The 2002 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This was the eighteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.
Format and seeding The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2002. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Notre Dame 18 8 18 8 15 11 15 11 14 11 14 12 Connecticut 13 12 12 13 11 15 9 16 2 24
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* - Indicates game required 10 innings.
Jack Kaiser Award Steve Stanley was the winner of the 2002 Jack Kaiser Award. Stanley was a senior center fielder for Notre Dame.
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