2002 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (5th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (5th title)
MVPJoe Wilkins (Ohio State)
2002 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota   1810 .6433226 .552
Ohio State  y 1811 .6213820 .655
Michigan State   1612 .5713819 .667
Indiana   1514 .5173520 .636
Iowa   1516 .4842629 .473
Northwestern   1415 .4832629 .473
Illinois   1415 .4833219 .627
Michigan   1417 .4522132 .396
Purdue   1319 .4062432 .429
Penn State   1119 .3672330 .434
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the 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 twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, 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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota1810.643
1
Ohio State1811.621
.5
2
Michigan State1612.571
2
3
Indiana1514.517
3.5
4
Iowa1516.484
4.5
5
Northwestern1415.483
4.5
6
Illinois1415.483
4.5
Michigan1417.452
5.5
Purdue1319.406
6.5
Penn State1119.367
7.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Minnesota2
3Michigan State26Northwestern5
6Northwestern46Northwestern2
2Ohio State5
2Ohio State11*
4Indiana74Indiana10*
5Iowa4
2Ohio State6
1Minnesota3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Northwestern5
1Minnesota61Minnesota11
4Indiana13Michigan State0
3Michigan State133Michigan State14
5Iowa9

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PGabe RibasNorthwestern
PE. J. LarattaOhio State
PScott LewisOhio State
CJoe WilkinsOhio State
1BBrad CarlsonIowa
2BLuke AppertMinnesota
SSEric BlakeleyIndiana
3BDrew AndersonOhio State
OFBob MalekMichigan State
OFDoug DeedsOhio State
OFDoug DendingerOhio State
DHBen PatteeMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2002". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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