2009 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2009 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Indiana  (2nd title)
Winning coach Tracy Smith  (1st title)
MVP Matt Bashore (Indiana)
2009 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Ohio State  y186 .7504219 .689
No. 26 Minnesota  y176 .7394019 .678
Indiana  y167 .6963227 .542
Illinois  168 .6673420 .630
Michigan State  1311 .5422331 .426
Purdue  1112 .4782526 .490
Michigan  915 .3753025 .545
Penn State  816 .3332526 .490
Northwestern  517 .2271435 .286
Iowa  419 .1741635 .314
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009 [1] [2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 20 through 24. Third seeded Indiana won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2009 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous seven 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
Ohio State 186.7501
Minnesota 176.739.52
Indiana 167.6961.53
Illinois 168.66724
Michigan State 1311.54255
Purdue 1112.4786.56
Michigan 915.3759
Penn State 816.33310
Northwestern 517.22712
Iowa 419.17413.5

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Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Ohio State 7
5 Michigan State 54Illinois4
4 Illinois 161Ohio State3
3Indiana13
2 Minnesota 3
6Purdue13Indiana12
3 Indiana 9
3Indiana13
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Minnesota9
2Minnesota131Ohio State6
6Purdue34Illinois4
6 Purdue 122Minnesota12
5Michigan State9

* - Indicats game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PEric ArnettIndiana
PMatt BashoreIndiana
PTim BuskeMinnesota
CDan BurkhartOhio State
1BNick O'SheaMinnesota
2BDerek McCallumMinnesota
3BVince GonzalezIndiana
SS Jake Dunning Indiana
OFPete CappettaIllinois
OFKipp SchutzIndiana
OF Eric Decker Minnesota
DH Alex Dickerson Indiana

Most Outstanding Player

Matt Bashore was named Most Outstanding Player. Bashore was a pitcher for Indiana. [3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2009". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 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 May 16, 2013.