2005 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2005 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Ohio State (7th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (7th title)
MVP Steve Caravati (Ohio State)
2005 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Illinois † 20 – 12   .625     33 – 23   .589
Purdue 17 – 11   .607     27 – 30   .474
Iowa 19 – 13   .594     28 – 29   .491
Michigan y 17 – 12   .586     42 – 19   .689
Ohio State ‡y 17 – 12   .586     40 – 20   .667
Minnesota 17 – 15   .531     33 – 29   .532
Northwestern 14 – 18   .438     26 – 28   .481
Penn State 13 – 19   .406     28 – 27   .509
Michigan State 10 – 18   .357     22 – 31   .415
Indiana 9 – 23   .281     26 – 30   .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2005 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Ohio State by tiebreaker. As in the previous three 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
Illinois 20 12 .625
–
1
Purdue 17 11 .607
1
2
Iowa 19 13 .594
1
3
Michigan 17 12 .586
1.5
4
Ohio State 17 12 .586
1.5
5
Minnesota 17 15 .531
3
6
Northwestern 14 18 .438
6
–
Penn State 13 19 .406
7
–
Michigan State 10 18 .357
8
–
Indiana 9 23 .281
11
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Iowa 7     1 Illinois 8  
  6 Minnesota 14     6 Minnesota 11    
      6 Minnesota 6              
      5 Ohio State 15              
  4 Michigan 3*     2 Purdue 2          
  5 Ohio State 7*     5 Ohio State 6        
        5 Ohio State 3 14
Loser's Bracket       6 Minnesota 4 6
  3 Iowa 6        
  4 Michigan 8          
      2 Purdue 9        
      4 Michigan 7          
            1 Illinois 3†              
          2 Purdue 4†              
      6 Minnesota 9    
    2 Purdue 7  

* - Indicates game required 13 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Dan DeLucia Ohio State
P Matt Loberg Minnesota
P Jim Brauer Michigan
C Jake Elder Minnesota
1B Andy Hunter Minnesota
1B Eric Wolfe Purdue
2B Chris Getz Michigan
2B Joe Maciej Minnesota
SS Mitch Hilligoss Purdue
3B Shawn Roof Illinois
OF Mike Mee Minnesota
OF Steve Caravati Ohio State
OF Matt Angle Ohio State
OF Wes Schirtzinger Ohio State
DH Adam Abraham Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Steve Caravati was named Most Outstanding Player. Caravati was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2005". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 7, 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 7, 2013.
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