2007 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2007 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (8th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd  (8th title)
MVP Cory Luebke (Ohio State)
2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Michigan  y217 .7504219 .689
Penn State  2010 .6673126 .544
Minnesota  y189 .6674118 .695
Iowa  1713 .5673123 .574
Illinois  1614 .5333127 .534
Ohio State  y1515 .5003824 .613
Michigan State  1516 .4842526 .490
Purdue  1120 .3552232 .407
Northwestern  923 .2811836 .333
Indiana  823 .2581935 .352
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 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 six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

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Format and seeding

The 2007 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Minnesota earned the second seed over Penn State by tiebreaker. As in the previous five years, 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
Michigan 217.750
1
Minnesota 189.667
2.5
2
Penn State 2010.667
2
3
Iowa 1713.567
5
4
Illinois 1614.533
6
5
Ohio State 1515.500
7
6
Michigan State 1516.484
7
Purdue 1120.355
12
Northwestern 923.281
13
Indiana 823.258
14.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Michigan 2
3 Penn State 36Ohio State4
6 Ohio State 106Ohio State10
2Minnesota9†
2 Minnesota 10
4 Iowa 35Illinois3
5 Illinois 12
6Ohio State4
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Minnesota4
5Illinois23Penn State3
1Michigan5*3Penn State6
6Penn State53Penn State6*
4Iowa3

* - Indicates game required 10 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBill JohnsonMinnesota
P Cory Luebke Ohio State
PJake HaleOhio State
CKevin CarlsonMinnesota
1BBryan JostMinnesota
2BMatt CavagnaroPenn State
SSDan LyonsMinnesota
3BTony KennedyOhio State
OFDerek VanBuskirkMichigan
OFMike MeeMinnesota
OFKyle BaranMinnesota
OFMatt NoheltyMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Cory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State. [3]

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References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
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