2011 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2011 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site
Champions Illinois  (4th title)
Television BTN
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan State  159 .6253621 .632
Illinois  159 .6253027 .526
Purdue  1410 .5833720 .649
Minnesota  1311 .5422524 .510
Ohio State  1311 .5422627 .491
Penn State  1212 .5003222 .593
Indiana  1113 .4583025 .545
Northwestern  1013 .4352029 .408
Iowa  915 .3752032 .385
Michigan  716 .3041737 .315
Conference champion
Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011 [1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Contents

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results, with head-to-head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Illinois 159.6251
Michigan State 159.6252
Purdue 1410.58313
Ohio State 1311.54224
Minnesota 1311.54225
Penn State 1212.450036
Indiana 1113.4584
Northwestern 1013.4354.5
Iowa 915.3756
Michigan 716.3047.5

Format

The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Michigan State7
4Ohio State53Purdue1
5Minnesota32Michigan State1
1Illinois4
1Illinois5
3Purdue74Ohio State4
6Penn State2
1Illinois9
2Michigan State1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Michigan State6
3Purdue05Minnesota3
4Ohio State45Minnesota1
5Minnesota85Minnesota9
6Penn State2

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References

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  2. 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-06-29.