2002 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2002 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Ohio State (5th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (5th title)
MVP Joe Wilkins (Ohio State)
2002 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Minnesota † 18 – 10   .643     32 – 26   .552
Ohio State ‡y 18 – 11   .621     38 – 20   .655
Michigan State 16 – 12   .571     38 – 19   .667
Indiana 15 – 14   .517     35 – 20   .636
Iowa 15 – 16   .484     26 – 29   .473
Northwestern 14 – 15   .483     26 – 29   .473
Illinois 14 – 15   .483     32 – 19   .627
Michigan 14 – 17   .452     21 – 32   .396
Purdue 13 – 19   .406     24 – 32   .429
Penn State 11 – 19   .367     23 – 30   .434
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the 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 twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, 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.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Minnesota 18 10 .643
–
1
Ohio State 18 11 .621
.5
2
Michigan State 16 12 .571
2
3
Indiana 15 14 .517
3.5
4
Iowa 15 16 .484
4.5
5
Northwestern 14 15 .483
4.5
6
Illinois 14 15 .483
4.5
–
Michigan 14 17 .452
5.5
–
Purdue 13 19 .406
6.5
–
Penn State 11 19 .367
7.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Michigan State 2     1 Minnesota 2  
  6 Northwestern 4     6 Northwestern 5    
      6 Northwestern 2              
      2 Ohio State 5              
  4 Indiana 7     2 Ohio State 11*          
  5 Iowa 4     4 Indiana 10*        
        2 Ohio State 6 —
Loser's Bracket       1 Minnesota 3 —
  3 Michigan State 13        
  5 Iowa 9          
      4 Indiana 1        
      3 Michigan State 14          
            1 Minnesota 6              
          3 Michigan State 0              
      6 Northwestern 5    
    1 Minnesota 11  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Gabe Ribas Northwestern
P E. J. Laratta Ohio State
P Scott Lewis Ohio State
C Joe Wilkins Ohio State
1B Brad Carlson Iowa
2B Luke Appert Minnesota
SS Eric Blakeley Indiana
3B Drew Anderson Ohio State
OF Bob Malek Michigan State
OF Doug Deeds Ohio State
OF Doug Dendinger Ohio State
DH Ben Pattee Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 5, 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 April 5, 2013.
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