2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Finals Site
Champions Indiana (3rd title)
Winning coach Tracy Smith (2nd title)
MVP Sam Travis Indiana
Television BTN
2013 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#6 Indiana  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7 .708  49–16 .754
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  35–23 .603
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  29–30 .492
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13–8 .619  32–22 .593
Illinois  ‍‍‍y 14–10 .583  35–20 .636
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  29–27 .518
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12–9 .571  33–17 .660
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  22–27 .449
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  22–26 .458
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  17–34 .333
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .167  14–36 .280
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 19, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN from May 22 through 25. The six team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won the tournament to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The 2013 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the 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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Indiana177.708
–
1
Ohio State159.625
2
2
Nebraska159.625
2
3
Minnesota138.619
2.5
4
Illinois1410.583
3
5
Michigan1410.583
3
6
Michigan State129.571
3.5
–
Iowa1014.417
7
–
Northwestern915.375
8
–
Purdue618.250
11
–
Penn State420.167
13
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Minnesota 3     1 Indiana 4  
  5 Illinois 2     4 Minnesota 2    
      1 Indiana 11              
      2 Ohio St 3              
  3 Nebraska 11     2 Ohio State 3          
  6 Michigan 2     3 Nebraska 2        
        1 Indiana 6 4
Loser's Bracket       3 Nebraska 7 3
  5 Illinois 3        
  6 Michigan 2          
      5 Illinois 1        
      4 Minnesota 3          
            3 Nebraska 7              
          4 Minnesota 3              
      2 Ohio State 0    
    3 Nebraska 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
PWill Coursen-CarrIndiana
PAaron SlegersIndiana
PChristian DeLeonNebraska
DHEli GoldarisIndiana
CKyle SchwarberIndiana
1BSam TravisIndiana
2BPat KellyNebraska
3BDustin DeMuthIndiana
SSThomas LindauerIllinois
SSBryan PetersNebraska
OFCasey SmithIndiana
OFTroy LarsonMinnesota
OFChad ChristensenNebraska
DHKash KalkowskiNebraska

Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten 2012-2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "BTN rolls out baseball, softball schedules". Big Ten Network. February 14, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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