2000 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2000 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Siebert Field
Minneapolis, MN
Champions Illinois (3rd title)
Winning coach Itch Jones (1st title)
MVP Jason Anderson (Illinois)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1999  2001»
2000 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Minnesota †y 20 – 8   .714     38 – 22   .633
#19 Penn State y 18 – 9   .667     41 – 17   .707
Purdue 17 – 11   .607     35 – 23   .603
Illinois ‡y 17 – 11   .607     41 – 21   .661
Ohio State 15 – 13   .536     37 – 23   .617
Northwestern 13 – 15   .464     30 – 27   .526
Iowa 11 – 17   .393     19 – 35   .352
Michigan 10 – 18   .357     20 – 32   .385
Michigan State 9 – 18   .333     20 – 36   .357
Indiana 9 – 19   .321     29 – 27   .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the nineteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

The 2000 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Purdue claimed the third seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. This was the first year of the expanded six team format, with all previous years being four team events.[1]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Minnesota 20 8 .714
–
1
Penn State 18 9 .667
1.5
2
Purdue 17 11 .607
3
3
Illinois 17 11 .607
3
4
Ohio State 15 13 .536
5
5
Northwestern 13 15 .464
7
6
Iowa 11 17 .393
9
–
Michigan 10 18 .357
10
–
Michigan State 9 18 .333
10.5
–
Indiana 9 19 .321
11
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1  Minnesota 8  
  6  Northwestern 4     1  Minnesota 1  
    3  Purdue 6    
      3  Purdue 8  
      5  Ohio State 9     5  Ohio State 0  
  6  Northwestern 2         4  Illinois 4    
  5  Ohio State 9        
  2  Penn State 8         4  Illinois 5
  5  Ohio State 7           2  Penn State 3
      2  Penn State 3        
      4  Illinois 5          
  3  Purdue 2           4  Illinois 0              
  4  Illinois 6         2  Penn State 6            
  1  Minnesota 2    
  2  Penn State 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jason Anderson Illinois
P David Gassner Purdue
C Chris Netwall Penn State
1B Nick Swisher Ohio State
2B Eric Spadt Penn State
3B Craig Marquie Illinois
OF Jason Turner Ohio State
OF Michael Campo Penn State
OF Nate Sickler Purdue
DH Luke Appert Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Jason Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player. Anderson was a pitcher 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 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 26, 2013.