2013 Big Ten baseball tournament

2013 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site	Target Field Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Indiana (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tracy Smith (2nd title)
MVP	Sam Travis (Indiana)
Television	BTN

2013 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Indiana  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	7		.708			49	–	16		.754
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			35	–	23		.603
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			29	–	30		.492
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			32	–	22		.593
Illinois  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10		.583			35	–	20		.636
Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			29	–	27		.518
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			33	–	17		.660
Iowa  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			22	–	27		.449
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			22	–	26		.458
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			17	–	34		.333
Penn State  ‍‍‍	4	–	20		.167			14	–	36		.280
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 19, 2013[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN from May 22 through 25. The six team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won the tournament to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The 2013 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Indiana	17	7	.708	–	1
Ohio State	15	9	.625	2	2
Nebraska	15	9	.625	2	3
Minnesota	13	8	.619	2.5	4
Illinois	14	10	.583	3	5
Michigan	14	10	.583	3	6
Michigan State	12	9	.571	3.5	–
Iowa	10	14	.417	7	–
Northwestern	9	15	.375	8	–
Purdue	6	18	.250	11	–
Penn State	4	20	.167	13	–

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Indiana	4
	4	Minnesota	3			4	Minnesota	2
	5	Illinois	2								1	Indiana	11
											2	Ohio St	3
						2	Ohio State	3
	3	Nebraska	11			3	Nebraska	2
	6	Michigan	2
																					1	Indiana	6	4
																					3	Nebraska	7	3
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Ohio State	0
											3	Nebraska	7			3	Nebraska	5
						5	Illinois	1			4	Minnesota	3
	5	Illinois	3			4	Minnesota	3
	6	Michigan	2

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Player	Team
P	Will Coursen-Carr	Indiana
P	Aaron Slegers	Indiana
P	Christian DeLeon	Nebraska
DH	Eli Goldaris	Indiana
C	Kyle Schwarber	Indiana
1B	Sam Travis	Indiana
2B	Pat Kelly	Nebraska
3B	Dustin DeMuth	Indiana
SS	Thomas Lindauer	Illinois
SS	Bryan Peters	Nebraska
OF	Casey Smith	Indiana
OF	Troy Larson	Minnesota
OF	Chad Christensen	Nebraska
DH	Kash Kalkowski	Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana

References

1. "2013 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
2. "Big Ten 2012–2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
3. "BTN rolls out baseball, softball schedules". Big Ten Network. February 14, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.