2001 Conference USA Tournament

The 2001 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, LA. #1 Tulane University defeated #3 University of South Florida for the title. Barth Melius of Tulane was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Tulane University	21-6	Rick Jones
2	University of Houston	20-7	Rayner Noble
3	University of South Florida	16-11	Eddie Cardieri
4	University of Cincinnati	16-11	Brian Cleary
5	University of Memphis	13-14	Dave Anderson
6	University of Louisville	13-14	Lelo Prado
7	University of Southern Mississippi	11-16	Corky Palmer
8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	10-17	Loren Hibbs

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Tulane	4
	8	UNC Charlotte	8
						8	UNC Charlotte	2
						5	Memphis	4
	4	Cincinnati	5
	5	Memphis	8
											5	Memphis	6	2
										1	Tulane	7	7
	1	Tulane	9
	4	Cincinnati	7
						8	UNC Charlotte	2
						1	Tulane	6
																1	Tulane	21	x	x
																3	South Florida	4	x	x
	2	Houston	2
	7	Southern Miss	6
						7	Southern Miss	18
						3	South Florida	5
	3	South Florida	10
	6	Louisville	5
											7	Southern Miss	4	4
										3	South Florida	6	7
	2	Houston	5
	6	Louisville	6
						3	South Florida	7
						6	Louisville	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 16
Game 1	University of Southern Mississippi	6-2	University of Houston
Game 2	University of South Florida	10-5	University of Louisville
Game 3	University of Memphis	8-5	University of Cincinnati
Game 4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	8-4	Tulane University
May 17
Game 5	University of Louisville	6-5	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
Game 6	Tulane University	9-7	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 7	University of Southern Mississippi	18-5	University of South Florida
Game 8	University of Memphis	4-2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
May 18
Game 9	University of South Florida	7-3 (10)	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 10	Tulane University	6-2	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
May 19
Game 11	University of South Florida	6-4	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 12	Tulane University	7-6	University of Memphis
Game 13	University of South Florida	7-4	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Mississippi eliminated
Game 14	Tulane University	7-2	University of Memphis	Memphis eliminated
May 20
Game 15	Tulane University	21-4	University of South Florida	Tulane advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF Ben Drawdy, USF
• IF Mike Eylward, USF
• IF Anthony Giarratano, Tulane
• IF Jake Gautreau, Tulane
• OF Daniel Boyd, USF
• OF Bill Naharodny, USF
• OF Clint Stoy, Southern Miss
• C Scott Madden, Tulane
• DH Kris Courier, USF
• SP Beau Richardson, Tulane
• RP Barth Melius, Tulane