1997 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 1997 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 four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Ohio State (4th title) |
Winning coach | Bob Todd (4th title) |
MVP | Mike Lockwood (Ohio State) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan † | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | 36 | – | 22 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 30 Ohio State ‡y | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | 42 | – | 18 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | 32 | – | 27 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 15 | – | 10 | .600 | 30 | – | 24 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | 29 | – | 24 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | 26 | – | 28 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 33 | – | 22 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 7 | – | 16 | .304 | 17 | – | 30 | .362 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
editThe 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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Michigan | 17 | 9 | .654 | – |
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Ohio State | 18 | 10 | .643 | – |
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Purdue | 17 | 11 | .607 | 1 |
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Illinois | 17 | 11 | .607 | 1 |
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Minnesota | 15 | 10 | .600 | 1.5 |
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Penn State | 12 | 14 | .462 | 5 |
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Michigan State | 12 | 16 | .429 | 5 |
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Indiana | 8 | 16 | .333 | 8 |
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Northwestern | 9 | 19 | .321 | 9 |
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Iowa | 7 | 16 | .304 | 8 |
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Tournament
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 8 | |||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Ohio State | 9 | |||||||||||
2 | Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||
3 | Purdue | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Ohio State | ||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 7 | |||||||||||
4 | Illinois | 8 | 4 | Illinois | 5 | ||||||||
3 | Purdue | 3 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
Pos | Name | School |
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P | Brett Weber | Illinois |
P | Justin Fry | Ohio State |
C | Mike Kremblas | Ohio State |
1B | Bryan Besco | Michigan |
2B | D. J. Svihlik | Illinois |
SS | Brian Kalczynski | Michigan |
3B | Mike Cervenak | Michigan |
OF | Derek Besco | Michigan |
OF | Jason Driscoll | Ohio State |
OF | Mike Lockwood | Ohio State |
DH | Jason Trott | Ohio State |
Most Outstanding Player
editMike Lockwood was named Most Outstanding Player. Lockwood was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.