2001 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 2001 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Columbus, OH. #3 University of Minnesota defeated #6 University of Michigan for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Ohio State University	20-7	Bob Todd
2	Purdue University	19-7	Doug Schreiber
3	University of Minnesota	19-8	John Anderson
4	Pennsylvania State University	15-11	Joe Hindelang
5	University of Illinois	13-14	Itch Jones
6	University of Michigan	10-14	Geoff Zahn

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Ohio State	8
	6	Michigan	4			1	Ohio State	3
						4	Penn State	4
											4	Penn State	2
											6	Michigan	10
						6	Michigan	10
						2	Purdue	2
	2	Purdue	5													6	Michigan	2	x
	5	Illinois	9													3	Minnesota	3	x
						5	Illinois	11
						3	Minnesota	15
	3	Minnesota	4								3	Minnesota	6
	4	Penn State	2								1	Ohio State	5
						5	Illinois	0
						1	Ohio State	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Minnesota	4-2	Pennsylvania State University
Game 2	University of Illinois	9-5	Purdue University
Game 3	Ohio State University	8-4	University of Michigan
Game 4	University of Michigan	10-2	Purdue University	Purdue eliminated
Game 5	Pennsylvania State University	4-3	Ohio State University
Game 6	University of Minnesota	15-11	University of Illinois
Game 7	Ohio State University	10-0	University of Illinois	Illinois eliminated
Game 8	University of Michigan	10-2	Pennsylvania State University	Penn State eliminated
Game 9	University of Minnesota	6-5	Ohio State University	Ohio State eliminated
Game 10	University of Minnesota	3-2	University of Michigan	Minnesota advances to NCAA tournament