The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Ball Diamond on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
This was the thirteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion.
Fourth seed Kent State won its third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
[2][3] The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament.
[4] John VanBenschoten won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award.