The 1990 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the tenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Illinois (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Augie Garrido (2nd title) |
MVP | Bob Christensen (Illinois) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa †y | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | 38 | – | 19 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Illinois ‡y | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | 43 | – | 21 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | 36 | – | 24 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | 31 | – | 29 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 33 | – | 24 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 30 | – | 27 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | 28 | – | 24 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | 27 | – | 31 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | 16 | – | 41 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | 24 | – | 32 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1990[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe 1990 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois[3]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Iowa | 22 | 6 | .786 | – |
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Illinois | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3 |
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Minnesota | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3 |
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Ohio State | 16 | 12 | .571 | 6 |
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Michigan | 14 | 14 | .500 | 8 |
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Indiana | 14 | 14 | .500 | 8 |
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Michigan State | 13 | 15 | .464 | 9 |
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Purdue | 8 | 19 | .296 | 13.5 |
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Wisconsin | 8 | 20 | .286 | 14 |
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Northwestern | 6 | 21 | .222 | 15.5 |
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Tournament
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Iowa | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Iowa | 7 | ||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 11 | ||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 11 | ||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 14 | — | |||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 10 | — | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
1 | Iowa | 5 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 6 | 4 | Ohio State | 8 | |||||||||
3 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | John DeJarld | Iowa |
P | Tim Schwarber | Ohio State |
C | Mark Dalesandro | Illinois |
1B | Tom Anderson | Iowa |
2B | Wil Parsons | Illinois |
SS | Bob Christensen | Illinois |
3B | Keith Noreen | Iowa |
OF | Larry Sutton | Illinois |
OF | Chris Hatcher | Iowa |
OF | Mike Mulligan | Ohio State |
DH | Mike Durant | Ohio State |
Most Outstanding Player
editBob Christensen was named Most Outstanding Player. Christensen was a shortstop for Illinois.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1990". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 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 16, 2013.