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2001 Conference USA
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Zephyr Field New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Tulane (4th title)
Winning coach	Rick Jones (4th title)
MVP	Barth Melius (Tulane)

2001 Conference USA baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Tulane  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	6		.778			56	–	13		.812
Houston  ‍‍‍y	20	–	7		.741			29	–	30		.492
South Florida  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			33	–	31		.516
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			34	–	24		.586
Memphis  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			34	–	24		.586
Louisville  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			32	–	29		.525
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			27	–	32		.458
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			24	–	31		.436
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			21	–	32		.396
UAB  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			25	–	30		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2001 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 16 through 20. Tulane defeated South Florida in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Regular season results

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Tulane	21	6	.778	-	1
Houston	20	7	.741	1	2
South Florida	16	11	.593	5	3
Cincinnati	16	11	.593	5	4
Memphis	13	14	.481	8	5
Louisville	13	14	.481	8	6
Southern Miss	11	16	.407	10	7
Charlotte	10	17	.370	11	8
Saint Louis	9	18	.333	12	--
UAB	6	21	.222	15	--

• Records reflect conference play only.

Bracket

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

• Bold indicates the winner of the game.
• Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Scott Madden	Tulane
IF	Ben Drawdy	South Florida
IF	Mike Eylward	South Florida
IF	Anthony Giarratano	Tulane
IF	Jake Gautreau	Tulane
OF	Daniel Boyd	South Florida
OF	Bill Naharodny	South Florida
OF	Clint Stoy	Southern Miss
DH	Kris Courier	South Florida
SP	Beau Richardson	Tulane
RP	Barth Melius	Tulane
MVP	Barth Melius	Tulane