2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 22nd through May 26th. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.

2002 Southeastern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama
Champions	Alabama (6th title)
Winning coach	Jim Wells (5th title)
MVP	Brent Boyd, Alabama
Attendance	124,440

2002 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	8		.724			53	–	16		.768
No. 20 Florida  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			46	–	19		.708
Georgia  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			32	–	29		.525
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			27	–	28		.491
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	7	–	21		.250			24	–	27		.471
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			17	–	36		.321
Western
No. 16 Alabama  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			51	–	15		.773
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10		.655			44	–	22		.667
Auburn  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			34	–	26		.567
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			34	–	24		.586
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	14		.481			35	–	28		.556
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			37	–	19		.661
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular Season Results

Eastern Division Team W L Pct GB Seed South Carolina 21 8 .724 -- 1 Florida 20 10 .667 1.5 3 Georgia 15 15 .500 6.5 6 Tennessee 12 18 .400 9.5 -- Vanderbilt 7 21 .250 13.5 -- Kentucky 6 24 .200 15.5 --

Western Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Alabama 20 10 .667 -- 2 LSU 19 10 .655 0.5 4 Auburn 15 15 .500 5 5 Mississippi State 14 15 .483 5.5 7 Arkansas 13 14 .481 5.5 8 Ole Miss 14 16 .467 6 --

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Georgia	2
	3	Florida	7
						3	Florida	4
						2	Alabama	7
	7	Mississippi State	2
	2	Alabama	12
											2	Alabama	4	11
										3	Florida	7	9
	6	Georgia	3
	7	Mississippi State	10
						7	Mississippi State	0
						3	Florida	5
																2	Alabama	6
																1	South Carolina	2
	5	Auburn	1
	4	LSU	2
						4	LSU	8
						1	South Carolina	3
	8	Arkansas	1
	1	South Carolina	10
											4	LSU	8	4
										1	South Carolina	10	5
	5	Auburn	5
	8	Arkansas	8
						8	Arkansas	2
						1	South Carolina	6

• Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Kentucky did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Jeff Norris	Alabama
P	Gary Bell	South Carolina
C	Cody Clark	Arkansas
1B	Brent Boyd	Alabama
2B	Pete Stonard	Alabama
3B	Pat Osborn	Florida
SS	Drew Meyer	South Carolina
OF	Ben Harrison	Florida
OF	Matt Heath	LSU
OF	Steve Thomas	South Carolina
DH	Ryan Shealy	Florida
MVP	Brent Boyd	Alabama

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

• SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
• Boydsworld 2002 Standings
• SECSports.com All-Tourney Team Lists