The 2002 Horizon League baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26, near the close of the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Second seeded won their third Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through seven based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The bottom two seeds played an opening round game, with the winner advancing to the double-elimination format. Team W L PCT GB Seed 14 5 — 1 15 8 2 2 11 8 3 3 11 11 4.5 4 11 12 5 5 9 14 7 6 3 16 11 7
Bracket and results Opening round
Double-elimination rounds
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Ryan Gehring UIC Quinton Oldenburg Milwaukee Pat Neshek Butler Geoff Lefeber Milwaukee C John Vanden Berg Milwaukee 1B Dave Pudlosky Milwaukee 2B Jeff Steele Butler SS Charlie Reschke Milwaukee OF Curtis Granderson UIC Juston Davenport Detroit Roger Wechter Detroit
Most Valuable Player Dave Pudlosky of Milwaukee was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Pudlosky went 3 for 4 in the final.
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