# 2002 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 2002 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was for the first time held at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, from May 22 through 26. Texas won their first tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game. 2002 set an NCAA record for attendance at a conference tournament, with 150,196 people attending the 5-day event.

## Regular Season Standings

Source:
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | W | L | % | GB | W | L | % |
| 1 | 1 | Texas | 19 | 8 | .704 | – | 57 | 15 | .792 |
| 2 | 2 | Nebraska | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 47 | 21 | .691 |
| 2 | 3 | Texas Tech | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3 | 42 | 20 | .677 |
| 4 | 4 | Oklahoma | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 | 35 | 27 | .565 |
| 5 | 5 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5.5 | 37 | 21 | .638 |
| 5 | 6 | Kansas State | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5.5 | 30 | 25 | .545 |
| 5 | 7 | Baylor | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5.5 | 36 | 26 | .581 |
| 8 | 8 | Texas A&M | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6 | 35 | 24 | .593 |
| 9 | – | Missouri | 9 | 16 | .360 | 9 | 24 | 29 | .453 |
| 10 | – | Kansas | 5 | 21 | .192 | 13.5 | 22 | 29 | .431 |
* Colorado and Iowa State did not sponsor baseball teams.

## Tournament

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kansas State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kansas State | 4 | 3 | Texas Tech | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Nebraska | 12 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Nebraska | 11 | 2 | Nebraska | 12 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Baylor | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Baylor | 9 | | | | 2 | Nebraska | 8 | - | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Kansas State | 7 | - | | | |
| 6 | Kansas State | 6 | | | | 6 | Kansas State | 7 | - | | | |
| 7 | Baylor | 2 | 6 | Kansas State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Texas Tech | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Nebraska | 6* |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 11 | | | | | | | | 2 | Nebraska | 6* |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 9* |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 9* |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 4 | Oklahoma | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Texas A&M | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | Texas A&M | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | | | | 4 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 2 | 8 | | | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 6 | | | | 1 | Texas | 2 | 8 | | | |
| 1 | Texas | 8 | 1 | Texas | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Texas A&M | 4 | | | | | | | |
* * indicates extra-inning game.
* Kansas and Missouri did not make the tournament.

## All-Tournament Team

| Position | Player | School |
| 1B | Jeff Ontiveros | Texas |
| 2B | Will Bolt | Nebraska |
| 3B | Jake Brown | Texas Tech |
| SS | Osmar Castillo | Kansas State |
| C | John Grose | Nebraska |
| OF | Dustin Majewski | Texas |
| OF | Jason Fransz | Oklahoma |
| OF | Pat Mahoney | Kansas State |
| DH | J.D. Reininger | Texas |
| UT | Ty Soto | Kansas State |
| P | Ray Clark | Texas |
| P | Mark Roberts | Oklahoma |
| P | Huston Street | Texas |
| MOP | Dustin Majewski | Texas |