2001 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2001 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2001
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Bill Davis Stadium
Columbus, OH
Champions Minnesota (7th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (7th title)
MVP Jack Hannahan (Minnesota)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2000  2002»
2001 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   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]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 20 7 .741
–
1
Purdue 19 7 .731
.5
2
Minnesota 19 8 .704
1
3
Penn State 15 11 .577
4.5
4
Illinois 13 14 .481
7
5
Michigan 10 14 .417
8.5
6
Northwestern 11 17 .393
9.5
–
Michigan State 9 17 .346
10.5
–
Iowa 8 17 .320
11
–
Indiana 7 19 .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]

Pos Name School
P Bobby Wood Michigan
P Mike Kobow Minnesota
P Greg Prenger Ohio State
C Jake Fox Michigan
C Josh Holthaus Minnesota
2B Scott Tousa Michigan
SS Trent McIlvain Ohio State
3B Jack Hannahan Minnesota
OF Jason Kennedy Minnesota
OF Sam Steidl Minnesota
OF Steve Caravati Ohio State
DH Luke Simmons Illinois

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. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
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