2001 Big East Conference baseball tournament

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]

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
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 champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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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

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b c d 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.