2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was played at the end of the 2001 [NCAA Division I baseball season] to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fifty fifth year. Sixteen regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event, with each winner advancing to a best of three series against another regional champion for the right to play in the College World Series. Each region was composed of four teams, resulting in 64 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fifty-fifth tournament's champion was Miami (FL), coached by Jim Morris. The College [World Series Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player] was Charlton Jimerson of Miami (FL).

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.
  1. Cal State Fullerton
  2. Miami
  3. Southern California
  4. Stanford
  5. Tulane
  6. Georgia
  7. East Carolina
  8. '''Nebraska'''

Regionals and super regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings. Italics indicates host.

College World Series

Results

Bracket


Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 8Game 1Stanford13–11
June 8Game 22001 [Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]5–4Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team|Nebraska]
June 9Game 3Southern California11–5
June 9Game 4Miami (FL)21–13
June 10Game 56–5NebraskaNebraska eliminated
June 10Game 6Stanford5–2 Cal State Fullerton
June 11Game 719–12Georgia eliminated
June 11Game 84–3Southern California
June 12Game 9Cal State Fullerton11–2Tulane eliminated
June 12Game 1010–2Southern CaliforniaSouthern California eliminated
June 13Game 11Stanford4–1Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton eliminated
June 14Game 12Miami (FL)12–6Tennessee eliminated
June 16FinalMiami (FL)12–1StanfordMiami wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PJeff BrukschStanford
PTom FarmerMiami
CRyan GarkoStanford
1BKevin BrownMiami
2BDavid BacaniCal State Fullerton
3BCharlie FodGeorgia
SSChris BurkeTennessee
OFJeff ChristensenTennessee
OFSam FuldStanford
OFCharlton Jimerson Miami
DHDanny MatienzoMiami

Notable players

Cal State Fullerton: Chad Cordero, Kirk SaarloosGeorgia: Jeff Keppinger, Charlie FordMiami (FL): Charlton JimersonNebraska: Southern California: Mark PriorStanford: Ryan Garko, Sam FuldTennessee: Chris Burke Tulane: Andy Cannizaro