2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2001 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsSeton Hall (2nd title)
Winning coachRob Sheppard (1st title)
MVPIsaac Pavlik, Seton Hall
2001 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
Notre Dame2240.846
–
1
Rutgers1880.692
4
2
Seton Hall14111.558
7.5
3
Virginia Tech14111.558
7.5
4
St. John's13130.500
9
–
Connecticut13130.500
9
–
West Virginia12140.462
10
–
Boston College11130.458
10
–
Villanova10160.385
12
–
Georgetown7190.269
15
–
Pittsburgh6180.250
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. 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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