2003 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2003 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 second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2003 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (6th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (6th title)
MVPBrett Garrard (Ohio State)
2003 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 24 6   .800 40 22   .645
No. 18 Ohio State  ‍‍y 20 12   .625 44 19   .698
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 30 27   .526
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17 15   .531 29 28   .509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 17 15   .531 25 25   .500
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 16 15   .516 24 22   .522
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13 18   .419 29 26   .527
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 19   .387 27 26   .509
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10 19   .345 21 34   .382
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 21   .323 18 29   .383
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2003 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Using the same format from 2002, 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 24 6 .800
1
Ohio State 20 12 .625
5
2
Michigan 16 14 .533
8
3
Penn State 17 15 .531
8
4
Northwestern 15 14 .517
8.5
5
Indiana 16 15 .516
8.5
6
Purdue 13 19 .419
11.5
Illinois 12 19 .387
12.5
Michigan State 10 19 .345
13.5
Iowa 10 21 .323
14.5

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Minnesota4
3Michigan74Penn State3
6Indiana21Minnesota5
2Ohio State4
2Ohio State4
4Penn State63Michigan2
5Northwestern0
1Minnesota810
2Ohio State1017
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Ohio State13
3Michigan24Penn State3
4Penn State84Penn State3
6Indiana86Indiana4
5Northwestern1

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Josh Lewis Indiana
P Glen Perkins Minnesota
P Josh Newman Ohio State
C Jake Elder Minnesota
1B David Roach Minnesota
2B Luke Appert Minnesota
SS Brett Garrard Ohio State
3B David Harrick Minnesota
OF Ben Pattee Minnesota
OF Mike Rabin Ohio State
OF Christian Snavely Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

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Brett Garrard was named Most Outstanding Player. Garrard was a shortstop for Ohio State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2003". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 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 6, 2013.