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. won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The 2001 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 20 7 .741 19 7 .731 19 8 .704 15 11 .577 13 14 .481 10 14 .417 11 17 .393 9 17 .346 8 17 .320 7 19 .269
Tournament
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. 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.
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