2001 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2001 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
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 PCTW L PCT
Ohio State  y207 .7414318 .705
Purdue  197 .7313224 .571
Minnesota  y198 .7043921 .650
Penn State  1511 .5772929 .500
Illinois  1314 .4812928 .509
Michigan  1014 .4172828 .500
Northwestern  1117 .3932432 .429
Michigan State  917 .3462927 .518
Iowa  817 .3201929 .396
Indiana  719 .2692431 .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 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]

Contents

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 State 207.741
1
Purdue 197.731
.5
2
Minnesota 198.704
1
3
Penn State 1511.577
4.5
4
Illinois 1314.481
7
5
Michigan 1014.417
8.5
6
Northwestern 1117.393
9.5
Michigan State 917.346
10.5
Iowa 817.320
11
Indiana 719.269
12.5

Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1Ohio State3
4Penn State4
1 Ohio State 84Penn State2
6 Michigan 46Michigan10
2Purdue2
6Michigan10
2 Purdue 56Michigan2
5 Illinois 93Minnesota3
5Illinois11
3Minnesota15
3 Minnesota 43Minnesota6
4 Penn State 21Ohio State5
1Ohio State10
5Illinois0

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBobby WoodMichigan
PMike KobowMinnesota
PGreg PrengerOhio State
C Jake Fox Michigan
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
2BScott TousaMichigan
SSTrent McIlvainOhio State
3B Jack Hannahan Minnesota
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 February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.