2000 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of 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 nineteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Illinois won their third tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2000 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (3rd title)
Winning coachItch Jones (1st title)
MVPJason Anderson (Illinois)
2000 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  y 208 .7143822 .633
No. 19 Penn State  y 189 .6674117 .707
Purdue   1711 .6073523 .603
Illinois  y 1711 .6074121 .661
Ohio State   1513 .5363723 .617
Northwestern   1315 .4643027 .526
Iowa   1117 .3931935 .352
Michigan   1018 .3572032 .385
Michigan State   918 .3332036 .357
Indiana   919 .3212927 .518
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2000 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Purdue claimed the third seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. This was the first year of the expanded six team format, with all previous years being four team events.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota208.714
1
Penn State189.667
1.5
2
Purdue1711.607
3
3
Illinois1711.607
3
4
Ohio State1513.536
5
5
Northwestern1315.464
7
6
Iowa1117.393
9
Michigan1018.357
10
Michigan State918.333
10.5
Indiana919.321
11

Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Minnesota1
3Purdue6
1Minnesota83Purdue8
6Northwestern45Ohio State95Ohio State0
6Northwestern2
4Illinois4
5Ohio State9
2Penn State8
4Illinois5
5Ohio State7
2Penn State32Penn State3
4Illinois5
3Purdue24Illinois0
4Illinois62Penn State6
1Minnesota2
2Penn State5

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PJason AndersonIllinois
PDavid GassnerPurdue
CChris NetwallPenn State
1BNick SwisherOhio State
2BEric SpadtPenn State
3BCraig MarquieIllinois
OFJason TurnerOhio State
OFMichael CampoPenn State
OFNate SicklerPurdue
DHLuke AppertMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Jason Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player. Anderson was a pitcher for Illinois.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
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