2004 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2004 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Minnesota (8th title)
Winning coach John Anderson (8th title)
MVP Glen Perkins (Minnesota)
2004 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Minnesota †‡y 21 – 21   .500     38 – 23   .623
Ohio State 19 – 12   .613     36 – 25   .590
Michigan 19 – 13   .594     34 – 26   .567
Michigan State 19 – 13   .594     33 – 26   .559
Purdue 17 – 14   .548     29 – 28   .509
Penn State 17 – 15   .531     28 – 29   .491
Northwestern 14 – 18   .438     26 – 28   .481
Iowa 12 – 20   .375     20 – 35   .364
Illinois 11 – 21   .344     22 – 33   .400
Indiana 9 – 22   .290     25 – 30   .455
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 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 third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two 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.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Minnesota 21 10 .677
–
1
Ohio State 19 12 .613
2
2
Michigan 19 13 .594
2.5
3
Michigan State 19 13 .594
2.5
4
Purdue 17 14 .548
4
5
Penn State 17 15 .531
4.5
6
Northwestern 14 18 .438
7.5
–
Iowa 12 20 .375
9.5
–
Illinois 11 21 .344
10.5
–
Indiana 9 22 .290
12
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Michigan 7     1 Minnesota 6  
  6 Penn State 2     5 Purdue 1    
      1 Minnesota 16              
      3 Michigan 3              
  4 Michigan State 5     2 Ohio State 4          
  5 Purdue 6     3 Michigan 10        
        1 Minnesota 2 7
Loser's Bracket       2 Ohio State 3 3
  6 Penn State 7        
  4 Michigan State 8          
      2 Ohio State 8        
      4 Michigan State 3          
            5 Purdue 4              
          2 Ohio State 6              
      3 Michigan 2    
    2 Ohio State 14  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Glen Perkins Minnesota
P Jay Gagner Minnesota
P Jeffrey Carroll Ohio State
C Derek Kinnear Ohio State
1B Andy Hunter Minnesota
2B Chris Getz Michigan
SS Matt Fornasiere Minnesota
3B Ronnie Bourquin Ohio State
OF Ryan Basham Michigan State
OF Steve Carvatti Ohio State
OF Jacob Howell Ohio State
DH Brandon Roberts Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2004". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 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 6, 2013.
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