2007 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2007
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Champions Ohio State (8th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (8th title)
MVP Cory Luebke (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2006  2008»
2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#20 Michigan †y 21 – 7   .750     42 – 19   .689
Penn State 20 – 10   .667     31 – 26   .544
Minnesota y 18 – 9   .667     41 – 18   .695
Iowa 17 – 13   .567     31 – 23   .574
Illinois 16 – 14   .533     31 – 27   .534
Ohio State ‡y 15 – 15   .500     38 – 24   .613
Michigan State 15 – 16   .484     25 – 26   .490
Purdue 11 – 20   .355     22 – 32   .407
Northwestern 9 – 23   .281     18 – 36   .333
Indiana 8 – 23   .258     19 – 35   .352
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. Michigan won their seventh 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
Michigan 21 7 .750
–
1
Minnesota 18 9 .667
2.5
2
Penn State 20 10 .667
2
3
Iowa 17 13 .567
5
4
Illinois 16 14 .533
6
5
Ohio State 15 15 .500
7
6
Michigan State 15 16 .484
7
–
Purdue 11 20 .355
12
–
Northwestern 9 23 .281
13
–
Indiana 8 23 .258
14.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3  Penn State 3     1  Michigan 2  
  6  Ohio State 10     6  Ohio State 4    
      6  Ohio State 10†              
      2  Minnesota 9†              
  4  Iowa 3     2  Minnesota 10          
  5  Illinois 12     5  Illinois 3        
        6  Ohio State 4 —
Loser's Bracket       2  Minnesota 2 —
  6  Penn State 5        
  4  Iowa 3          
      1  Michigan 5*        
      3  Penn State 6*          
            5  Illinois 2              
          3  Penn State 6              
      2  Minnesota 4    
    3  Penn State 3  

* - 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 Cory Luebke 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]

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 April 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.