2001 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2001 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2001
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Ball Diamond
Muncie, IN
Champions Kent State (3rd title)
Winning coach Rick Rembielak (1st title)
MVP John VanBenschoten (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2000  2002»
2001 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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

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 their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

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 Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  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]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
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