2001 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2001 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (7th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (7th title)
MVP Jack Hannahan Minnesota
2001 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .741  43–18 .705
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 19–7 .731  32–24 .571
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19–8 .704  39–21 .650
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .577  29–29 .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  29–28 .509
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  28–28 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  24–32 .429
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9–17 .346  29–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8–17 .320  19–29 .396
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .269  24–31 .436
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twentieth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2001 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State207.741
–
1
Purdue197.731
.5
2
Minnesota198.704
1
3
Penn State1511.577
4.5
4
Illinois1314.481
7
5
Michigan1014.417
8.5
6
Northwestern1117.393
9.5
–
Michigan State917.346
10.5
–
Iowa817.320
11
–
Indiana719.269
12.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Semi- Finals
                                       
  1 Ohio State 8  
  6 Michigan 4     1 Ohio State 3  
    4 Penn State 4    
      4 Penn State 2  
      6 Michigan 10    
  2 Purdue 2          
  6 Michigan 10        
  2 Purdue 5         6 Michigan 2 —
  5 Illinois 9           3 Minnesota 3 —
      5 Illinois 11        
      3 Minnesota 15          
  3 Minnesota 4           3 Minnesota 6    
  4 Penn State 2         1 Ohio State 5  
  1 Ohio State 10    
  5 Illinois 0  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

PosNameSchool
PBobby WoodMichigan
PMike KobowMinnesota
PGreg PrengerOhio State
CJake FoxMichigan
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
2BScott TousaMichigan
SSTrent McIlvainOhio State
3BJack HannahanMinnesota
OFJason KennedyMinnesota
OFSam SteidlMinnesota
OFSteve CaravatiOhio State
DHLuke SimmonsIllinois

Most Outstanding Player

Jack Hannahan was named Most Outstanding Player. Hannahan was a third baseman for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
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