny Hall 1(last: 1994) 2nd(1994) 3–1 Nebraska Big 12 47–19 (16–11) Dave Van Horn 1(last: 2001) 7th(2001) 0–2 Notre Dame Big East 49–16 (18–8) Paul Mainieri 1(last: 1957) 4th(1957) 2–2 2002 Rice Owls Rice WAC 52–12 (28–2) Wayne Graham 2(last: 1999) 6th(1999) 1–4 South Carolina SEC 53–16 (21–8) Ray Tanner 5(last: 1985) 2nd(1975, 1977) 9–10 Stanford Pac-10 45–16 (16–8) Mark Marquess 13(last: 2001) 1st(1987, 1988) 31–22 Texas Big 12 53–15 (19–8) Augie Garrido 28(last: 2000) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983) 64–49 Results Bracket 1/1/2/1 Notre Dame 3 8 Stanford 4 5 Texas 2 4 2002 Rice Owls Rice 1 Notre Dame 5 4 Rice 3 2 Clemson 11 Nebraska 10 6 South Carolina 0 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 11 Nebraska 8 6 South Carolina 10 8 Stanford 7 5 Texas 8 Notre Dame 3 8 Stanford 5 2 Clemson 9 Georgia Tech 7 6 South Carolina 9 Georgia Tech 5 5 Texas 6 — 8 Stanford 5 — 2 Clemson 4 2 6 South Carolina 12 10 5 Texas 12 6 South Carolina 6 Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 14 Game 1 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech 11–0 South Carolina Game 2 Clemson 11–10 Nebraska June 15 Game 3 Stanford 4–3 Notre Dame Game 4 Texas 2–1 2002 Rice Owls Rice June 16 Game 5 South Carolina 10–8 Nebraska Nebraska eliminated Game 6 Clemson 9–7 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech June 17 Game 7 Notre Dame 5–3 2002 Rice Owls Rice Rice eliminated Game 8 Texas 8–7 Stanford June 18 Game 9 South Carolina 9–5 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech Georgia Tech eliminated Game 10 Stanford 5–3 Notre Dame Notre Dame eliminated June 19 Game 11 South Carolina 12–4 Clemson June 20 Game 12 Texas 6–5 Stanford Stanford eliminated June 21 Game 13 South Carolina 10–2 Clemson Clemson eliminated June 22 Final Texas 12–6 South Carolina Texas wins CWS Championship Game Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:40 pm (CT) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska South Carolina USC 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 10 3 Texas TEX 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 X 12 13 2 Justin Simmons (16–1) Aaron Rawl (7–2) Huston Street (14) 24,089 Texas wins fifth CWS title https://static.gocreighton.com/custompages/CWS/2002/game14.htm All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Justin Simmons Texas Huston Street (MOP) Texas C Landon Powell white South Carolina 1B Michael Johnson Clemson 2B Tim Moss Texas 3B Omar Quintanilla Texas SS Victor Menocal Georgia Tech OF Sam Fuld Stanford Justin Harris white South Carolina Dustin Majewski Texas DH Steve Stanley Notre Dame Tournament notes This was the last College World Series championship to be decided by a single game as the final was moved to a best-of-three format the following year. See also 2002 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2002 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2002 NAIA World Series References Category:NCAA Division I baseball tournament Category:Baseball in Austin, Texas Category:Baseball in Houston