# 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. Ohio State 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.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| Minnesota | 18 | 10 | .643 | – | 1 |
| Ohio State | 18 | 11 | .621 | .5 | 2 |
| Michigan State | 16 | 12 | .571 | 2 | 3 |
| Indiana | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Iowa | 15 | 16 | .484 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Northwestern | 14 | 15 | .483 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Illinois | 14 | 15 | .483 | 4.5 | – |
| Michigan | 14 | 17 | .452 | 5.5 | – |
| Purdue | 13 | 19 | .406 | 6.5 | – |
| Penn State | 11 | 19 | .367 | 7.5 | – |

## Tournament

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Michigan State | 2 | 6 | Northwestern | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northwestern | 4 | | | | 6 | Northwestern | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ohio State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Ohio State | 11* | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Indiana | 7 | 4 | Indiana | 10* | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Iowa | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Iowa | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ohio State | 6 | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Northwestern | 5 | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 | Minnesota | 11 | |
| | | | 4 | Indiana | 1 | 3 | Michigan State | 0 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Michigan State | 13 | 3 | Michigan State | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Iowa | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Pos | Name | School |
| P | Gabe Ribas | Northwestern |
| P | E. J. Laratta | Ohio State |
| P | Scott Lewis | Ohio State |
| C | Joe Wilkins | Ohio State |
| 1B | Brad Carlson | Iowa |
| 2B | Luke Appert | Minnesota |
| SS | Eric Blakeley | Indiana |
| 3B | Drew Anderson | Ohio State |
| OF | Bob Malek | Michigan State |
| OF | Doug Deeds | Ohio State |
| OF | Doug Dendinger | Ohio State |
| DH | Ben Pattee | Minnesota |

### Most Outstanding Player

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