2001 Conference USA baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2001 Conference USA
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Zephyr Field
* New Orleans, Louisiana

Champions| Tulane (4th title)
Winning coach| Rick Jones (4th title)
MVP| Barth Melius (Tulane)

* ← 2000
* C-USA baseball tournament
* 2002 →

2001 Conference USA baseball standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | PCT |  |  | W |   | L |   | PCT
No. 6 Tulane  ‍†‍‡‍y | 21 | – | 6 |   | .778 |  |  | 56 | – | 13 |   | .812
Houston  ‍‍‍y | 20 | – | 7 |   | .741 |  |  | 29 | – | 30 |   | .492
South Florida  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 11 |   | .593 |  |  | 33 | – | 31 |   | .516
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ | 16 | – | 11 |   | .593 |  |  | 34 | – | 24 |   | .586
Memphis  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 14 |   | .481 |  |  | 34 | – | 24 |   | .586
Louisville  ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 14 |   | .481 |  |  | 32 | – | 29 |   | .525
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 16 |   | .407 |  |  | 27 | – | 32 |   | .458
Charlotte  ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 17 |   | .370 |  |  | 24 | – | 31 |   | .436
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ | 9 | – | 18 |   | .333 |  |  | 21 | – | 32 |   | .396
UAB  ‍‍‍ | 6 | – | 21 |   | .222 |  |  | 25 | – | 30 |   | .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2001 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 16 through 20. Tulane defeated South Florida in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

## Regular season results

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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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Tulane | 21 | 6 | .778 |

Houston | 20 | 7 | .741 |

South Florida | 16 | 11 | .593 |

Cincinnati | 16 | 11 | .593 |

Memphis | 13 | 14 | .481 |

Louisville | 13 | 14 | .481 |

Southern Miss | 11 | 16 | .407 |

Charlotte | 10 | 17 | .370 |

Saint Louis | 9 | 18 | .333 |

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UAB | 6 | 21 | .222 |

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* Records reflect conference play only.[2]

## Bracket

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 5| Memphis| 8
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| 4| Cincinnati| 5| |
| | | 8| Charlotte| 2
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| | | 5| Memphis| 4| |
| 8| Charlotte| 8| | | |
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| 1| Tulane| 4| |
| | | 5| Memphis| 6| 2
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| | | 1| Tulane| 7| 7| |
| 4| Cincinnati| 7| | | | | | |
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| 1| Tulane| 9| | | 8| Charlotte| 2
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| | | | 1| Tulane| 6| |
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| 3| South Florida| 4
| 7| Southern Miss| 6| | |
| | | | | 1| Tulane| 21
| 2| Houston| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | 7| Southern Miss| 18|
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| | | 3| South Florida| 5| |
| 6| Louisville| 5| | | |
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| 3| South Florida| 10| |
| | | 7| Southern Miss| 4| 4
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| | | 3| South Florida| 6| 7| |
| 6| Louisville| 6| | | | | | |
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| 2| Houston| 5| | | 6| Louisville| 3
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| | | | 3| South Florida| 7| |
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* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## All-tournament team

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Position  | Player  | School

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C  | Scott Madden  | Tulane
IF  | Ben Drawdy  | South Florida
IF  | Mike Eylward  | South Florida
IF  | Anthony Giarratano | Tulane
IF  | Jake Gautreau  | Tulane
OF  | Daniel Boyd  | South Florida
OF  | Bill Naharodny  | South Florida
OF  | Clint Stoy  | Southern Miss
DH  | Kris Courier  | South Florida
SP  | Beau Richardson  | Tulane
RP  | Barth Melius  | Tulane
MVP | Barth Melius  | Tulane

## References

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1. ^ "2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 75–93\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2001". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.

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