1997 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

1997 Big Ten Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Ray Fisher Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

Champions| Ohio State (4th title)
Winning coach| Bob Todd (4th title)
MVP| Mike Lockwood (Ohio State)

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1997 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Michigan ‍†‍‍ | 17 | - | 9 |  | .654 |  |  | 36 | - | 22 |  | .621
No. 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]

## Contents

* 1 Format and seeding
* 2 Tournament
* 3 All-Tournament Team
* 3.1 Most Outstanding Player
* 4 References

## Format and seeding[edit]

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

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Michigan | 17 | 9 | .654 |

Ohio State | 18 | 10 | .643 |

Purdue | 17 | 11 | .607 |

Illinois | 17 | 11 | .607 |

Minnesota | 15 | 10 | .600 |

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Penn State | 12 | 14 | .462 |

Michigan State | 12 | 16 | .429 |

Indiana | 8 | 16 | .333 |

Northwestern | 9 | 19 | .321 |

Iowa | 7 | 16 | .304 |

## Tournament[edit]

| First round | | | Semi-finals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Michigan | 8 | | |
| 4 | Illinois | 4 |
| | 1 | Michigan | 2 |
| Winner's bracket |
| | | 2 | Ohio State | 9 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 4 |

| 3 | Purdue | 2 |
| | 2 | Ohio State |  |  |
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| | | 1 | Michigan |  |  |
| 4 | Illinois | 8 | |

| 3 | Purdue | 3 |
| | 1 | Michigan | 7 |
| Loser's bracket |
| | | 4 | Illinois | 5 |

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Pos | Name | School

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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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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. ^ 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 23, 2013.

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