1985 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1985 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 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota (2nd title) |
Winning coach | John Anderson (2nd title) |
MVP | John Beckman (Minnesota) |
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East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan xy | 14 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .875 | 55 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 29 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 33 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 8 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .500 | 57 | – | 19 | – | 1 | .747 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 2 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .125 | 22 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois x | 12 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .750 | 46 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .687 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota ‡y | 9 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .563 | 33 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .589 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .563 | 40 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 7 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .438 | 40 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .188 | 28 | – | 25 | – | 2 | .527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe 1985 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.[3]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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East Division | |||||
Michigan | 14 | 2 | .875 | – |
1E
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Ohio State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6 |
2E
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Purdue | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6 |
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Indiana | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6 |
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Michigan State | 2 | 14 | .125 | 12 |
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West Division | |||||
Illinois | 12 | 4 | .750 | – |
1W
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Minnesota | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 |
2W
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Iowa | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 |
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Northwestern | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5 |
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Wisconsin | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 |
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Tournament
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 10 | ||||||||||||
2W | Minnesota | 11 | ||||||||||||
2W | Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
2E | Ohio State | 5 | ||||||||||||
1W | Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||
2E | Ohio State | 3 | ||||||||||||
2W | Minnesota | 5 | — | |||||||||||
2E | Ohio State | 3 | — | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
2E | Ohio State | 3 | ||||||||||||
1E | Michigan | 1111 | 1E | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||
1W | Illinois | 10 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Mike Clarkin | Minnesota |
P | Bill Cunningham | Ohio State |
C | Greg Ivarone | Illinois |
1B | Alex Bauer | Minnesota |
2B | C. J. Beshke | Michigan |
SS | Barry Larkin | Michigan |
3B | Mike Pherson | Minnesota |
OF | John Beckman | Minnesota |
OF | Jim Orsag | Illinois |
OF | Pat Pohl | Minnesota |
DH | Ken Hayward | Michigan |
Most Outstanding Player
editJon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.