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2008 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2008 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (8th title)
Winning coachRich Maloney (2nd title)
MVPMichael Powers (Michigan)
2008 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 26 – 5   .839 46 – 14   .767
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 21 – 10   .677 32 – 26   .552
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15   .531 27 – 31   .466
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 – 15   .516 31 – 25   .554
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 30 – 26   .536
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 – 17   .469 31 – 30   .508
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 18   .438 21 – 28   .429
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 24 – 29   .453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10 – 21   .323 20 – 35   .364
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 10 – 22   .313 22 – 33   .400
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2008[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 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 six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

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The 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six years, 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]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 26 5 .839
–
1
Purdue 21 10 .677
5
2
Penn State 17 15 .531
9.5
3
Illinois 16 15 .516
10
4
Ohio State 15 15 .500
11
5
Indiana 15 17 .469
12
6
Northwestern 14 18 .438
12.5
–
Michigan State 12 18 .400
13.5
–
Minnesota 10 21 .323
16
–
Iowa 10 22 .312
16.5
–

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Michigan5
3Penn State64Illinois2
6Indiana11Michigan6
2Purdue1
2Purdue15
4Illinois33Penn State6
5Ohio State2
1Michigan3—
2Purdue2—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Purdue11
3Penn State86Indiana7
4Illinois76Indiana11
5Ohio State8*6Indiana14
6Indiana10*

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Kevin Manson Illinois
P Chris Fetter Michigan
P Zach Putnam Michigan
P Michael Powers Michigan
C Dan Black Purdue
1B Jerrud Sabourin Indiana
2B Cory Kovanda Ohio State
SS Tyler Cox Indiana
3B Adam Abraham Michigan
OF Chris Hervey Indiana
OF Kevin Cislo Michigan
OF Jon Moore Purdue
DH Michael Earley Indiana
DH Rob Yodice Penn State

Most Outstanding Player

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Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
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