2002 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2002 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (5th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (5th title)
MVP Joe Wilkins (Ohio State)
2002 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  1810 .6433226 .552
Ohio State  y1811 .6213820 .655
Michigan State  1612 .5713819 .667
Indiana  1514 .5173520 .636
Iowa  1516 .4842629 .473
Northwestern  1415 .4832629 .473
Illinois  1415 .4833219 .627
Michigan  1417 .4522132 .396
Purdue  1319 .4062432 .429
Penn State  1119 .3672330 .434
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game. [3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota 1810.643
1
Ohio State 1811.621
.5
2
Michigan State 1612.571
2
3
Indiana 1514.517
3.5
4
Iowa 1516.484
4.5
5
Northwestern 1415.483
4.5
6
Illinois 1415.483
4.5
Michigan 1417.452
5.5
Purdue 1319.406
6.5
Penn State 1119.367
7.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Minnesota 2
3 Michigan State 26Northwestern5
6 Northwestern 46Northwestern2
2Ohio State5
2 Ohio State 11*
4 Indiana 74Indiana10*
5 Iowa 4
2Ohio State6
1Minnesota3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Northwestern5
1Minnesota61Minnesota11
4Indiana13Michigan State0
3Michigan State133Michigan State14
5Iowa9

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGabe RibasNorthwestern
PE. J. LarattaOhio State
P Scott Lewis Ohio State
CJoe WilkinsOhio State
1BBrad CarlsonIowa
2BLuke AppertMinnesota
SSEric BlakeleyIndiana
3BDrew AndersonOhio State
OFBob MalekMichigan State
OFDoug DeedsOhio State
OFDoug DendingerOhio State
DHBen PatteeMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2002". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 5, 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 April 5, 2013.