1997 Big Ten baseball tournament

1997 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (4th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (4th title)
MVPMike Lockwood (Ohio State)
1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 36 – 22   .621
No. 30 Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 10   .643 42 – 18   .700
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 30 – 25   .545
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 32 – 27   .542
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 – 10   .600 30 – 24   .556
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462 29 – 24   .547
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429 26 – 28   .481
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 33 – 22   .600
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 20 – 35   .364
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 17 – 30   .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 17 9 .654
–
1
Ohio State 18 10 .643
–
2
Purdue 17 11 .607
1
3
Illinois 17 11 .607
1
4
Minnesota 15 10 .600
1.5
–
Penn State 12 14 .462
5
–
Michigan State 12 16 .429
5
–
Indiana 8 16 .333
8
–
Northwestern 9 19 .321
9
–
Iowa 7 16 .304
8
–

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Michigan8
4Illinois4
1Michigan2
2Ohio State9
2Ohio State4
3Purdue2
2Ohio State
1Michigan
Lower round 1Lower final
1Michigan7
4Illinois84Illinois5
3Purdue3

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Brett Weber Illinois
P Justin Fry Ohio State
C Mike Kremblas Ohio State
1B Bryan Besco Michigan
2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois
SS Brian Kalczynski Michigan
3B Mike Cervenak Michigan
OF Derek Besco Michigan
OF Jason Driscoll Ohio State
OF Mike Lockwood Ohio State
DH Jason Trott Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

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

References

  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 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 23, 2013.