The2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the2002 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion ofcollege baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in theCollege World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty sixth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament.^[1] The fifty-sixth tournament's champion wasTexas, coached byAugie Garrido. This was Texas' first title since 1983, but Augie Garrido previously won three titles withCal State Fullerton. TheMost Outstanding Player wasHuston Street ofTexas.

Due to fears overterrorism and travel security in the wake of theSeptember 11 attacks, the Division I Baseball Committee, which selects the 64-team field and places the teams on the bracket, was ordered by the NCAA to keep regional pairings as localized as possible, in order to minimize the number of plane trips utilized. Due to these travel constraints, teams from the same conference were allowed to play in the same regional for the first time. An example of the travel restrictions came from the regional inBaton Rouge, Louisiana, featuring four schools from the Bayou State which are located a total of 130 miles (210 km) apart alongInterstate 10, the first time (and to date, last) a regional has been entirely an in-state affair outsideCalifornia,Florida, andTexas. The travel restrictions were eased in 2003, and the ban on conference teams facing each other in regional play was reinstated.

Conference champions from 30Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

• Central Connecticut State, Elon, Louisville, New Mexico St., and San Diego were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.^[2]

Bold indicates CWS participant.

1. Florida State (lost super regional at home vs. Notre Dame)
2. Clemson
3. Alabama (eliminated by Florida Atlantic in regional at home)
4. Rice
5. Texas
6. South Carolina
7. Wake Forest (eliminated by Richmond in regional at home)
8. Stanford

Bold indicates winner.

†Arizona State hosted atHoHoKam Park inMesa, Arizona, where they played their 2002 season due to construction atPackard Stadium.

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

• This was the last College World Series championship to be decided by a single game as the final was moved to a best-of-three formatthe following year.

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