2000 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2000 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Illinois (3rd title)
Winning coach Itch Jones (1st title)
MVP Jason Anderson Illinois
2000 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y 20–8 .714  38–22 .633
#19 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 18–9 .667  41–17 .707
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .607  35–23 .603
Illinois  ‍‍‡‍y 17–11 .607  41–21 .661
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .536  37–23 .617
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13–15 .464  30–27 .526
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  19–35 .352
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .357  20–32 .385
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  20–36 .357
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  29–27 .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the nineteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2000 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Purdue claimed the third seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. This was the first year of the expanded six team format, with all previous years being four team events.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota208.714
–
1
Penn State189.667
1.5
2
Purdue1711.607
3
3
Illinois1711.607
3
4
Ohio State1513.536
5
5
Northwestern1315.464
7
6
Iowa1117.393
9
–
Michigan1018.357
10
–
Michigan State918.333
10.5
–
Indiana919.321
11
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Minnesota 8  
  6 Northwestern 4     1 Minnesota 1  
    3 Purdue 6    
      3 Purdue 8  
      5 Ohio State 9     5 Ohio State 0  
  6 Northwestern 2         4 Illinois 4    
  5 Ohio State 9        
  2 Penn State 8         4 Illinois 5
  5 Ohio State 7           2 Penn State 3
      2 Penn State 3        
      4 Illinois 5          
  3 Purdue 2           4 Illinois 0              
  4 Illinois 6         2 Penn State 6            
  1 Minnesota 2    
  2 Penn State 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJason AndersonIllinois
PDavid GassnerPurdue
CChris NetwallPenn State
1BNick SwisherOhio State
2BEric SpadtPenn State
3BCraig MarquieIllinois
OFJason TurnerOhio State
OFMichael CampoPenn State
OFNate SicklerPurdue
DHLuke AppertMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Jason Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player. Anderson was a pitcher for Illinois.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 26, 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 26, 2013.
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