2001 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2001 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Four-team double elimination
Finals Site
Champions Temple (3rd title)
Winning coach Skip Wilson (3rd title)
MVP Kyle Sweppenhiser Temple

The 2001 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Cracker Jack Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Florida from May 17–19. It featured the top four regular-season finishers of the conference's 11 teams. 2001 was the final season that the tournament had four teams; in 2002, it moved to a six-team format. Third-seeded Richmond defeated George Washington in the title game to win the tournament for the third time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3]

Seeding

The league's top four teams, based on winning percentage in the 22-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through four. In the tie for third place, the conference's tiebreakers gave Dayton the second seed over Temple.[1]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Massachusetts166.727
–
1
Dayton157.682
1
2
Temple157.682
1
3
George Washington139.591
3
4
St. Bonaventure1210.545
4
–
Rhode Island1012.455
6
–
Saint Joseph's1012.455
6
–
Fordham1012.455
6
–
Xavier814.364
8
–
Duquesne616.273
10
–
La Salle616.273
10
–

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Massachusetts 4  
4 George Washington 3  
  1 Massachusetts 3  
  3 Temple 6  
2 Dayton 2
3 Temple 3[lower-alpha 1]  
  3 Temple 8 11
  4 George Washington 10 6
4 George Washington 11  
3 Dayton 10  
  1 Massachusetts 1
  4 George Washington 9  
  1. ↑ 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Temple third baseman Kyle Sweppenhiser, one of five Owls selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

This was the second time Sweppenhiser was selected to the time, after having first been selected in 1999[1] George Washington's Mike Bassett and Dan Rouhier were both named for the second time. Bassett was first selected in 2000, Rouhier in 1998.

Pos.NameTeam
OFMike BassettGeorge Washington
DHTravis CrowderGeorge Washington
1BRobert CucinottaTemple
CJeff FertittaGeorge Washington
OFJoe LyallTemple
PGreg PowellTemple
OF/1BDan RouhierGeorge Washington
2BAdam StojanowskiMassachusetts
3BKyle SweppenhiserTemple
SSJim TullyTemple
OFBrooks VogelDayton
SSJake WaldGeorge Washington

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Temple's Baseball Team Wears the A-10 Crown". Philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Eubanks, Lon (May 25, 2001). "Temple Coach Has Been There". LATimes.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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