2001 Big East Conference baseball tournament
The 2001 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. 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]
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 |
Format and seeding
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 |
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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 | – |
Bracket
Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 5 | |||||||||||
2 | Rutgers | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 4 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 6 | 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | ||||||||
2 | Rutgers | 2 | |||||||||||
Jack Kaiser Award
Isaac Pavlik was the winner of the 2001 Jack Kaiser Award. Pavlik was a junior pitcher for Seton Hall.[3]
References
- 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2001". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
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