1997 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Ray Fisher Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Champions Ohio State (4th title)
Winning coach Bob Todd (4th title)
MVP Mike Lockwood (Ohio State)
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»
1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Michigan † 17 – 9   .654     36 – 22   .621
#30 Ohio State ‡y 18 – 10   .643     42 – 18   .700
Purdue 17 – 11   .607     30 – 25   .545
Illinois 17 – 11   .607     32 – 27   .542
Minnesota 15 – 10   .600     30 – 24   .556
Penn State 12 – 14   .462     29 – 24   .547
Michigan State 12 – 16   .429     26 – 28   .481
Indiana 8 – 16   .333     33 – 22   .600
Northwestern 9 – 19   .321     20 – 35   .364
Iowa 7 – 16   .304     17 – 30   .362
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 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 four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the seventeenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 1997 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 17 9 .654
–
1
Ohio State 18 10 .643
–
2
Purdue 17 11 .607
1
3
Illinois 17 11 .607
1
4
Minnesota 15 10 .600
1.5
–
Penn State 12 14 .462
5
–
Michigan State 12 16 .429
5
–
Indiana 8 16 .333
8
–
Northwestern 9 19 .321
9
–
Iowa 7 16 .304
8
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Michigan 8  
4  Illinois 4  
  1  Michigan 2  
  2  Ohio State 9  
2  Ohio State 4
3  Purdue 2  
  2  Ohio State 8 —
  1  Michigan 5 —
4  Illinois 8  
3  Purdue 3  
  1  Michigan 7
  4  Illinois 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Brett Weber Illinois
P Justin Fry Ohio State
C Mike Kremblas Ohio State
1B Bryan Besco Michigan
2B D. J. Svihlik Illinois
SS Brian Kalczynski Michigan
3B Mike Cervenak Michigan
OF Derek Besco Michigan
OF Jason Driscoll Ohio State
OF Mike Lockwood Ohio State
DH Jason Trott Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Lockwood was named Most Outstanding Player. Lockwood was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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