2008 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Michigan (8th title)
Winning coach Rich Maloney (2nd title)
MVP Michael Powers Michigan
2008 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#20 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 26–5 .839  46–14 .767
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 21–10 .677  32–26 .552
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17–15 .531  27–31 .466
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–15 .516  31–25 .554
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  30–26 .536
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15–17 .469  31–30 .508
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14–18 .438  21–28 .429
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  24–29 .453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10–21 .323  20–35 .364
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10–22 .313  22–33 .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 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 seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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
Michigan265.839
–
1
Purdue2110.677
5
2
Penn State1715.531
9.5
3
Illinois1615.516
10
4
Ohio State1515.500
11
5
Indiana1517.469
12
6
Northwestern1418.438
12.5
–
Michigan State1218.400
13.5
–
Minnesota1021.323
16
–
Iowa1022.312
16.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Penn State 6     1 Michigan 5  
  6 Indiana 1     4 Illinois 2    
      1 Michigan 6              
      2 Purdue 1              
  4 Illinois 3     2 Purdue 15          
  5 Ohio State 2     3 Penn State 6        
        1 Michigan 3 —
Loser's Bracket       2 Purdue 2 —
  5 Ohio State 8*        
  6 Indiana 10*          
      4 Illinois 7        
      6 Indiana 14          
            3 Penn State 8              
          6 Indiana 11              
      2 Purdue 11    
    6 Indiana 7  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PKevin MansonIllinois
PChris FetterMichigan
PZach PutnamMichigan
PMichael PowersMichigan
CDan BlackPurdue
1BJerrud SabourinIndiana
2BCory KovandaOhio State
SSTyler CoxIndiana
3BAdam AbrahamMichigan
OFChris HerveyIndiana
OFKevin CisloMichigan
OFJon MoorePurdue
DHMichael EarleyIndiana
DHRob YodicePenn State

Most Outstanding Player

Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers 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 -- 2008". 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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