2002 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2002 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 22 - 25 in Mobile, AL. #6 New Mexico State University defeated #1 University of South Alabama for the title. 3rd Baseman Hal Bisnett of New Mexico State was name tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Alabama	17-5	Steve Kittrell
2	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	17-7	Tony Robichaux
3	Western Kentucky University	14-9	Joel Murrie
4	Florida International University	13-11	Danny Price
5	University of New Orleans	12-12	Randy Bush
6	New Mexico State University	10-14	Gary Ward
7	Arkansas State University	9-14	Bill Bethea
8	Middle Tennessee State University	8-16	Steve Peterson

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	South Alabama	2
	8	Middle Tenn. St.	1
						1	South Alabama	11
						4	Florida International	5
	4	Florida International	12
	5	New Orleans	1
											1	South Alabama	16	x
										4	Florida International	5	x
	8	Middle Tenn. St.	6
	5	New Orleans	7
						4	Florida International	8
						5	New Orleans	6
																1	South Alabama	9
																6	New Mexico State	20
	2	Louisiana-Lafayette	3
	7	Arkansas State	10
						7	Arkansas State	2
						6	New Mexico State	3
	3	Western Kentucky	0
	6	New Mexico State	6
											6	New Mexico State	7	x
										3	Western Kentucky	5	x
	2	Louisiana-Lafayette	1
	3	Western Kentucky	2
						7	Arkansas State	8
						3	Western Kentucky	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	New Mexico State University	6-0	Western Kentucky University
Game 2	Arkansas State University	10-3	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Game 3	Florida International University	12-1 (7)	University of New Orleans
Game 4	University of South Alabama	2-1	Middle Tennessee State University
May 23
Game 5	Western Kentucky University	2-1 (10)	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette eliminated
Game 6	University of New Orleans	7-6	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee state eliminated
Game 7	New Mexico State University	3-2	Arkansas State University
Game 8	University of South Alabama	11-5	Florida International University
May 24
Game 9	Western Kentucky University	9-8	Arkansas State University	Arkansas State eliminated
Game 10	Florida International University	8-6	University of New Orleans	New Orleans eliminated
Game 11	New Mexico State University	7-5	Western Kentucky University	Western Kentucky eliminated
Game 12	University of South Alabama	16-5	Florida International University	Florida International eliminated
May 25
Game 13	New Mexico State University	20-9	University of South Alabama	New Mexico State advances to NCAA tournament