2007 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2007 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (8th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (8th title)
MVPCory Luebke (Ohio State)
2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 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

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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]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 21 7 .750
1
Minnesota 18 9 .667
2.5
2
Penn State 20 10 .667
2
3
Iowa 17 13 .567
5
4
Illinois 16 14 .533
6
5
Ohio State 15 15 .500
7
6
Michigan State 15 16 .484
7
Purdue 11 20 .355
12
Northwestern 9 23 .281
13
Indiana 8 23 .258
14.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Michigan2
3Penn State36Ohio State4
6Ohio State106Ohio State10
2Minnesota9†
2Minnesota10
4Iowa35Illinois3
5Illinois12
6Ohio State4
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Minnesota4
5Illinois23Penn State3
1Michigan5*3Penn State6
6Penn State53Penn State6*
4Iowa3

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

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Bill Johnson Minnesota
P Cory Luebke Ohio State
P Jake Hale Ohio State
C Kevin Carlson Minnesota
1B Bryan Jost Minnesota
2B Matt Cavagnaro Penn State
SS Dan Lyons Minnesota
3B Tony Kennedy Ohio State
OF Derek VanBuskirk Michigan
OF Mike Mee Minnesota
OF Kyle Baran Minnesota
OF Matt Nohelty Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

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

References

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  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. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.