1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (4th title)
MVP Tim McIntosh Minnesota
1986 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
#28 Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y 13–3 .813  42–17 .712
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–7 .563  37–27 .578
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  43–17 .717
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 7–9 .438  28–26 .519
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4–12 .250  21–27 .438
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍ 10–5 .667  40–19 .678
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10–6 .625  35–22 .614
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–7 .563  39–14 .736
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8–8 .500  34–19 .642
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 2–13 .133  29–27 .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1986 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan133.813
–
1E
Purdue97.563
4
2E
Indiana79.438
6
–
Michigan State79.438
6
–
Ohio State412.250
9
–
West Division
Minnesota105.667
–
1W
Wisconsin105.667
–
2W
Northwestern97.563
1.5
–
Illinois88.500
2.5
–
Iowa213.133
8
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1E Michigan 12  
2W Wisconsin 11  
  1E Michigan 10  
  1W Minnesota 7  
1W Minnesota 16
2E Purdue 4  
  1E Michigan 9 —
  1W Minnesota 5 —
2W Wisconsin 14  
2E Purdue 10  
  1W Minnesota 13
  2W Wisconsin 3  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJim AbbottMichigan
PGreg MauMinnesota
CBrad BarsnessWisconsin
1BScott CepickyWisconsin
2BSteven FinkenMichigan
SSMark HessMinnesota
3BJeff GoergenMinnesota
OFCasey CloseMichigan
OFTim McIntoshMinnesota
OFBob ShouldersPurdue
DHJay KvasnickaMinnesota
DHEddy WoolwineMichigan

Most Outstanding Player

Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 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 10, 2013.
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