1982 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1982 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Minnesota (1st title)
Winning coach John Anderson (1st title)
MVP Terry Steinbach/Jeff King Minnesota/Ohio State
1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Ohio State  x‍‍‍ 13–3–0 .813  45–14–0 .763
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–3–0 .813  44–10–0 .815
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6–10–0 .375  36–23–0 .610
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 6–10–0 .375  25–29–0 .463
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 2–14–0 .125  25–28–0 .472
West
Illinois  x‍‍‍ 14–2–0 .875  49–23–0 .681
#26 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 8–8–0 .500  33–22–1 .598
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 7–9–0 .438  25–27–1 .481
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6–10–0 .375  0–0–0 –
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 5–11–0 .313  31–23–0 .574
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1982[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1982 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[3]

Format and seeding

The 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Ohio State133.813
–
1E
Michigan133.813
–
2E
Purdue610.375
7
–
Michigan State610.375
7
–
Indiana214.083
11
–
West Division
Illinois142.875
–
1W
Minnesota88.500
6
2W
Northwestern79.438
7
–
Wisconsin610.375
8
–
Iowa511.313
9
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Ohio State 5  
2W Minnesota 3  
  1E Ohio State 7  
  2E Michigan 2  
1W Illinois 2
2E Michigan 4  
  1E Ohio State 7 5
  2W Minnesota 8 7
2W Minnesota 8  
1W Illinois 3  
  2E Michigan 4
  2W Minnesota 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJeff InnisIllinois
PBill CunninghamOhio State
CJeff KingOhio State
1BTim RichardsonIllinois
2BGary JostMinnesota
SSBill PiwnicaMinnesota
OFJim PaciorekMichigan
OFTerry SteinbachMinnesota
OFJeff OrkisOhio State
OFKirk DixonOhio State
DHTim SteinbachMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1982". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
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