1997 Big Ten baseball tournament

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]

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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan  ‍†‍‍ 17–9 .65436–22 .621
No. 30 Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–10 .64342–18 .700
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .60730–25 .545
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17–11 .60732–27 .542
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15–10 .60030–24 .556
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–14 .46229–24 .547
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .42926–28 .481
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33333–22 .600
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .32120–35 .364
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .30417–30 .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan179.654
–
1
Ohio State1810.643
–
2
Purdue1711.607
1
3
Illinois1711.607
1
4
Minnesota1510.600
1.5
–
Penn State1214.462
5
–
Michigan State1216.429
5
–
Indiana816.333
8
–
Northwestern919.321
9
–
Iowa716.304
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]

PosNameSchool
PBrett WeberIllinois
PJustin FryOhio State
CMike KremblasOhio State
1BBryan BescoMichigan
2BD. J. SvihlikIllinois
SSBrian KalczynskiMichigan
3BMike CervenakMichigan
OFDerek BescoMichigan
OFJason DriscollOhio State
OFMike LockwoodOhio State
DHJason TrottOhio 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. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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