2001 Big 12 Baseball Tournament

The 2001 Big 12 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.

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Regular season results

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Nebraska 20 8 .714 -- 1
Texas Tech 19 10 .655 1.5 2
Texas 19 11 .633 2 3
Baylor 17 10 .630 2.5 4
Oklahoma State 16 14 .533 5 5
Texas A&M 15 15 .500 6 6
Oklahoma 13 16 .448 7.5 7
Iowa State 11 15 .423 8 8
Kansas State 10 17 .370 9.5 --
Missouri 11 19 .367 10 --
Kansas 7 23 .233 14 --

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  

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

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