2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals Site
Champions Illinois (4th title)
Television BTN
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Michigan State  ‍†‍‍ 15–9 .625  36–21 .632
Illinois  ‍†‍‡‍ 15–9 .625  30–27 .526
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  37–20 .649
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  25–24 .510
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  26–27 .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .500  32–22 .593
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  30–25 .545
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .435  20–29 .408
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  20–32 .385
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .304  17–37 .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results, with head to head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Illinois159.625
–
1
Michigan State159.625
–
2
Purdue1410.583
1
3
Ohio State1311.542
2
4
Minnesota1311.542
2
5
Penn State1212.4500
3
6
Indiana1113.458
4
–
Northwestern1013.435
4.5
–
Iowa915.375
6
–
Michigan716.304
7.5
–

Format

The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

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

[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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