2001 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament

The 2001 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 17 through 21. Nebraska won their third tournament in a row and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

2001 Big 12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	SBC Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Nebraska (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dave Van Horn (3rd title)
MVP	Dan Johnson (Nebraska)
Attendance	105,053
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2001 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Nebraska  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	8	–	0		.714			50	–	16	–	1		.754
No. 21 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	1		.650			42	–	20	–	1		.675
No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			36	–	26	–	0		.581
No. 22 Baylor  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Oklahoma State y ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			42	–	22	–	0		.656
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	27	–	0		.550
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			25	–	33	–	1		.432
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	11	–	15	–	0		.423			24	–	29	–	1		.454
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			25	–	28	–	0		.472
Missouri  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			31	–	24	–	1		.563
Kansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	30	–	0		.464
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

It was also the final appearance for Iowa State in the tournament, as they discontinued their baseball program following the season.

Regular Season Standings

Source:^[2]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
W	L	T	%	GB	W	L	T	%
1	1	Nebraska	20	8	0	.714	–	50	16	0	.758
2	2	Texas Tech	19	10	1	.650	1.5	43	20	1	.680
3	3	Texas	19	11	0	.633	2	36	26	0	.581
4	4	Baylor	17	10	0	.630	2.5	37	24	0	.607
5	5	Oklahoma State	16	14	0	.533	5	42	22	0	.656
6	6	Texas A&M	15	15	0	.500	6	33	27	0	.550
7	7	Oklahoma	13	16	1	.450	7.5	25	33	1	.432
8	8	Iowa State	11	15	0	.423	8	24	29	1	.454
9	–	Kansas State	10	17	0	.370	9.5	25	28	0	.472
10	–	Missouri	11	19	0	.367	10	31	24	1	.563
11	–	Kansas	7	23	0	.233	14	26	30	0	.464

• Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Texas A&M	9
	3	Texas	8
						6	Texas A&M	8
						2	Texas Tech	6
	2	Texas Tech	17
	7	Oklahoma	5
											6	Texas A&M	10	-
											7	Oklahoma	1	-
	3	Texas	7
	7	Oklahoma	9			7	Oklahoma	4
						2	Texas Tech	3
																	6	Texas A&M	4
	5	Oklahoma State	18
																	1	Nebraska	7
	4	Baylor	4
						5	Oklahoma State	1
						1	Nebraska	8
	1	Nebraska	5
	8	Iowa State	2
											1	Nebraska	10	-
											5	Oklahoma State	5	-
	4	Baylor	5
	8	Iowa State	6			8	Iowa State	4
						5	Oklahoma State	17

• Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament team

Position	Player	School
1B	Dan Johnson	Nebraska
2B	Nebassett Brown	Oklahoma State
3B	Jason Bartlett	Oklahoma
SS	Jake Brown	Iowa State
C	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor
OF	Jimbo McAuliff	Oklahoma State
OF	Jake Bollig	Oklahoma State
OF	John Cole	Nebraska
DH	Ben Himes	Texas A&M
DH	Matt Hopper	Nebraska
UT	Greg Dobbs	Oklahoma
P	Shane Komine	Nebraska
P	Chris French	Texas A&M
P	Chris Russ	Texas A&M
MOP	Dan Johnson	Nebraska

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference baseball tournament