| Year: | 2008 |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Ray Fisher Stadium |
| City: | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Coach: | Rich Maloney |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Michael Powers |
| Mvpteam: | Michigan |
The 2008 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 seventh 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 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 5 | .839 | ||||
| 21 | 10 | .677 | ||||
| 17 | 15 | .531 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | .516 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | .500 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | .469 | ||||
| 14 | 18 | .438 | ||||
| 12 | 18 | .400 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | .323 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | .312 |
* - Indicates game required 10 innings.
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Pos | Name | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | Kevin Manson | Illinois | |
| P | Chris Fetter | Michigan | |
| P | Michigan | ||
| P | Michael Powers | Michigan | |
| C | Purdue | ||
| 1B | Jerrud Sabourin | Indiana | |
| 2B | Cory Kovanda | Ohio State | |
| SS | Tyler Cox | Indiana | |
| 3B | Adam Abraham | Michigan | |
| OF | Chris Hervey | Indiana | |
| OF | Kevin Cislo | Michigan | |
| OF | Jon Moore | Purdue | |
| DH | Michael Earley | Indiana | |
| DH | Rob Yodice | Penn State |
Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan.[1]