2001 Big Ten baseball tournament

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]

2001 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (7th title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (7th title)
MVPJack Hannahan (Minnesota)
2001 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .74143–18 .705
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 19–7 .73132–24 .571
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19–8 .70439–21 .650
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .57729–29 .500
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .48129–28 .509
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41728–28 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .39324–32 .429
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9–17 .34629–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 8–17 .32019–29 .396
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .26924–31 .436
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 State207.741
–
1
Purdue197.731
.5
2
Minnesota198.704
1
3
Penn State1511.577
4.5
4
Illinois1314.481
7
5
Michigan1014.417
8.5
6
Northwestern1117.393
9.5
–
Michigan State917.346
10.5
–
Iowa817.320
11
–
Indiana719.269
12.5
–

Tournament
First roundSecond roundThird roundFinal
1Ohio State3
4Penn State4
1Ohio State84Penn State2
6Michigan46Michigan10
2Purdue2
6Michigan10
2Purdue56Michigan2—
5Illinois93Minnesota3—
5Illinois11
3Minnesota15
3Minnesota43Minnesota6
4Penn State21Ohio 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
CJake FoxMichigan
CJosh HolthausMinnesota
2BScott TousaMichigan
SSTrent McIlvainOhio State
3BJack HannahanMinnesota
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. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
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