2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.[2]

2012 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Finals site
ChampionsPurdue (1st title)
Winning coachDoug Schreiber (1st title)
MVPKevin Plawecki (Purdue)
TelevisionBTN
2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Purdue  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7 .70845–14 .763
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .66732–28 .533
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .62529–27 .518
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58335–23 .603
Michigan State  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54237–23 .617
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45833–27 .550
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45828–25 .528
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45829–27 .518
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41723–27 .460
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33322–34 .393
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25018–36 .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Purdue177.708–1
Indiana168.66712
Penn State159.62523
Nebraska1410.58334
Michigan State1311.54245
Ohio State1113.45866
Illinois1113.4586–
Minnesota1113.4586–
Iowa1014.4177–
Michigan816.3339–
Northwestern618.25011–

Tournament
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Purdue5
5Michigan State106Ohio State4
4Nebraska91Purdue3
2Indiana0
2Indiana6
6Ohio State125Michigan State4
3Penn State5
1Purdue6x
2Indiana5x
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Michigan State3*
6Ohio State22Indiana4*
4Nebraska25Michigan State6
4Nebraska126Ohio State6
3Penn State3

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.[2]

PosNameSchool
PJonny HoffmanIndiana
PTony BucciferroMichigan State
PLance BreedlovePurdue
CKevin PlaweckiPurdue
1BRyan KrillMichigan State
1BRichard StockNebraska
2BMicah JohnsonIndiana
3BCameron PerkinsPurdue
SSKirby PellantOhio State
SSDavid MillerPurdue
OFWill NoldenIndiana
OFAnthony ChekyMichigan State
OFBarrett SerratoPurdue
DHMichael PritchardNebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.[2]

References
  1. "2012 Baseball Standings and Leaders". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. "Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title". purduesports.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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