2002 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2002 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2002 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (5th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (5th title)
MVPJoe Wilkins (Ohio State)
2002 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 18 10   .643 32 26   .552
Ohio State  ‍‍y 18 11   .621 38 20   .655
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 16 12   .571 38 19   .667
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 14   .517 35 20   .636
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 15 16   .484 26 29   .473
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14 15   .483 26 29   .473
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 15   .483 32 19   .627
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 17   .452 21 32   .396
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 19   .406 24 32   .429
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 23 30   .434
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, 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
Minnesota 18 10 .643
1
Ohio State 18 11 .621
.5
2
Michigan State 16 12 .571
2
3
Indiana 15 14 .517
3.5
4
Iowa 15 16 .484
4.5
5
Northwestern 14 15 .483
4.5
6
Illinois 14 15 .483
4.5
Michigan 14 17 .452
5.5
Purdue 13 19 .406
6.5
Penn State 11 19 .367
7.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Minnesota2
3Michigan State26Northwestern5
6Northwestern46Northwestern2
2Ohio State5
2Ohio State11*
4Indiana74Indiana10*
5Iowa4
2Ohio State6
1Minnesota3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Northwestern5
1Minnesota61Minnesota11
4Indiana13Michigan State0
3Michigan State133Michigan State14
5Iowa9

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Gabe Ribas Northwestern
P E. J. Laratta Ohio State
P Scott Lewis Ohio State
C Joe Wilkins Ohio State
1B Brad Carlson Iowa
2B Luke Appert Minnesota
SS Eric Blakeley Indiana
3B Drew Anderson Ohio State
OF Bob Malek Michigan State
OF Doug Deeds Ohio State
OF Doug Dendinger Ohio State
DH Ben Pattee Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

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Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2002". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.