2008 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2008 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (8th title)
Winning coach Rich Maloney  (2nd title)
MVP Michael Powers (Michigan)
2008 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Michigan  y265 .8394614 .767
Purdue  2110 .6773226 .552
Penn State  1715 .5312731 .466
Illinois  1615 .5163125 .554
Ohio State  1515 .5003026 .536
Indiana  1517 .4693130 .508
Northwestern  1418 .4382128 .429
Michigan State  1218 .4002429 .453
Minnesota  1021 .3232035 .364
Iowa  1022 .3132233 .400
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 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 seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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 265.839
1
Purdue 2110.677
5
2
Penn State 1715.531
9.5
3
Illinois 1615.516
10
4
Ohio State 1515.500
11
5
Indiana 1517.469
12
6
Northwestern 1418.438
12.5
Michigan State 1218.400
13.5
Minnesota 1021.323
16
Iowa 1022.312
16.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Michigan 5
3 Penn State 64Illinois2
6 Indiana 11Michigan6
2Purdue1
2 Purdue 15
4 Illinois 33Penn State6
5 Ohio State 2
1Michigan3
2Purdue2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Purdue11
3Penn State86Indiana7
4Illinois76Indiana11
5Ohio State8*6Indiana14
6Indiana10*

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PKevin MansonIllinois
PChris FetterMichigan
P Zach Putnam Michigan
PMichael PowersMichigan
C Dan Black Purdue
1BJerrud SabourinIndiana
2BCory KovandaOhio State
SSTyler CoxIndiana
3BAdam AbrahamMichigan
OFChris HerveyIndiana
OFKevin CisloMichigan
OFJon MoorePurdue
DHMichael EarleyIndiana
DHRob YodicePenn State

Most Outstanding Player

Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 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 12, 2013.