2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Site Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio)
Columbus, OH
Champions Purdue (1st title)
Winning coach Doug Schreiber (1st title)
MVP Kevin Plawecki (Purdue)
Television BTN
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#15 Purdue †‡y 17 – 7   .708     45 – 14   .763
Indiana 16 – 8   .667     32 – 28   .533
Penn State 15 – 9   .625     29 – 27   .518
Nebraska 14 – 10   .583     35 – 23   .603
Michigan State y 13 – 11   .542     37 – 23   .617
Ohio State 11 – 13   .458     33 – 27   .550
Illinois 11 – 13   .458     28 – 25   .528
Minnesota 11 – 13   .458     29 – 27   .518
Iowa 10 – 14   .417     23 – 27   .460
Michigan 8 – 16   .333     22 – 34   .393
Northwestern 6 – 18   .250     18 – 36   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.[2]

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Purdue 17 7 .708
–
1
Indiana 16 8 .667
1
2
Penn State 15 9 .625
2
3
Nebraska 14 10 .583
3
4
Michigan State 13 11 .542
4
5
Ohio State 11 13 .458
6
6
Illinois 11 13 .458
6
–
Minnesota 11 13 .458
6
–
Iowa 10 14 .417
7
–
Michigan 8 16 .333
9
–
Northwestern 6 18 .250
11
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  5  Michigan State 10     1  Purdue 5  
  4  Nebraska 9     6  Ohio State 4    
      1  Purdue 3              
      2  Indiana 0              
  6  Ohio State 12     2  Indiana 6          
  3  Penn State 5     5  Michigan State 4        
        1  Purdue 6 x
Loser's Bracket       2  Indiana 5 x
  4  Nebraska 12        
  3  Penn State 3          
      4  Nebraska 2        
      6  Ohio State 6          
            6  Ohio State 2              
          5  Michigan State 6              
      5  Michigan State 3*    
    2  Indiana 4*  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.[2]

Pos Name School
P Jonny Hoffman Indiana
P Tony Bucciferro Michigan State
P Lance Breedlove Purdue
C Kevin Plawecki Purdue
1B Ryan Krill Michigan State
1B Richard Stock Nebraska
2B Micah Johnson Indiana
3B Cameron Perkins Purdue
SS Kirby Pellant Ohio State
SS David Miller Purdue
OF Will Nolden Indiana
OF Anthony Cheky Michigan State
OF Barrett Serrato Purdue
DH Michael Pritchard Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Baseball Standings and Leaders". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title". purduesports.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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