2002 Big Ten baseball tournament


The 2002 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
1810.643–1
1811.621.52
1612.57123
1514.5173.54
1516.4844.55
1415.4834.56
1415.4834.5–
1417.4525.5–
1319.4066.5–
1119.3677.5–

Tournament

* - ''Indicates game required 10 innings.''

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
PosNameSchool
PGabe RibasNorthwestern
PE. J. LarattaOhio State
PScott LewisOhio State
CJoe WilkinsOhio State
1BBrad CarlsonIowa
2BLuke AppertMinnesota
SSEric BlakeleyIndiana
3BDrew AndersonOhio State
OFBob MalekMichigan State
OFDoug DeedsOhio State
OFDoug DendingerOhio State
DHBen PatteeMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State.