1997 Big Ten baseball tournament

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1997 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (4th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (4th title)
MVP Mike Lockwood (Ohio State)
1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan  179 .6543622 .621
No. 30 Ohio State  y1810 .6434218 .700
Purdue  1711 .6073025 .545
Illinois  1711 .6073227 .542
Minnesota  1510 .6003024 .556
Penn State  1214 .4622924 .547
Michigan State  1216 .4292628 .481
Indiana  816 .3333322 .600
Northwestern  919 .3212035 .364
Iowa  716 .3041730 .362
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan 179.654
1
Ohio State 1810.643
2
Purdue 1711.607
1
3
Illinois 1711.607
1
4
Minnesota 1510.600
1.5
Penn State 1214.462
5
Michigan State 1216.429
5
Indiana 816.333
8
Northwestern 919.321
9
Iowa 716.304
8

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Michigan 8
4 Illinois 4
1Michigan2
2Ohio State9
2 Ohio State 4
3 Purdue 2
2Ohio State8
1Michigan5
Lower round 1Lower final
1Michigan7
4Illinois84Illinois5
3Purdue3

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBrett WeberIllinois
P Justin Fry Ohio State
CMike KremblasOhio State
1BBryan BescoMichigan
2BD. J. SvihlikIllinois
SSBrian KalczynskiMichigan
3B Mike Cervenak Michigan
OFDerek BescoMichigan
OFJason DriscollOhio State
OFMike LockwoodOhio State
DHJason TrottOhio State

Most Outstanding Player

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

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". 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.