2001 Big Ten baseball tournament explained

Year:2001
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Teams:6
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Bill Davis Stadium
City:Columbus, OH
Titlecount:7th
Coach:John Anderson
Coachcount:7th
Mvp:Jack Hannahan
Mvpteam:Minnesota

The 2001 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of 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. won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

The 2001 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
20 7 .741
19 7 .731
19 8 .704
15 11 .577
13 14 .481
10 14 .417
11 17 .393
9 17 .346
8 17 .320
7 19 .269

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Pos Name School
P Bobby Wood Michigan
P Mike Kobow Minnesota
P Greg Prenger Ohio State
C Michigan
C Josh Holthaus Minnesota
2B Scott Tousa Michigan
SS Trent McIlvain Ohio State
3B 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book . Big Ten Conference . March 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228125857/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf . February 28, 2013 .