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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Indiana  y 177 .7084916 .754
Ohio State   159 .6253523 .603
Nebraska   159 .6252930 .492
Minnesota   138 .6193222 .593
Illinois  y 1410 .5833520 .636
Michigan   1410 .5832927 .518
Michigan State   129 .5713317 .660
Iowa   1014 .4172227 .449
Northwestern   915 .3752226 .458
Purdue   618 .2501734 .333
Penn State   420 .1671436 .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

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Indiana177.7081
Ohio State159.62522
Nebraska159.62523
Minnesota138.6192.54
Illinois1410.58335
Michigan1410.58336
Michigan State129.5713.5
Iowa1014.4177
Northwestern915.3758
Purdue618.25011
Penn State420.16713

Tournament

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

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

POS Player Team
PWill Coursen-CarrIndiana
PAaron SlegersIndiana
PChristian DeLeonNebraska
DHEli GoldarisIndiana
CKyle SchwarberIndiana
1BSam TravisIndiana
2BPat KellyNebraska
3BDustin DeMuthIndiana
SSThomas LindauerIllinois
SSBryan PetersNebraska
OFCasey SmithIndiana
OFTroy LarsonMinnesota
OFChad ChristensenNebraska
DHKash KalkowskiNebraska

Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana

References

  1. "2013 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. "Big Ten 2012–2013 Championship/Tournament Schedule". bigten.org. 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.
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