2013 Big Ten baseball tournament

2013 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination with
single bye for top two teams
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana (3rd title)
Winning coachTracy Smith (2nd title)
MVPSam Travis (Indiana)
TelevisionBTN
2013 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Indiana  ‍y 17 7   .708 49 16   .754
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 35 23   .603
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 29 30   .492
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 32 22   .593
Illinois  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 35 20   .636
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 29 27   .518
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 9   .571 33 17   .660
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 22 27   .449
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 22 26   .458
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 17 34   .333
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 14 36   .280
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 19, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN from May 22 through 25. The six team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won the tournament to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.[2][3]

Format and seeding

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The 2013 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Indiana 17 7 .708 1
Ohio State 15 9 .625 2 2
Nebraska 15 9 .625 2 3
Minnesota 13 8 .619 2.5 4
Illinois 14 10 .583 3 5
Michigan 14 10 .583 3 6
Michigan State 12 9 .571 3.5
Iowa 10 14 .417 7
Northwestern 9 15 .375 8
Purdue 6 18 .250 11
Penn State 4 20 .167 13

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Indiana4
4Minnesota34Minnesota2
5Illinois21Indiana11
2Ohio St3
2Ohio State3
3Nebraska113Nebraska2
6Michigan2
1Indiana64
3Nebraska73
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Ohio State0
3Nebraska73Nebraska5
5Illinois14Minnesota3
5Illinois34Minnesota3
6Michigan2

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
P Will Coursen-Carr Indiana
P Aaron Slegers Indiana
P Christian DeLeon Nebraska
DH Eli Goldaris Indiana
C Kyle Schwarber Indiana
1B Sam Travis Indiana
2B Pat Kelly Nebraska
3B Dustin DeMuth Indiana
SS Thomas Lindauer Illinois
SS Bryan Peters Nebraska
OF Casey Smith Indiana
OF Troy Larson Minnesota
OF Chad Christensen Nebraska
DH Kash Kalkowski Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana

References

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  1. ^ "2013 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Big Ten 2012–2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "BTN rolls out baseball, softball schedules". Big Ten Network. February 14, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.