1990 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1990 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1990
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Duane Banks Field
Iowa City, IA
Champions Illinois (2nd title)
Winning coach Augie Garrido (2nd title)
MVP Bob Christensen (Illinois)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1989  1991»
1990 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Iowa y 22 6   .786     38 19   .667
#23 Illinois y 19 9   .679     43 21   .672
Minnesota 19 9   .679     36 24   .600
Ohio State 16 12   .571     31 29   .517
Michigan 14 14   .500     33 24   .579
Indiana 14 14   .500     30 27   .526
Michigan State 13 15   .464     28 24   .538
Purdue 8 19   .296     27 31   .466
Wisconsin 8 20   .286     16 41   .281
Northwestern 6 21   .222     24 32   .429
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1990[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1990 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the tenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[1]

Format and seeding

The 1990 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Iowa 22 6 .786
1
Illinois 19 9 .679
3
2
Minnesota 19 9 .679
3
3
Ohio State 16 12 .571
6
4
Michigan 14 14 .500
8
Indiana 14 14 .500
8
Michigan State 13 15 .464
9
Purdue 8 19 .296
13.5
Wisconsin 8 20 .286
14
Northwestern 6 21 .222
15.5

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Iowa 6  
4  Ohio State 4  
  1  Iowa 7  
  2  Illinois 11  
2  Illinois 11
3  Minnesota 5  
  2  Illinois 14
  4  Ohio State 10
4  Ohio State 6  
3  Minnesota 4  
  1  Iowa 5
  4  Ohio State 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P John DeJarld Iowa
P Tim Schwarber Ohio State
C Mark Dalesandro Illinois
1B Tom Anderson Iowa
2B Wil Parsons Illinois
SS Bob Christensen Illinois
3B Keith Noreen Iowa
OF Larry Sutton Illinois
OF Chris Hatcher Iowa
OF Mike Mulligan Ohio State
DH Mike Durant Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Bob Christensen was named Most Outstanding Player. Christensen was a shortstop for Illinois.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.