1997 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Ohio State (4th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (4th title)
MVP Mike Lockwood Ohio State
1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 17–9 .654  36–22 .621
#30 Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–10 .643  42–18 .700
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .607  30–25 .545
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .607  32–27 .542
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15–10 .600  30–24 .556
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–14 .462  29–24 .547
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .429  26–28 .481
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  33–22 .600
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  20–35 .364
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .304  17–30 .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan179.654
–
1
Ohio State1810.643
–
2
Purdue1711.607
1
3
Illinois1711.607
1
4
Minnesota1510.600
1.5
–
Penn State1214.462
5
–
Michigan State1216.429
5
–
Indiana816.333
8
–
Northwestern919.321
9
–
Iowa716.304
8
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Michigan 8  
4 Illinois 4  
  1 Michigan 2  
  2 Ohio State 9  
2 Ohio State 4
3 Purdue 2  
  2 Ohio State 8 —
  1 Michigan 5 —
4 Illinois 8  
3 Purdue 3  
  1 Michigan 7
  4 Illinois 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBrett WeberIllinois
PJustin FryOhio State
CMike KremblasOhio State
1BBryan BescoMichigan
2BD. J. SvihlikIllinois
SSBrian KalczynskiMichigan
3BMike CervenakMichigan
OFDerek BescoMichigan
OFJason DriscollOhio State
OFMike LockwoodOhio State
DHJason TrottOhio State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Lockwood was named Most Outstanding Player. Lockwood was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.
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