2001 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 17 through May 21. Nebraska won their third tournament in a row and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.

2001 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Nebraska (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dave Van Horn (3rd title)
MVP	Dan Johnson, Nebraska
Attendance	105,053

2001 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Nebraska  ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	8	–	0		.714			50	–	16	–	1		.754
No. 21 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	1		.650			42	–	20	–	1		.675
No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			36	–	26	–	0		.581
No. 22 Baylor  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Oklahoma State ^y ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			42	–	22	–	0		.656
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	27	–	0		.550
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			25	–	33	–	1		.432
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	11	–	15	–	0		.423			24	–	29	–	1		.454
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			25	–	28	–	0		.472
Missouri  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			31	–	24	–	1		.563
Kansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	30	–	0		.464
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2001[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

It was also the final appearance for Iowa State in the tournament, as they discontinued their baseball program following the season.

Regular Season Standings

Source:[2]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
W	L	T	%	GB	W	L	T	%
1	1	Nebraska	20	8	0	.714	–	50	16	0	.758
2	2	Texas Tech	19	10	1	.650	1.5	43	20	1	.680
3	3	Texas	19	11	0	.633	2	36	26	0	.581
4	4	Baylor	17	10	0	.630	2.5	37	24	0	.607
5	5	Oklahoma State	16	14	0	.533	5	42	22	0	.656
6	6	Texas A&M	15	15	0	.500	6	33	27	0	.550
7	7	Oklahoma	13	16	1	.450	7.5	25	33	1	.432
8	8	Iowa State	11	15	0	.423	8	24	29	1	.454
9	–	Kansas State	10	17	0	.370	9.5	25	28	0	.472
10	–	Missouri	11	19	0	.367	10	31	24	1	.563
11	–	Kansas	7	23	0	.233	14	26	30	0	.464

• Colorado did not sponsor a baseball team.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Texas A&M	9
	3	Texas	8
						6	Texas A&M	8
						2	Texas Tech	6
	2	Texas Tech	17
	7	Oklahoma	5
											6	Texas A&M	10	-
										7	Oklahoma	1	-
	3	Texas	7
	7	Oklahoma	9
						7	Oklahoma	4
						2	Texas Tech	3
																6	Texas A&M	4
																1	Nebraska	7
	5	Oklahoma State	18
	4	Baylor	4
						5	Oklahoma State	1
						1	Nebraska	8
	1	Nebraska	5
	8	Iowa State	2
											1	Nebraska	10	-
										5	Oklahoma State	5	-
	4	Baylor	5
	8	Iowa State	6
						8	Iowa State	4
						5	Oklahoma State	17

• Kansas, Kansas State, and Missouri did not make the tournament.

All-Tournament team

Position	Player	School
1B	Dan Johnson	Nebraska
2B	Nebassett Brown	Oklahoma State
3B	Jason Bartlett	Oklahoma
SS	Jake Brown	Iowa State
C	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor
OF	Jimbo McAuliff	Oklahoma State
OF	Jake Bollig	Oklahoma State
OF	John Cole	Nebraska
DH	Ben Himes	Texas A&M
DH	Matt Hopper	Nebraska
UT	Greg Dobbs	Oklahoma
P	Shane Komine	Nebraska
P	Chris French	Texas A&M
P	Chris Russ	Texas A&M
MOP	Dan Johnson	Nebraska

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
2. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

• Big 12 Tourney media guide
• Boydsworld 2001 Standings