2002 BIG 12 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

2002 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams	10
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City, OK;
Champions	Texas (2nd title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Connie Clark (2nd title)
MVP	Cat Osterman ( Texas)
Attendance	5,500
	← 2001; Big 12 Softball Tournament; 2003 →;

2002 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Texas ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	1	.944	50	–	13	.794
No. 8 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	14	–	2	.875	49	–	16	.754
No. 6 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	11	–	5	.688	50	–	14	.781
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	46	–	18	.719
No. 21 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	9	–	9	.500	40	–	18	.690
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	29	–	22	.569
Kansas ‍‍‍	7	–	11	.389	33	–	25	.569
Iowa State ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	19	–	25	.432
Missouri ‍‍‍	4	–	14	.222	29	–	33	.468
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	2	–	16	.111	13	–	40	.245

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA ^[1]

The 2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 2 through May 5, 2002. Texas won their second conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[2]^[3]

Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas A&M received bids to the NCAA tournament.^[4] Oklahoma and Nebraska would go on to play in the 2002 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:^[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
Place	Seed	Team	W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Texas	17	1	.944	50	13	.794
2	2	Oklahoma	14	2	.875	49	16	.754
3	3	Nebraska	11	5	.688	50	14	.781
4	4	Baylor	10	8	.556	46	18	.719
5	5	Texas A&M	9	9	.500	40	18	.690
6	6	Oklahoma State	8	10	.444	29	22	.569
7	7	Kansas	7	11	.389	33	25	.569
8	8	Iowa State	6	12	.333	19	25	.432
9	9	Missouri	4	14	.222	29	33	.468
10	10	Texas Tech	2	16	.111	13	40	.245

Source:^[3]^[2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Thursday, May 2
1	5:00 p.m.	#8 Iowa State 1, #9 Missouri 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
2	5:00 p.m.	#7 Kansas 2, #10 Texas Tech 1	Field 2
3	7:30 p.m.	#1 Texas 8, #8 Iowa State 0 (5)	Hall of Fame Stadium
4	7:30 p.m.	#7 Kansas 3, #2 Oklahoma 1	Field 2
Day 2 – Friday, May 3
5	11:00 a.m.	#5 Texas A&M 5, #4 Baylor 1	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,358
6	11:00 a.m.	#3 Nebraska 2, #6 Oklahoma State 0	Field 2
7	1:53 a.m.	#2 Oklahoma 5, #8 Iowa State 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
8	3:30 p.m.	#4 Baylor 4, #6 Oklahoma State 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
9	5:00 p.m.	#1 Texas 2, #5 Texas A&M 1 (8)	Hall of Fame Stadium
10	8:05 p.m.	#3 Nebraska 7, #7 Kansas 5	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Saturday, May 4
11	11:00 a.m.	#2 Oklahoma 10, #7 Kansas 0 (5)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,477
12	1:27 p.m.	#5 Texas A&M 1, #4 Baylor 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
13	5:04 p.m.	#3 Nebraska 6, #5 Texas A&M 2	Hall of Fame Stadium
14	7:47 p.m.	#2 Oklahoma 4, #1 Texas 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 4 – Sunday, May 5
15	10:00 a.m.	#1 Texas 2, #2 Oklahoma 0	Hall of Fame Stadium	969
16	2:36 p.m.	#1 Texas 1, #3 Nebraska 0	Hall of Fame Stadium	977
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Source:^[3]

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2002 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

Teams	10
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Texas (2nd title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Connie Clark (2nd title)
MVP	Cat Osterman ( Texas)
Attendance	5,500
← 2001 Big 12 Softball Tournament 2003 →