Classification Division Champions Notre Dame (1st title) | Teams 4 | |
Format Double-elimination tournament Site Commerce Bank Ballpark
Bridgewater, New Jersey Winning coach Paul Mainieri (1st title) | ||
The 2002 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the eighteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.
Contents
Format and seeding
The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2002. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.
Bracket
* - Indicates game required 10 innings.
Jack Kaiser Award
Steve Stanley was the winner of the 2002 Jack Kaiser Award. Stanley was a senior center fielder for Notre Dame.