2001 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2001 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2001. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This was the thirteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Kent State won its third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2001 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Ball Diamond Muncie, IN
Champions	Kent State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rick Rembielak (1st title)
MVP	John VanBenschoten (Kent State)
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2001 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			36	–	18		.667
Ohio  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			29	–	25		.537
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	11		.593			32	–	30		.516
Miami  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			35	–	25		.583
Marshall  ‍‍‍	11	–	17		.393			24	–	29		.453
Akron  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			16	–	34		.320
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	5	–	23		.179			11	–	39		.220
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍	21	–	5		.808			34	–	23		.596
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			35	–	24		.593
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	12		.538			20	–	33		.377
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			26	–	28		.481
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			28	–	27		.509
Toledo  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			26	–	29		.473
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2001[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the fourth year of the six team tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Bowling Green	18	9	.667	–	2
Ohio	16	11	.593	2	3
Kent State	16	11	.593	2	4
Miami	16	12	.571	2.5	6
Marshall	11	17	.393	7.5	–
Akron	9	18	.333	9	–
Buffalo	5	23	.179	13.5	–
West Division
Ball State	21	5	.808	–	1
Central Michigan	16	12	.571	6	5
Eastern Michigan	14	12	.538	7	–
Western Michigan	15	13	.536	7	–
Northern Illinois	10	17	.370	11.5	–
Toledo	10	17	.370	11.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Ball State	5
	6	Miami	13			6	Miami	10
						3	Ohio	4
	3	Ohio	10								6	Miami	10
	4	Kent State	26								4	Kent State	9
						4	Kent State	5													6	Miami	8	3
						5	Central Michigan	1													4	Kent State	9	8
	2	Bowling Green	15													4	Kent State	13
	5	Central Michigan	20								5	Central Michigan	0			1	Ball State	3
						1	Ball State	8			1	Ball State	6
						2	Bowling Green	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School
Jason Paul	Ball State
Dustin Sampson	Kent State
Tim Bullinger	Central Michigan
Brady Nori	Miami
Chris Welsch	Kent State
John VanBenschoten	Kent State
Clark Mace	Miami
Scott French	Ball State
Dave Mattle	Kent State
Tom Yost	Miami

Most Valuable Player

John VanBenschoten won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. VanBenschoten played for Kent State.^[4]