2001 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2001 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 16 - 19 in Lafayette, LA. #2 University of South Alabama defeated #1 Middle Tennessee State University for the title. Outfielder Ryan Mulhern of South Alabama was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Middle Tennessee State University	17-10	Steve Peterson
2	University of South Alabama	17-10	Steve Kittrell
3	Florida International University	16-11	Danny Price
4	Western Kentucky University	14-13	Joel Murrie
5	University of New Orleans	13-14	Randy Bush
6	Louisiana Tech University	12-14	Jeff Richardson
7	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	12-15	Brian Rhees
8	Arkansas State University	12-15	Bill Bethea

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Middle Tenn. St.	4
	8	Arkansas State	0
						1	Middle Tenn. St.	9
						4	Western Kentucky	4
	4	Western Kentucky	2
	5	New Orleans	1
											1	Middle Tenn. St.	4	x
										5	New Orleans	2	x
	8	Arkansas State	0
	5	New Orleans	6
						4	Western Kentucky	4
						5	New Orleans	13
																1	Middle Tenn. St.	2	x	x
																2	South Alabama	11	x	x
	2	South Alabama	4
	7	Ark.-Little Rock	5
						7	Ark.-Little Rock	8
						6	Louisiana Tech	11
	3	Florida International	3
	6	Louisiana Tech	5
											6	Louisiana Tech	5	3
										2	South Alabama	18	6
	2	South Alabama	9
	3	Florida International	7
						7	Ark.-Little Rock	2
						2	South Alabama	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Louisiana Tech University	5-3 (10)	Florida International University
Game 2	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	5-4	University of South Alabama
Game 3	Western Kentucky University	2-1	University of New Orleans
Game 4	Middle Tennessee State University	4-0	Arkansas State University
Game 5	University of South Alabama	9-7	Florida International University	Florida International eliminated
Game 6	University of New Orleans	6-0	Arkansas State University	Arkansas State eliminated
Game 7	Louisiana Tech University	11-8	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Game 8	Middle Tennessee State University	9-4	Western Kentucky University
Game 9	University of South Alabama	9-2	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Arkansas Little Rock eliminated
Game 10	University of New Orleans	13-4	Western Kentucky University	Western Kentucky eliminated
Game 11	University of South Alabama	18-5	Louisiana Tech University
Game 12	Middle Tennessee State University	4-2 (10)	University of New Orleans	New Orleans eliminated
Game 13	University of South Alabama	6-3	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 14	University of South Alabama	11-2	Middle Tennessee State University	South Alabama advances to NCAA tournament