2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2001 NCAA I
baseball tournament

Season	2001
Teams	64
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Miami (FL) (4th title)
Runner-up	Stanford (13th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Jim Morris (2nd title)
MOP	Charlton Jimerson (Miami (FL))

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 Most Outstanding Player was Charlton Jimerson of Miami (FL).

National Seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

1. Cal State Fullerton
2. Miami (FL)
3. Southern California
4. Stanford
5. Tulane
6. Georgia
7. East Carolina
8. Nebraska

Regionals & Super Regionals

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

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	46–16 (14–4)	George Horton	10 (last: 1999)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995)	23–16
Georgia	SEC	47–20 (20–10)	Ron Polk	2 (last: 1990)	1st (1990)	4–3
Miami (FL)	n/a	49–12 (n/a)	Jim Morris	18 (last: 1999)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999)	39–30
Nebraska	Big 12	50–14 (20–8)	Dave van Horn	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Southern California	Pac-10	44–17 (18–6)	Mike Gillespie	20 (last: 2000)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998)	73–24
Stanford	Pac-10	48–16 (17–7)	Mark Marquess	12 (last: 2000)	1st (1987, 1988)	28–21
Tennessee	SEC	46–18 (18–12)	Rod Delmonico	2 (last: 1995)	2nd (1951)	6–4
Tulane	C-USA	55–11 (21–6)	Rick Jones	0 (last: none)	none	0–0

Results

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 8	Game 1	Stanford	13–11	Tulane
	Game 2	Cal State Fullerton	5–4	Nebraska
June 9	Game 3	Southern California	11–5	Georgia
	Game 4	Miami (FL)	21–13	Tennessee
June 10	Game 5	Tulane	6–5	Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
	Game 6	Stanford	5–2 (10)	Cal State Fullerton
June 11	Game 7	Tennessee	19–12	Georgia	Georgia eliminated
	Game 8	Miami (FL)	4–3	Southern California
June 12	Game 9	Cal State Fullerton	11–2	Tulane	Tulane eliminated
	Game 10	Tennessee	10–2	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 13	Game 11	Stanford	4–1	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 14	Game 12	Miami (FL)	12–6	Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
June 16	Final	Miami (FL)	12–1	Stanford	Miami (FL) wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Jeff Bruksch	Junior	Stanford
	Tom Farmer	Senior	Miami (FL)
Catcher	Ryan Garko	Sophomore	Stanford
First baseman	Kevin Brown	Senior	Miami (FL)
Second baseman	David Bacani	Senior	Cal State Fullerton
Third baseman	Charlie Fod	Senior	Georgia
Shortstop	Chris Burke	Junior	Tennessee
Outfielder	Jeff Christensen	Senior	Tennessee
	Sam Fuld	Freshman	Stanford
	Charlton Jimerson	Senior	Miami (FL)
Designated hitter	Danny Matienzo	Sophomore	Miami (FL)

Notable players

• Cal State Fullerton: Chad Cordero, Kirk Saarloos
• Georgia: Jeff Keppinger, Charlie Ford
• Miami (FL): Charlton Jimerson
• Nebraska:
• Southern California: Mark Prior
• Stanford: Ryan Garko, Sam Fuld
• Tennessee: Chris Burke
• Tulane: Andy Cannizaro