2006 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2006 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Michigan (7th title)
Winning coach Rich Maloney (1st title)
MVP Adam Abraham Michigan
2006 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 23–9 .719  43–21 .672
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 21–11 .656  26–33 .441
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 19–12 .613  37–21 .638
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 17–14 .548  34–26 .567
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 15–17 .469  31–27 .534
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–17 .469  29–29 .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13–19 .406  26–30 .464
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 13–19 .406  20–36 .357
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12–20 .375  23–30 .434
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11–21 .344  22–34 .393
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 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 six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2006 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Illinois earned the fifth seed over Purdue by tiebreaker. As in the previous four years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan239.719
–
1
Northwestern2111.656
2
2
Ohio State1912.613
3.5
3
Minnesota1714.548
5.5
4
Illinois1517.469
8
5
Purdue1517.469
8
6
Michigan State1319.406
10
–
Penn State1319.406
10
–
Iowa1220.375
11
–
Indiana1121.344
12
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Ohio State 2*     1 Michigan 1  
  6 Purdue 1*     4 Minnesota 6    
      4 Minnesota 7              
      3 Ohio State 4              
  4 Minnesota 8     2 Northwestern 0          
  5 Illinois 1     3 Ohio State 9        
        4 Minnesota 9 4
Loser's Bracket       1 Michigan 11 9
  6 Purdue 10        
  5 Illinois 5          
      2 Northwestern 8        
      6 Purdue 4          
            1 Michigan 8              
          2 Northwestern 3              
      3 Ohio State 2    
    1 Michigan 7  

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PAdam AbrahamMichigan
PCole DeVriesMinnesota
PCory LuebkeOhio State
CJeff KunkelMichigan
1BNick RecknagelMichigan
2BLuke MacLeanMinnesota
SSDan LyonsMinnesota
3BA. J. ScheidtMichigan
OFEric RoseMichigan
OFKyle BaranMinnesota
OFAntonie MuleNorthwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Adam Abraham was named Most Outstanding Player. Abraham was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2006". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 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 April 12, 2013.
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