2001 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2001 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twentieth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

2001 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bill Davis Stadium Columbus, OH
Champions	Minnesota (7th title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (7th title)
MVP	Jack Hannahan (Minnesota)
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2001 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Ohio State  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	7		.741			43	–	18		.705
Purdue  ‍‍‍	19	–	7		.731			32	–	24		.571
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	8		.704			39	–	21		.650
Penn State  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			29	–	29		.500
Illinois  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			29	–	28		.509
Michigan  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			28	–	28		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	11	–	17		.393			24	–	32		.429
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	9	–	17		.346			29	–	27		.518
Iowa  ‍‍‍	8	–	17		.320			19	–	29		.396
Indiana  ‍‍‍	7	–	19		.269			24	–	31		.436
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2001 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Ohio State	20	7	.741	–	1
Purdue	19	7	.731	.5	2
Minnesota	19	8	.704	1	3
Penn State	15	11	.577	4.5	4
Illinois	13	14	.481	7	5
Michigan	10	14	.417	8.5	6
Northwestern	11	17	.393	9.5	–
Michigan State	9	17	.346	10.5	–
Iowa	8	17	.320	11	–
Indiana	7	19	.269	12.5	–

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						1	Ohio State	3
						4	Penn State	4
	1	Ohio State	8								4	Penn State	2
	6	Michigan	4								6	Michigan	10
						2	Purdue	2
						6	Michigan	10
	2	Purdue	5													6	Michigan	2
	5	Illinois	9													3	Minnesota	3
						5	Illinois	11
						3	Minnesota	15
	3	Minnesota	4								3	Minnesota	6
	4	Penn State	2								1	Ohio State	5
						1	Ohio State	10
						5	Illinois	0

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

Pos	Name	School
P	Bobby Wood	Michigan
P	Mike Kobow	Minnesota
P	Greg Prenger	Ohio State
C	Jake Fox	Michigan
C	Josh Holthaus	Minnesota
2B	Scott Tousa	Michigan
SS	Trent McIlvain	Ohio State
3B	Jack Hannahan	Minnesota
OF	Jason Kennedy	Minnesota
OF	Sam Steidl	Minnesota
OF	Steve Caravati	Ohio State
DH	Luke Simmons	Illinois

Most Outstanding Player

Jack Hannahan was named Most Outstanding Player. Hannahan was a third baseman for Minnesota.^[3]