2012_Big_Ten_baseball_tournament

2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

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]

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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.

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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Purdue5
5Michigan State106Ohio State4
4Nebraska91Purdue3
2Indiana0
2Indiana6
6Ohio State125Michigan State4
3Penn State5
1Purdue6x
2Indiana5x
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Michigan State3*
6Ohio State22Indiana4*
4Nebraska25Michigan State6
4Nebraska126Ohio State6
3Penn State3

* - 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]

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