2001 Big South Conference baseball tournament

2001 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Dan Daniel Memorial Park; Danville, Virginia;
Champions	Coastal Carolina (4th title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (1st title)
MVP	Randy McGarvey (Coastal Carolina)
	← 2000; Big South baseball tournament; 2002 →;

The 2001 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 16 through 20 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the fourth time and earned an invitation to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2001 Big South Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 29 Winthrop ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	3	–	0	.857	48	–	16	–	1	.746
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	4	–	0	.800	42	–	20	–	0	.677
Liberty ‍‍‍	14	–	7	–	0	.667	35	–	21	–	0	.625
Elon ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0	.571	30	–	27	–	0	.526
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍	8	–	12	–	0	.400	15	–	39	–	0	.278
High Point ‍‍‍	5	–	14	–	0	.263	21	–	33	–	0	.389
Radford ‍‍‍	5	–	16	–	0	.238	12	–	38	–	0	.240
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍	3	–	16	–	0	.158	13	–	37	–	0	.260

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.^[2]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Winthrop	18	3	.857	—	1
Coastal Carolina	16	4	.800	1.5	2
Liberty	14	7	.667	4	3
Elon	12	9	.571	6	4
UNC Asheville	8	12	.400	9.5	5
High Point	5	14	.263	12	6
Radford	5	16	.238	13	7
Charleston Southern	3	16	.158	14	8

Bracket and results


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final			Semifinals			Preliminary final			Final



1	Winthrop	7

8	Charleston Southern	2
			1	Winthrop	3

			4	Elon	1
4	Elon	3

5	UNC Asheville	2
						1	Winthrop	2

						2	Coastal Carolina	0
3	Liberty	12
									1	Winthrop	1
6	High Point	0
			3	Liberty	2				3	Liberty	3

			2	Coastal Carolina	6
2	Coastal Carolina	13

7	Radford	6													1	Winthrop	2

												3	Liberty	0	2	Coastal Carolina	3

			Lower round 1			Lower round 2						2	Coastal Carolina	13



						3	Liberty	12

			8	Charleston Southern	3	5	UNC Asheville	3
									2	Coastal Carolina	7
			5	UNC Asheville	4
									4	Elon	4
						4	Elon	20

			6	High Point	7	6	High Point	3

			7	Radford	2

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Keith Butler	Liberty
Chris Carter	Coastal Carolina
Jeremy Herauf	Winthrop
Adam Kiem	Coastal Carolina
Todd Leathers	Winthrop
Randy McGarvey	Coastal Carolina
Trey Miller	Liberty
Curtis Moncus	UNC Asheville
Scott Sturkie	Coastal Carolina
Jim Swenson	Elon
Stas Swerdzewski	Winthrop
Jordan Webb	Winthrop

Most Valuable Player

Randy McGarvey was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. McGarvey was a catcher for Coastal Carolina.^[2]

References

^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[1] "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

[record-2] "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

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