2008 Big Ten baseball tournament
The 2008 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 six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Michigan (8th title) |
| Winning coach | Rich Maloney (2nd title) |
| MVP | Michael Powers (Michigan) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Michigan †‡y | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | 46 | – | 14 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | 32 | – | 26 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | 27 | – | 31 | .466 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | 31 | – | 25 | .554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 30 | – | 26 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | 31 | – | 30 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | 21 | – | 28 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 24 | – | 29 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | 22 | – | 33 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format and seeding
The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 26 | 5 | .839 | – | 1 |
| Purdue | 21 | 10 | .677 | 5 | 2 |
| Penn State | 17 | 15 | .531 | 9.5 | 3 |
| Illinois | 16 | 15 | .516 | 10 | 4 |
| Ohio State | 15 | 15 | .500 | 11 | 5 |
| Indiana | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12 | 6 |
| Northwestern | 14 | 18 | .438 | 12.5 | – |
| Michigan State | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13.5 | – |
| Minnesota | 10 | 21 | .323 | 16 | – |
| Iowa | 10 | 22 | .312 | 16.5 | – |
Tournament
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 6 | 4 | Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Purdue | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Purdue | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | Penn State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Purdue | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Purdue | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 8 | 6 | Indiana | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Illinois | 7 | 6 | Indiana | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio State | 8* | 6 | Indiana | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Indiana | 10* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
* - Indicates game required 10 innings.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Pos | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Kevin Manson | Illinois |
| P | Chris Fetter | Michigan |
| P | Zach Putnam | Michigan |
| P | Michael Powers | Michigan |
| C | Dan Black | Purdue |
| 1B | Jerrud Sabourin | Indiana |
| 2B | Cory Kovanda | Ohio State |
| SS | Tyler Cox | Indiana |
| 3B | Adam Abraham | Michigan |
| OF | Chris Hervey | Indiana |
| OF | Kevin Cislo | Michigan |
| OF | Jon Moore | Purdue |
| DH | Michael Earley | Indiana |
| DH | Rob Yodice | Penn State |
Most Outstanding Player
Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]
References
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.