2008 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Michigan (8th title)
Winning coach Rich Maloney (2nd title)
MVP Michael Powers (Michigan)
2008 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#20 Michigan †‡y 26 – 5   .839     46 – 14   .767
Purdue 21 – 10   .677     32 – 26   .552
Penn State 17 – 15   .531     27 – 31   .466
Illinois 16 – 15   .516     31 – 25   .554
Ohio State 15 – 15   .500     30 – 26   .536
Indiana 15 – 17   .469     31 – 30   .508
Northwestern 14 – 18   .438     21 – 28   .429
Michigan State 12 – 18   .400     24 – 29   .453
Minnesota 10 – 21   .323     20 – 35   .364
Iowa 10 – 22   .313     22 – 33   .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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
Michigan 26 5 .839
–
1
Purdue 21 10 .677
5
2
Penn State 17 15 .531
9.5
3
Illinois 16 15 .516
10
4
Ohio State 15 15 .500
11
5
Indiana 15 17 .469
12
6
Northwestern 14 18 .438
12.5
–
Michigan State 12 18 .400
13.5
–
Minnesota 10 21 .323
16
–
Iowa 10 22 .312
16.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Penn State 6     1 Michigan 5  
  6 Indiana 1     4 Illinois 2    
      1 Michigan 6              
      2 Purdue 1              
  4 Illinois 3     2 Purdue 15          
  5 Ohio State 2     3 Penn State 6        
        1 Michigan 3 —
Loser's Bracket       2 Purdue 2 —
  5 Ohio State 8*        
  6 Indiana 10*          
      4 Illinois 7        
      6 Indiana 14          
            3 Penn State 8              
          6 Indiana 11              
      2 Purdue 11    
    6 Indiana 7  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Kevin Manson Illinois
P Chris Fetter Michigan
P Zack Putnam Michigan
P Michael Powers Michigan
C Dan Black Purdue
1B Jerrud Sabourin Indiana
2B Cory Kovanda Ohio State
SS Tyler Cox Indiana
3B Adam Abraham Michigan
OF Chris Hervey Indiana
OF Kevin Cislo Michigan
OF Jon Moore Purdue
DH Michael Earley Indiana
DH Rob Yodice Penn State

Most Outstanding Player

Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 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 12, 2013.
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