1994 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

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1994 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (2nd title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (2nd title)
MVPMike Repasky (Ohio State)
1994 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Ohio State  y252 .926499 .845
No. 28 Minnesota  y217 .7504221 .667
Michigan  1315 .4642929 .500
Michigan State  1315 .4642629 .473
Iowa  1315 .4642232 .407
Penn State  1215 .4442524 .510
Indiana  1216 .4293323 .589
Illinois  1216 .4292626 .500
Northwestern  1018 .3573422 .607
Purdue  820 .2861639 .291
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1994 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1994 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan and Michigan State claimed the third and fourth seeds, respectively, by tiebreakers. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Ohio State 252.926
1
Minnesota 217.750
4.5
2
Michigan 1315.464
12.5
3
Michigan State 1315.464
12.5
4
Iowa 1315.464
12.5
Penn State 1215.444
13
Indiana 1216.429
13.5
Illinois 1216.429
13.5
Northwestern 1018.357
15.5
Purdue 820.286
17.5

Tournament

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Ohio State 12
4 Michigan State 5
1Ohio State6
Winner's bracket
2 Minnesota 5
2 Minnesota 8
3 Michigan 1
1Ohio State3* 9
3 Michigan 47
4 Michigan State 1
3Michigan5
2 Minnesota 2
Loser's bracket
3Michigan4

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [3]

PosNameSchool
PRon HollisMichigan
P Heath Murray Michigan
1BJonathan SweetOhio State
2B Mark Merila Minnesota
SSDave VeresMichigan State
3BMike EstepOhio State
OF Brian Simmons Michigan
OFCharlie NelsonMinnesota
OFMike RepaskyOhio State
DHScott WeaverMichigan
DHBrian ManninoOhio State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Repasky was named Most Outstanding Player. Repasky was an outfielder for Ohio State. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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