| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Seton Hall (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rob Sheppard (1st title) |
| MVP | Isaac Pavlik (Seton Hall) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Notre Dame †y | 22 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .846 | 49 | – | 13 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Rutgers y | 18 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .692 | 42 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall ‡y | 14 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .558 | 34 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 14 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .558 | 29 | – | 28 | – | 1 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 13 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .500 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 13 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .500 | 26 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 12 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .462 | 27 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 29 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 10 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .385 | 25 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 7 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .269 | 17 | – | 39 | – | 0 | .304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 18 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2001 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the seventeenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Seton Hall Pirates won their second tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]
The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2001. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. Seton Hall claimed the third seed over Virginia Tech by tiebreaker. [3]
| Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 22 | 4 | 0 | .846 | – | 1 |
| Rutgers | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | 4 | 2 |
| Seton Hall | 14 | 11 | 1 | .558 | 7.5 | 3 |
| Virginia Tech | 14 | 11 | 1 | .558 | 7.5 | 4 |
| St. John's | 13 | 13 | 0 | .500 | 9 | – |
| Connecticut | 13 | 13 | 0 | .500 | 9 | – |
| West Virginia | 12 | 14 | 0 | .462 | 10 | – |
| Boston College | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 10 | – |
| Villanova | 10 | 16 | 0 | .385 | 12 | – |
| Georgetown | 7 | 19 | 0 | .269 | 15 | – |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 15 | – |
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Seton Hall | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Rutgers | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Seton Hall | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Seton Hall | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Rutgers | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | |||||||||||||
Isaac Pavlik was the winner of the 2001 Jack Kaiser Award. Pavlik was a junior pitcher for Seton Hall. [3]
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Mike "Shep" Sheppard Sr. was an American college baseball coach, mainly as the head coach at Seton Hall from 1973 to 2000 and 2002 to 2003. In 30 seasons as head coach, he led Seton Hall to 10 NCAA Tournaments and two College World Series. He had an overall record of 998-540-11.