The 2002

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was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the

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, 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

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to determine the league champion. won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the

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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.

Tournament

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

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Most Outstanding Player

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

References

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