1986 Big Ten baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1986 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Siebert Field
* Minneapolis, MN

Champions| Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach| Bud Middaugh (4th title)
MVP| Tim McIntosh (Minnesota)

* ← 1985
* baseball tournament
* 1987 →

1986 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
East
No. 28 Michigan x‍‍‡‍y | 13 | - | 3 |  | .813 |  |  | 42 | - | 17 |  | .712
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 37 | - | 27 |  | .578
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 43 | - | 17 |  | .717
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 9 |  | .438 |  |  | 28 | - | 26 |  | .519
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 12 |  | .250 |  |  | 21 | - | 27 |  | .438
West
Minnesota x‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 5 |  | .667 |  |  | 40 | - | 19 |  | .678
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 6 |  | .625 |  |  | 35 | - | 22 |  | .614
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 39 | - | 14 |  | .736
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 8 |  | .500 |  |  | 34 | - | 19 |  | .642
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 2 | - | 13 |  | .133 |  |  | 29 | - | 27 |  | .518
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

## Format and seeding

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The 1986 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.[3]

Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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East Division
Michigan | 13 | 3 | .813 |

Purdue | 9 | 7 | .563 |

Indiana | 7 | 9 | .438 |

Michigan State | 7 | 9 | .438 |

Ohio State | 4 | 12 | .250 |

West Division
Minnesota | 10 | 5 | .667 |

Wisconsin | 10 | 5 | .667 |

Northwestern | 9 | 7 | .563 |

1.5

Illinois | 8 | 8 | .500 |

2.5

Iowa | 2 | 13 | .133 |

## Tournament

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| 1E| Michigan| 12
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| 2W| Wisconsin| 11| |
| | | 1E| Michigan| 10
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| | | 1W| Minnesota| 7| |
| 1W| Minnesota| 16| | | |
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| 2E| Purdue| 4| |
| | | 1E| Michigan| 9| —
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| | | 1W| Minnesota| 5| —
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |

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| | 1W| Minnesota| 13
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| 2W| Wisconsin| 14| | | 2W| Wisconsin| 3| |
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| 2E| Purdue| 10| | |
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## All-Tournament Team

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

Pos | Name | School

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P | Jim Abbott | Michigan
P | Greg Mau | Minnesota
C | Brad Barsness | Wisconsin
1B | Scott Cepicky | Wisconsin
2B | Steven Finken | Michigan
SS | Mark Hess | Minnesota
3B | Jeff Goergen | Minnesota
OF | Casey Close | Michigan
OF | Tim McIntosh | Minnesota
OF | Bob Shoulders | Purdue
DH | Jay Kvasnicka | Minnesota
DH | Eddy Woolwine | Michigan

### Most Outstanding Player

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Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

## References

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1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 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 March 10, 2013.

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