The 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty fifth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-fifth tournament's champion was Miami (FL), coached by Jim Morris. The Most Outstanding Player was Charlton Jimerson of Miami (FL).
National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant. Cal State Fullerton Miami (FL) Southern California Stanford Tulane Georgia East Carolina Nebraska
Regionals and super regionals Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings. Italics indicates host.
Fullerton Super Regional
Lincoln Super Regional
Metairie Super Regional
Palo Alto Super Regional
Coral Gables Super Regional
Kinston Super Regional
Athens Super Regional
Los Angeles Super Regional
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Cal State Fullerton Big West 46–16 (14–4) George Horton 10(last: 1999) 1st(1979, 1984, 1995) 23–16 SEC 47–20 (20–10) Ron Polk 2(last: 1990) 1st(1990) 4–3 Miami (FL) n/a 49–12 (n/a) Jim Morris 18(last: 1999) 1st(1982, 1985, 1999) 39–30 Nebraska Big 12 50–14 (20–8) Dave Van Horn 0(last: none) none 0–0 Southern California Pac-10 44–17 (18–6) Mike Gillespie 20(last: 2000) 1st(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998) 73–24 Stanford Pac-10 48–16 (17–7) Mark Marquess 12(last: 2000) 1st(1987, 1988) 28–21 SEC 46–18 (18–12) Rod Delmonico 2(last: 1995) 2nd(1951) 6–4 C-USA 55–11 (21–6) Rick Jones 0(last: none) none 0–0
Results
Bracket
Game results
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes June 8 Game 1 Stanford 13–11 Game 2 Cal State Fullerton 5–4 Nebraska June 9 Game 3 Southern California 11–5 Game 4 Miami (FL) 21–13 June 10 Game 5 6–5 Nebraska Nebraska eliminated Game 6 Stanford 5–2 (10) Cal State Fullerton June 11 Game 7 19–12 Georgia eliminated Game 8 4–3 Southern California June 12 Game 9 Cal State Fullerton 11–2 Tulane eliminated Game 10 10–2 Southern California Southern California eliminated June 13 Game 11 Stanford 4–1 Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton eliminated June 14 Game 12 Miami (FL) 12–6 Tennessee eliminated June 16 Final Miami (FL) 12–1 Stanford Miami (FL) wins CWS
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Jeff Bruksch Stanford Tom Farmer Miami (FL) C Ryan Garko Stanford 1B Kevin Brown Miami (FL) 2B David Bacani Cal State Fullerton 3B Charlie FodGeorgia SS Chris Burke Tennessee OF Jeff Christensen Tennessee Sam Fuld Stanford Charlton Jimerson (MOP) Miami (FL) DH Danny Matienzo Miami (FL)
Notable players Cal State Fullerton: Chad Cordero, Kirk Saarloos Georgia: Jeff Keppinger, Charlie Ford Miami (FL): Charlton Jimerson Nebraska: Southern California: Mark Prior Stanford: Ryan Garko, Sam Fuld Tennessee: Chris Burke Tulane: Andy Cannizaro
See also 2001 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2001 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2001 NAIA World Series
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