2009 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2009 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 20 through 24. Third seeded Indiana won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2009 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana (2nd title)
Winning coachTracy Smith (1st title)
MVPMatt Bashore (Indiana)
2009 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 18 6   .750 42 19   .689
No. 26 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 17 6   .739 40 19   .678
Indiana  ‍‍y 16 7   .696 32 27   .542
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 34 20   .630
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 23 31   .426
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 25 26   .490
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 30 25   .545
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 25 26   .490
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 5 17   .227 14 35   .286
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 4 19   .174 16 35   .314
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2009 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous seven years, 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
Ohio State 18 6 .750 1
Minnesota 17 6 .739 .5 2
Indiana 16 7 .696 1.5 3
Illinois 16 8 .667 2 4
Michigan State 13 11 .542 5 5
Purdue 11 12 .478 6.5 6
Michigan 9 15 .375 9
Penn State 8 16 .333 10
Northwestern 5 17 .227 12
Iowa 4 19 .174 13.5

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Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State7
5Michigan State54Illinois4
4Illinois161Ohio State3
3Indiana13
2Minnesota3
6Purdue13Indiana12
3Indiana9
3Indiana13
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Minnesota9
2Minnesota131Ohio State6
6Purdue34Illinois4
6Purdue122Minnesota12
5Michigan State9

* - Indicats game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Eric Arnett Indiana
P Matt Bashore Indiana
P Tim Buske Minnesota
C Dan Burkhart Ohio State
1B Nick O'Shea Minnesota
2B Derek McCallum Minnesota
3B Vince Gonzalez Indiana
SS Jake Dunning Indiana
OF Pete Cappetta Illinois
OF Kipp Schutz Indiana
OF Eric Decker Minnesota
DH Alex Dickerson Indiana

Most Outstanding Player

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Matt Bashore was named Most Outstanding Player. Bashore was a pitcher for Indiana.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2009". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 16, 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 May 16, 2013.