2007 Big Ten baseball tournament explained

Year:2007
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Teams:6
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Ray Fisher Stadium
City:Ann Arbor, MI
Titlecount:8th
Coach:Bob Todd
Coachcount:8th
Mvp:Cory Luebke
Mvpteam:Ohio State

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. won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

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.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
21 7 .750
18 9 .667
20 10 .667
17 13 .567
16 14 .533
15 15 .500
15 16 .484
11 20 .355
9 23 .281
8 23 .258

Tournament

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

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Pos Name School
P Bill Johnson Minnesota
P 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

Cory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book . Big Ten Conference . April 12, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228125857/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf . February 28, 2013 .