2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Finals Site
Champions Purdue (1st title)
Winning coach Doug Schreiber (1st title)
MVP Kevin Plawecki Purdue
Television BTN
2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#15 Purdue  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7 .708  45–14 .763
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .667  32–28 .533
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  29–27 .518
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  35–23 .603
Michigan State  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .542  37–23 .617
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  33–27 .550
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  28–25 .528
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  29–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  23–27 .460
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  22–34 .393
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  18–36 .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.[2]

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Purdue177.708
–
1
Indiana168.667
1
2
Penn State159.625
2
3
Nebraska1410.583
3
4
Michigan State1311.542
4
5
Ohio State1113.458
6
6
Illinois1113.458
6
–
Minnesota1113.458
6
–
Iowa1014.417
7
–
Michigan816.333
9
–
Northwestern618.250
11
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  5 Michigan State 10     1 Purdue 5  
  4 Nebraska 9     6 Ohio State 4    
      1 Purdue 3              
      2 Indiana 0              
  6 Ohio State 12     2 Indiana 6          
  3 Penn State 5     5 Michigan State 4        
        1 Purdue 6 x
Loser's Bracket       2 Indiana 5 x
  4 Nebraska 12        
  3 Penn State 3          
      4 Nebraska 2        
      6 Ohio State 6          
            6 Ohio State 2              
          5 Michigan State 6              
      5 Michigan State 3*    
    2 Indiana 4*  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.[2]

PosNameSchool
PJonny HoffmanIndiana
PTony BucciferroMichigan State
PLance BreedlovePurdue
CKevin PlaweckiPurdue
1BRyan KrillMichigan State
1BRichard StockNebraska
2BMicah JohnsonIndiana
3BCameron PerkinsPurdue
SSKirby PellantOhio State
SSDavid MillerPurdue
OFWill NoldenIndiana
OFAnthony ChekyMichigan State
OFBarrett SerratoPurdue
DHMichael PritchardNebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Baseball Standings and Leaders". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title". purduesports.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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