2001 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament

2001 Colonial Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Coy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field; Manteo, North Carolina;
Champions	William & Mary (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Farr (1st title)
MVP	Mike O'Kelly (William & Mary)
	← 2000; baseball tournament; 2002 →;

The 2001 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Coy Tillett Sr. Memorial Field in Manteo, North Carolina, from May 15 through 19. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2001 season. Second-seeded William & Mary won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Teams6

Finals site

ChampionsWilliam & Mary (1st title)

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2001 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 East Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	2	.905	47	–	13	.783
No. 24 VCU ‍‍‍^y	12	–	8	.600	41	–	19	.683
William & Mary ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	9	.571	35	–	20	.636
UNC Wilmington ‍‍‍	11	–	9	.550	33	–	22	.600
James Madison ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	36	–	23	.610
Richmond ‍‍‍	7	–	13	.350	27	–	26	.509
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	19	–	37	.339
George Mason ‍‍‍	5	–	15	.250	21	–	32	.396

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament East Carolina and Richmond were ineligible for the Conference Tournament as they prepared to depart the conference. As of June 30, 2001^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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Entering the event, East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Old Dominion and Richmond had each won three, while George Mason had won twice.^[2]

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