2014 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

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2014 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Indiana  (4th title)
Winning coach Tracy Smith  (3rd title)
MVPKyle Schwarber (Indiana)
Television BTN
2014 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Indiana  y2130 .87542130 .764
No. 26 Nebraska  y1860 .75040190 .678
Illinois  1770 .70832210 .604
Minnesota  13110 .54227240 .529
Michigan  13110 .54230291 .508
Michigan State  11130 .45831260 .544
Iowa  10140 .41730230 .566
Ohio State  10140 .41730280 .517
Northwestern  7160 .30419330 .365
Purdue  6180 .25013370 .260
Penn State  5180 .21718320 .360
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2014 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE from May 21 through 25. The eight team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won their second consecutive, and fourth overall, tournament championship and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the first time the event was held in Omaha and the first time it featured eight teams. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2014 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invitations to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. This was the first year of this format in the Big Ten. [5] [6] [8] [9]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Indiana 213.875
1
Nebraska 186.750
3
2
Illinois 177.708
4
3
Minnesota 1311.542
8
4
Michigan 1311.542
8
5
Michigan State 1113.458
10
6
Ohio State 1014.417
11
7
Iowa 1014.417
11
8
Northwestern 716.304
13.5
Purdue 618.250
15
Penn State 518.217
15.5

Tournament

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Indiana 5
8 Iowa 2
1Indiana5
5 Michigan 0
4 Minnesota 2
5 Michigan 3
1Indiana7
6 Michigan State 4
7 Ohio State 5
3 Illinois 6
3 Illinois 2
6Michigan State11
1Indiana8
2 Nebraska 4
2 Nebraska 7
7 Ohio State 6
2Nebraska3
6 Michigan State 2
3 Illinois 1
6 Michigan State 2
2Nebraska6
5 Michigan 1
8 Iowa 2
4 Minnesota 1
8 Iowa 1
5Michigan7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [7]

PosNameSchool
PChristian MorrisIndiana
PAaron BummerNebraska
PKyle KubatNebraska
CJoel FisherMichigan State
1BDan OlingerMinnesota
2BCasey RodrigueIndiana
2BPat KellyNebraska
SSTravis MaezesMichigan
3BDustin DeMuthIndiana
DHScott DonleyIndiana
OF Kyle Schwarber Indiana
OFCam GibsonMichigan State
OF Ryan Boldt Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kyle Schwarber, an outfielder for Indiana, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. [7]

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