2001 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2001 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Two pools of four-team double elimination
Finals site|

* Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
* Hoover, Alabama

Champions| Mississippi State (5th title)
Winning coach| Pat McMahon (1st title)
MVP| Chris Young (Mississippi State)
Attendance| 85,771

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* SEC baseball tournament
* 2002 →

2001 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Eastern
No. 8 Georgia x‍†‍‍y | 20 | - | 10 |  | .667 |  |  | 45 | - | 19 |  | .703
No. 4 Tennessee ‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 12 |  | .600 |  |  | 48 | - | 20 |  | .706
No. 15 South Carolina ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 48 | - | 18 |  | .727
Florida ‍‍‍y | 16 | - | 14 |  | .533 |  |  | 35 | - | 27 |  | .565
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 21 |  | .300 |  |  | 23 | - | 31 |  | .426
Kentucky ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 23 |  | .233 |  |  | 22 | - | 34 |  | .393
Western
No. 10 LSU x‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 12 |  | .600 |  |  | 44 | - | 22 |  | .667
#14 Mississippi State‡y ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 39 | - | 22 |  | .639
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 39 | - | 23 |  | .629
No. 30 Auburn ‍‍‍y | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 32 | - | 23 |  | .582
Alabama ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 32 | - | 23 |  | .582
Arkansas ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 19 |  | .367 |  |  | 27 | - | 29 |  | .482
x - Division champion
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama from May 16 through 20. Mississippi State defeated LSU in the championship game, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Regular-season results

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The top two teams (based on conference results) from both the Eastern and Western Divisions earned automatic invites to the tournament. The next four teams with the best conference winning percentages, regardless of division, qualified for the tournament at-large.

Eastern Division  | Team  | W  | L  | Pct  | GB  | Seed

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Georgia | 20  | 10  | .667  |

Tennessee | 18  | 12  | .600  |

South Carolina | 17  | 13  | .567  |

Florida | 16  | 14  | .533  |

Vanderbilt | 9  | 21  | .300  |

Kentucky | 7  | 23  | .233  |

Western Division  | Team  | W  | L  | Pct  | GB  | Seed

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LSU | 18  | 12  | .600  |

Mississippi State | 17  | 13  | .567  |

Ole Miss | 17  | 13  | .567  |

Auburn | 15  | 15  | .500  |

Alabama | 15  | 15  | .500  |

Arkansas | 11  | 19  | .367  |

## Tournament

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 6| Ole Miss| 17
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| 3| Tennessee| 6| |
| | | 2| LSU| 13
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| | | 6| Ole Miss| 2| |
| 7| Florida| 0| | | |
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| 2| LSU| 10| |
| | | 6| Ole Miss| 6| -
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| | | 2| LSU| 12| -| |
| 3| Tennessee| 3| | | | | | |
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| 7| Florida| 9| | | 7| Florida| 6
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| | | | 6| Ole Miss| 7| |
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| 2| LSU| 1
| 5| South Carolina| 1| | |
| | | | | 4| Mississippi State| 4
| 4| Mississippi State| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | 4| Mississippi State| 8|
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| | | 1| Georgia| 4| |
| 8| Auburn| 4| | | |
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| 1| Georgia| 8| |
| | | 5| South Carolina| 7| 0
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| | | 4| Mississippi State| 6| 1| |
| 8| Auburn| 4| | | | | | |
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| 5| South Carolina| 5| | | 1| Georgia| 2
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| | | | 5| South Carolina| 10| |
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* Kentucky, Alabama, Vanderbilt and Arkansas did not make the tournament.

## All-Tournament Team

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Most Valuable Player Chris Young, Mississippi State

Position  | Player  | School

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1B  | Josh Christian | Ole Miss
2B  | Bryon Jeffcoat | South Carolina
3B  | Lance Jones | Ole Miss
SS  | Chris Burke | Tennessee
C  | Matt Heath | LSU
OF  | Michael Floyd | South Carolina
OF  | Todd Linden | LSU
OF  | John West | Mississippi State
DH  | Jon Knott | Mississippi State
P  | Chris Young | Mississippi State
P  | Brandon Medders | Mississippi State
MVP | Chris Young | Mississippi State

## See also

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* College World Series
* NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
* Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2001". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

* SECSports.com All-Time Baseball Tournament Results
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