2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2001 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2001
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Commerce Bank Ballpark
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions Seton Hall (2nd title)
Winning coach Rob Sheppard (1st title)
MVP Isaac Pavlik (Seton Hall)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2000  2002»
2001 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#12 Notre Dame †y 22 – 4 – 0   .846     49 – 13 – 1   .786
#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]

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
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

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
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 5 —
  4  Virginia Tech 2 —
1  Notre Dame 6  
2  Rutgers 2  
  4  Virginia Tech 5
  1  Notre Dame 2  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Isaac Pavlik was the winner of the 2001 Jack Kaiser Award. Pavlik was a junior pitcher for Seton Hall.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
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