2007 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Ohio State (8th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (8th title)
MVP Cory Luebke Ohio State
2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#20 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21–7 .750  42–19 .689
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .667  31–26 .544
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 18–9 .667  41–18 .695
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .567  31–23 .574
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .533  31–27 .534
Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 15–15 .500  38–24 .613
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 15–16 .484  25–26 .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11–20 .355  22–32 .407
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–23 .281  18–36 .333
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8–23 .258  19–35 .352
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 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 sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2007 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Minnesota earned the second seed over Penn State by tiebreaker. As in the previous five 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
Michigan217.750
–
1
Minnesota189.667
2.5
2
Penn State2010.667
2
3
Iowa1713.567
5
4
Illinois1614.533
6
5
Ohio State1515.500
7
6
Michigan State1516.484
7
–
Purdue1120.355
12
–
Northwestern923.281
13
–
Indiana823.258
14.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Penn State 3     1 Michigan 2  
  6 Ohio State 10     6 Ohio State 4    
      6 Ohio State 10†              
      2 Minnesota 9†              
  4 Iowa 3     2 Minnesota 10          
  5 Illinois 12     5 Illinois 3        
        6 Ohio State 4 —
Loser's Bracket       2 Minnesota 2 —
  6 Penn State 5        
  4 Iowa 3          
      1 Michigan 5*        
      3 Penn State 6*          
            5 Illinois 2              
          3 Penn State 6              
      2 Minnesota 4    
    3 Penn State 3  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PBill JohnsonMinnesota
PCory LuebkeOhio State
PJake HaleOhio State
CKevin CarlsonMinnesota
1BBryan JostMinnesota
2BMatt CavagnaroPenn State
SSDan LyonsMinnesota
3BTony KennedyOhio State
OFDerek VanBuskirkMichigan
OFMike MeeMinnesota
OFKyle BaranMinnesota
OFMatt NoheltyMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Cory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". 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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