2002 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2002 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

2002 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (6th title)
Runner-up	Ohio State (1st title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (6th title)

2002 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Michigan ‍†‍‡‍y	15	–	3	–	0		.833			50	–	11	–	0		.820
No. 13 Ohio State ‍‍‍y	16	–	4	–	0		.800			55	–	14	–	0		.797
Iowa ‍‍‍y	12	–	4	–	0		.750			36	–	20	–	0		.643
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	11	–	6	–	0		.647			31	–	22	–	0		.585
Penn State ‍‍‍y	10	–	9	–	0		.526			34	–	26	–	0		.567
Illinois ‍‍‍	10	–	9	–	0		.526			34	–	24	–	0		.586
Northwestern ‍‍‍	10	–	9	–	0		.526			24	–	18	–	1		.570
Minnesota ‍‍‍y	7	–	8	–	0		.467			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	4	–	15	–	0		.211			24	–	35	–	0		.407
Purdue  ‍‍‍	3	–	14	–	0		.176			33	–	26	–	0		.559
Indiana  ‍‍‍	0	–	17	–	0		.000			13	–	31	–	1		.300
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 2002 Rankings from NFCA

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semi-Finals					Finals
						1	Michigan	4
						5	Penn State	3
	4	Wisconsin	0
	5	Penn State	3
											1	Michigan	5
											2	Ohio State	0
						2	Ohio State	5
						6	Penn State	0
	3	Iowa	2
	6	Illinois	3
																1	Michigan	2
																2	Ohio State	1
											2	Ohio State	4
											5	Penn State	3
	4	Wisconsin	1
	6	Illinois	2
						6	Illinois	3
						5	Penn State	6
	3	Iowa	0
	5	Penn State	6