1996 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1996 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Indiana (1st title)
Winning coach Bob Morgan (1st title)
MVP Dan Ferrell (Indiana)
1996 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Penn State † 19 – 8   .704     32 – 24   .571
Indiana ‡y 18 – 8   .692     43 – 18   .705
Illinois 17 – 10   .630     37 – 22   .627
Michigan 17 – 11   .607     24 – 30   .444
Minnesota 15 – 12   .556     30 – 26   .536
Ohio State 15 – 13   .536     36 – 20   .643
Iowa 13 – 13   .500     25 – 22   .532
Northwestern 10 – 18   .357     26 – 29   .473
Purdue 8 – 19   .296     22 – 32   .407
Michigan State 4 – 24   .143     14 – 41   .255
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1996 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Penn State 19 8 .704
–
1
Indiana 18 8 .692
.5
2
Illinois 17 10 .630
2
3
Michigan 17 111 .607
2.5
4
Minnesota 15 12 .556
4
–
Ohio State 15 13 .536
4.5
–
Iowa 13 13 .500
5.5
–
Northwestern 10 18 .357
9.5
–
Purdue 8 19 .296
11
–
Michigan State 4 24 .143
15.5
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Penn State 14  
4 Michigan 3  
  1 Penn State 2  
  2 Indiana 6  
2 Indiana 6
3 Illinois 3  
  2 Indiana 5 6
  3 Illinois 8 4
4 Michigan 4  
3 Illinois 7  
  1 Penn State 3
  3 Illinois 11  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos Name School
P Jason Wollard Illinois
P Dan Ferrell Indiana
C Matt Braughler Indiana
1B Phil Bertolotti Penn State
2B Brian McClure Illinois
SS Josh Klimek Illinois
3B Mike Crotty Indiana
OF Danny Rhodes Illinois
OF Ryan Dillon Indiana
OF Mike Spisak Indiana
OF Jason Alcaraz Michigan
DH Todd McClure Illinois

Most Outstanding Player

Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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