The 2001

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was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of

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, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the

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, the twentieth annual tournament sponsored by the

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to determine the league champion. won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the

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Format and seeding

The 2001 tournament was a 6-team

, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Most Outstanding Player

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was named Most Outstanding Player. Hannahan was a third baseman for Minnesota.

References

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Big Ten baseball tournament

Big Ten baseball tournament The Big Ten baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ...