2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2012 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Finals site
Champions Purdue  (1st title)
Winning coach Doug Schreiber  (1st title)
MVP Kevin Plawecki (Purdue)
Television BTN
2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Purdue  y177 .7084514 .763
Indiana  168 .6673228 .533
Penn State  159 .6252927 .518
Nebraska  1410 .5833523 .603
Michigan State  y1311 .5423723 .617
Ohio State  1113 .4583327 .550
Illinois  1113 .4582825 .528
Minnesota  1113 .4582927 .518
Iowa  1014 .4172327 .460
Michigan  816 .3332234 .393
Northwestern  618 .2501836 .333
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012 [1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Purdue 177.7081
Indiana 168.66712
Penn State 159.62523
Nebraska 1410.58334
Michigan State 1311.54245
Ohio State 1113.45866
Illinois 1113.4586
Minnesota 1113.4586
Iowa 1014.4177
Michigan 816.3339
Northwestern 618.25011

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Purdue 5
5 Michigan State 106Ohio State4
4 Nebraska 91Purdue3
2Indiana0
2 Indiana 6
6 Ohio State 125Michigan State4
3 Penn State 5
1Purdue6
2Indiana5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Michigan State3*
6Ohio State22Indiana4*
4Nebraska25Michigan State6
4Nebraska126Ohio State6
3Penn State3

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties. [2]

PosNameSchool
PJonny HoffmanIndiana
PTony BucciferroMichigan State
PLance BreedlovePurdue
C Kevin Plawecki Purdue
1BRyan KrillMichigan State
1BRichard StockNebraska
2BMicah JohnsonIndiana
3B Cameron Perkins Purdue
SSKirby PellantOhio State
SSDavid MillerPurdue
OFWill NoldenIndiana
OFAnthony ChekyMichigan State
OFBarrett SerratoPurdue
DHMichael PritchardNebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award. [2]

References

  1. "2012 Baseball Standings and Leaders". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title". purduesports.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.