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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 12 Notre Dame y 2240 .84649131 .786
No. 25 Rutgers  y 1880 .69242170 .712
Seton Hall  y 14111 .55834231 .595
Virginia Tech   14111 .55829281 .509
St. John's   13130 .50031220 .585
Connecticut   13130 .50026250 .510
West Virginia   12140 .46227260 .509
Boston College   11130 .45829220 .569
Villanova   10160 .38525251 .500
Georgetown   7190 .26917390 .304
Pittsburgh   6180 .25018270 .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, 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]

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

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Notre Dame3
4Virginia Tech4
4Virginia Tech0
3Seton Hall5
2Rutgers2
3Seton Hall4
3Seton Hall
4Virginia Tech
Lower round 1Lower final
4Virginia Tech5
1Notre Dame61Notre Dame2
2Rutgers2

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