It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 12 teams, regardless of division.
[1] The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field.
The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Massachusetts in the East and Richmond in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament.
George Washington outfielder Mike Bassett, one of five Colonials selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.
Jeff Fertitta and Jake Wald, both named in 2001, were second-time selections.