1996 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1996 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Indiana  (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Morgan  (1st title)
MVP Dan Ferrell (Indiana)
1996 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Penn State  198 .7043224 .571
Indiana  y188 .6924318 .705
Illinois  1710 .6303722 .627
Michigan  1711 .6072430 .444
Minnesota  1512 .5563026 .536
Ohio State  1513 .5363620 .643
Iowa  1313 .5002522 .532
Northwestern  1018 .3572629 .473
Purdue  819 .2962232 .407
Michigan State  424 .1431441 .255
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1996 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Penn State 198.704
1
Indiana 188.692
.5
2
Illinois 1710.630
2
3
Michigan 1711.607
2.5
4
Minnesota 1512.556
4
Ohio State 1513.536
4.5
Iowa 1313.500
5.5
Northwestern 1018.357
9.5
Purdue 819.296
11
Michigan State 424.143
15.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Penn State 14
4 Michigan 3
1Penn State2
2Indiana6
2 Indiana 6
3 Illinois 3
2Indiana56
3Illinois84
Lower round 1Lower final
1Penn State3
4Michigan43Illinois11
3Illinois7

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJason WollardIllinois
PDan FerrellIndiana
CMatt BraughlerIndiana
1BPhil BertolottiPenn State
2BBrian McClureIllinois
SSJosh KlimekIllinois
3BMike CrottyIndiana
OFDanny RhodesIllinois
OFRyan DillonIndiana
OFMike SpisakIndiana
OFJason AlcarazMichigan
DHTodd McClureIllinois

Most Outstanding Player

Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.