2001 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2001 Big East Conferencebaseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Commerce Bank Ballpark Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions	Seton Hall (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rob Sheppard (1st title)
MVP	Isaac Pavlik (Seton Hall)

2001 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
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 championy – Invited to the NCAA tournamentAs 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, 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]

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

	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

^[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 March 26, 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 March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.

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