2001 Conference USA baseball tournament

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2001 Conference USA
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Tulane  (4th title)
Winning coach Rick Jones  (4th title)
MVP Barth Melius (Tulane)
2001 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Tulane  y216 .7785613 .812
Houston  y207 .7412930 .492
South Florida  1611 .5933331 .516
Cincinnati  1611 .5933424 .586
Memphis  1314 .4813424 .586
Louisville  1314 .4813229 .525
Southern Miss  1116 .4072732 .458
Charlotte  1017 .3702431 .436
Saint Louis  918 .3332132 .396
UAB  621 .2222530 .455
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2001 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 16 through 20. Tulane defeated South Florida in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [1]

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Regular season results

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Tulane 216.778
-
1
Houston 207.741
1
2
South Florida 1611.593
5
3
Cincinnati 1611.593
5
4
Memphis 1314.481
8
5
Louisville 1314.481
8
6
Southern Miss 1116.407
10
7
Charlotte 1017.370
11
8
Saint Louis 918.333
12
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UAB 621.222
15
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Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
5 Memphis 8
4 Cincinnati 5
8Charlotte2
5Memphis4
8 Charlotte 8
1 Tulane 4
5Memphis62
1Tulane77
4Cincinnati7
1Tulane98Charlotte2
1Tulane6
3South Florida4
7 Southern Miss 6
1Tulane21
2 Houston 2
7Southern Miss18
3South Florida5
6 Louisville 5
3 South Florida 10
7Southern Miss44
3South Florida67
6Louisville6
2Houston56Louisville3
3South Florida7

All-tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
CScott MaddenTulane
IFBen DrawdySouth Florida
IFMike EylwardSouth Florida
IF Anthony Giarratano Tulane
IFJake GautreauTulane
OFDaniel BoydSouth Florida
OFBill NaharodnySouth Florida
OFClint StoySouthern Miss
DHKris CourierSouth Florida
SPBeau RichardsonTulane
RPBarth MeliusTulane
MVPBarth MeliusTulane

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References

  1. "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.