1994 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1994 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

1994 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (2nd title)
Winning coachBob Todd (2nd title)
MVPMike Repasky (Ohio State)
1994 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Ohio State  ‍y 25 2   .926 49 9   .845
No. 28 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 21 7   .750 42 21   .667
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 29 29   .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 26 29   .473
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 22 32   .407
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 25 24   .510
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 33 23   .589
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 26 26   .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 34 22   .607
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 16 39   .291
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1994[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 1994 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan and Michigan State claimed the third and fourth seeds, respectively, by tiebreakers.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 25 2 .926
1
Minnesota 21 7 .750
4.5
2
Michigan 13 15 .464
12.5
3
Michigan State 13 15 .464
12.5
4
Iowa 13 15 .464
12.5
Penn State 12 15 .444
13
Indiana 12 16 .429
13.5
Illinois 12 16 .429
13.5
Northwestern 10 18 .357
15.5
Purdue 8 20 .286
17.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State12
4Michigan State5
1Ohio State6
2Minnesota5
2Minnesota8
3Michigan1
1Ohio State3*9
3Michigan47
Lower round 1Lower final
2Minnesota2
4Michigan State13Michigan4
3Michigan5

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Ron Hollis Michigan
P Heath Murray Michigan
1B Jonathan Sweet Ohio State
2B Mark Merila Minnesota
SS Dave Veres Michigan State
3B Mike Estep Ohio State
OF Brian Simmons Michigan
OF Charlie Nelson Minnesota
OF Mike Repasky Ohio State
DH Scott Weaver Michigan
DH Brian Mannino Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

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Mike Repasky was named Most Outstanding Player. Repasky was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 20, 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 March 20, 2013.