2000 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of 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 nineteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2000 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (3rd title)
Winning coachItch Jones (1st title)
MVPJason Anderson (Illinois)
2000 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 20 8   .714 38 22   .633
No. 19 Penn State  ‍‍‍y 18 9   .667 41 17   .707
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17 11   .607 35 23   .603
Illinois  ‍‍y 17 11   .607 41 21   .661
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 37 23   .617
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 30 27   .526
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 19 35   .352
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 20 32   .385
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 20 36   .357
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9 19   .321 29 27   .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2000 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Purdue claimed the third seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. This was the first year of the expanded six team format, with all previous years being four team events.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Minnesota 20 8 .714
1
Penn State 18 9 .667
1.5
2
Purdue 17 11 .607
3
3
Illinois 17 11 .607
3
4
Ohio State 15 13 .536
5
5
Northwestern 13 15 .464
7
6
Iowa 11 17 .393
9
Michigan 10 18 .357
10
Michigan State 9 18 .333
10.5
Indiana 9 19 .321
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Tournament

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Minnesota1
3Purdue6
1Minnesota83Purdue8
6Northwestern45Ohio State95Ohio State0
6Northwestern2
4Illinois4
5Ohio State9
2Penn State8
4Illinois5
5Ohio State7
2Penn State32Penn State3
4Illinois5
3Purdue24Illinois0
4Illinois62Penn State6
1Minnesota2
2Penn State5

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Jason Anderson Illinois
P David Gassner Purdue
C Chris Netwall Penn State
1B Nick Swisher Ohio State
2B Eric Spadt Penn State
3B Craig Marquie Illinois
OF Jason Turner Ohio State
OF Michael Campo Penn State
OF Nate Sickler Purdue
DH Luke Appert Minnesota

Most Outstanding Player

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Jason Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player. Anderson was a pitcher for Illinois.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 26, 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 26, 2013.