2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Site Target Field
Minneapolis, MN
Champions Indiana (3rd title)
Winning coach Tracy Smith (2nd title)
MVP Sam Travis (Indiana)
Television BTN
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2012  2014»
2013 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#6 Indiana †‡y 17 – 7   .708     49 – 16   .754
Ohio State 15 – 9   .625     35 – 23   .603
Nebraska 15 – 9   .625     29 – 30   .492
Minnesota 13 – 8   .619     32 – 22   .593
Illinois y 14 – 10   .583     35 – 20   .636
Michigan 14 – 10   .583     29 – 27   .518
Michigan State 12 – 9   .571     33 – 17   .660
Iowa 10 – 14   .417     22 – 27   .449
Northwestern 9 – 15   .375     22 – 26   .458
Purdue 6 – 18   .250     17 – 34   .333
Penn State 4 – 20   .167     14 – 36   .280
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 19, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN from May 22 through 25. The six team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won the tournament to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The 2013 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Indiana 17 7 .708
–
1
Ohio State 15 9 .625
2
2
Nebraska 15 9 .625
2
3
Minnesota 13 8 .619
2.5
4
Illinois 14 10 .583
3
5
Michigan 14 10 .583
3
6
Michigan State 12 9 .571
3.5
–
Iowa 10 14 .417
7
–
Northwestern 9 15 .375
8
–
Purdue 6 18 .250
11
–
Penn State 4 20 .167
13
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4  Minnesota 3     1  Indiana 4  
  5  Illinois 2     4  Minnesota 2    
      1  Indiana 11              
      2  Ohio St 3              
  3  Nebraska 11     2  Ohio State 3          
  6  Michigan 2     3  Nebraska 2        
        1  Indiana 6 4
Loser's Bracket       3  Nebraska 7 3
  5  Illinois 3        
  6  Michigan 2          
      5  Illinois 1        
      4  Minnesota 3          
            3  Nebraska 7              
          4  Minnesota 3              
      2  Ohio State 0    
    3  Nebraska 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
P Will Coursen-Carr Indiana
P Aaron Slegers Indiana
P Christian DeLeon Nebraska
P Kyle Kubat Nebraska
C Kyle Schwarber Indiana
1B Sam Travis Indiana
2B Pat Kelly Nebraska
3B Dustin DeMuth Indiana
SS Thomas Lindauer Illinois
SS Bryan Peters Nebraska
OF Casey Smith Indiana
OF Troy Larson Minnesota
OF Chad Christensen Nebraska
DH Kash Kalkowski Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten 2012-2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "BTN rolls out baseball, softball schedules". Big Ten Network. February 14, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.