2002 Conference USA Tournament

The 2002 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Grainger Stadium in Kinston, NC. #6 East Carolina University defeated #1 University of Houston for the title. Darryl Lawhorn of East Carolina was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Houston	22-7	Rayner Noble
2	University of Louisville	21-9	Lelo Prado
3	Texas Christian University	19-11	Lance Brown
4	University of Southern Mississippi	18-11	Corky Palmer
5	Tulane University	17-13	Rick Jones
6	East Carolina University	16-13-1	Keith LeClair
7	University of South Florida	16-14	Eddie Cardieri
8	Saint Louis University	11-17	Bob Hughes

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Houston	5
	8	Saint Louis	0
						1	Houston	7
						4	Southern Miss	1
	4	Southern Miss	7
	5	Tulane	3
											1	Houston	7	x
										5	Tulane	2	x
	8	Saint Louis	5
	5	Tulane	6
						4	Southern Miss	5
						5	Tulane	12
																1	Houston	0
																6	East Carolina	4
	2	Louisville	0
	7	South Florida	10
						7	South Florida	10
						6	East Carolina	12
	3	TCU	1
	6	East Carolina	5
											6	East Carolina	3	x
										7	South Florida	2	x
	2	Louisville	1
	3	TCU	8
						7	South Florida	2
						3	TCU	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	University of Houston	5-0	Saint Louis University
Game 2	University of Southern Mississippi	7-3	Tulane University
May 22
Game 3	University of South Florida	10-0 (8)	University of Louisville
Game 4	Tulane University	6-5	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
Game 5	East Carolina University	5-1	Texas Christian University
May 23
Game 6	Texas Christian University	8-1	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 7	University of Houston	7-1	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 8	East Carolina University	12-10	University of South Florida
May 24
Game 9	Tulane University	12-5	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 10	University of South Florida	2-1	Texas Christian University	Texas Christian eliminated
May 25
Game 11	University of Houston	7-2	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 12	East Carolina University	3-2	University of South Florida	South Florida eliminated
May 26
Game 13	East Carolina University	4-0	University of Houston	East Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Jeff Baisley, USF
• IF Tommy Manzella, Tulane
• IF Jesse Crain, Houston
• IF Darryl Lawhorn, East Carolina
• OF Jon Kaplan, Tulane
• OF Michael Bourn, Houston
• OF Ryan Jones, East Carolina
• C Chris Snyder, Houston
• DH Clint King, Southern Miss
• SP Sam Narron, East Carolina
• RP Neal Sears, East Carolina