Collegiate baseball tournament
Teams | 6 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Indiana (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Tracy Smith (1st title) |
MVP | Matt Bashore (Indiana) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Ohio State † | 18 | – | 6 | .750 | 42 | – | 19 | .689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 26 Minnesota | 17 | – | 6 | .739 | 40 | – | 19 | .678 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana ‡ | 16 | – | 7 | .696 | 32 | – | 27 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 34 | – | 20 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 23 | – | 31 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | 25 | – | 26 | .490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 25 | – | 26 | .490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 5 | – | 17 | .227 | 14 | – | 35 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 4 | – | 19 | .174 | 16 | – | 35 | .314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2009 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2009 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 20 through 24. Third seeded Indiana won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding
The 2009 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous seven 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.
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Ohio State | 18 | 6 | .750 | – | 1 |
Minnesota | 17 | 6 | .739 | .5 | 2 |
Indiana | 16 | 7 | .696 | 1.5 | 3 |
Illinois | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2 | 4 |
Michigan State | 13 | 11 | .542 | 5 | 5 |
Purdue | 11 | 12 | .478 | 6.5 | 6 |
Michigan | 9 | 15 | .375 | 9 | – |
Penn State | 8 | 16 | .333 | 10 | – |
Northwestern | 5 | 17 | .227 | 12 | – |
Iowa | 4 | 19 | .174 | 13.5 | – |
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Results
Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Michigan State | 5 | 4 | Illinois | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 16 | 1 | Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indiana | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Purdue | 1 | 3 | Indiana | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indiana | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indiana | 13 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 13 | 1 | Ohio State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Purdue | 3 | 4 | Illinois | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Purdue | 12 | 2 | Minnesota | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Michigan State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* - Indicats game required extra innings.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Eric Arnett | Indiana |
P | Matt Bashore | Indiana |
P | Tim Buske | Minnesota |
C | Dan Burkhart | Ohio State |
1B | Nick O'Shea | Minnesota |
2B | Derek McCallum | Minnesota |
3B | Vince Gonzalez | Indiana |
SS | Jake Dunning | Indiana |
OF | Pete Cappetta | Illinois |
OF | Kipp Schutz | Indiana |
OF | Eric Decker | Minnesota |
DH | Alex Dickerson | Indiana |
Most Outstanding Player
Matt Bashore was named Most Outstanding Player. Bashore was a pitcher for Indiana.
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2009". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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