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 their 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
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (3rd title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (1st title)
MVPJohn VanBenschoten, Kent State
2001 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green189.667
–
2
Ohio1611.593
2
3
Kent State1611.593
2
4
Miami1612.571
2.5
6
Marshall1117.393
7.5
–
Akron918.333
9
–
Buffalo523.179
13.5
–
West Division
Ball State215.808
–
1
Central Michigan1612.571
6
5
Eastern Michigan1412.538
7
–
Western Michigan1513.536
7
–
Northern Illinois1017.370
11.5
–
Toledo1017.370
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]

NameSchool
Jason PaulBall State
Dustin SampsonKent State
Tim BullingerCentral Michigan
Brady NoriMiami
Chris WelschKent State
John VanBenschotenKent State
Clark MaceMiami
Scott FrenchBall State
Dave MattleKent State
Tom YostMiami

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
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