1998 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

1998 Big Ten Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

Champions| Minnesota (6th title)
Winning coach| John Anderson (6th title)
MVP| Mark Groebner (Minnesota)

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* Baseball Tournament
* 1999 →

1998 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Illinois ‍†‍‍y | 19 | - | 5 |  | .792 |  |  | 39 | - | 19 |  | .672
Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y | 19 | - | 9 |  | .679 |  |  | 43 | - | 13 |  | .768
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 18 | - | 9 |  | .667 |  |  | 36 | - | 16 |  | .692
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 11 |  | .577 |  |  | 28 | - | 24 |  | .538
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 14 |  | .500 |  |  | 29 | - | 27 |  | .518
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 15 |  | .375 |  |  | 19 | - | 27 |  | .413
Michigan ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 15 |  | .375 |  |  | 21 | - | 27 |  | .438
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 18 |  | .357 |  |  | 27 | - | 26 |  | .509
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 18 |  | .333 |  |  | 23 | - | 29 |  | .442
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 16 |  | .333 |  |  | 25 | - | 27 |  | .481
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eighteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 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 1998 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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Illinois | 19 | 5 | .792 |

Minnesota | 19 | 9 | .679 |

Ohio State | 18 | 9 | .667 |

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Penn State | 15 | 11 | .577 |

Indiana | 14 | 14 | .500 |

Michigan | 9 | 15 | .375 |

Iowa | 9 | 15 | .375 |

Northwestern | 10 | 18 | .357 |

Michigan State | 8 | 16 | .333 |

Purdue | 9 | 18 | .333 |

11.5

## Tournament[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper final| | | Final
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| 1| Illinois| 2| | | |
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| 4| Penn State| 5| | | |
| | | 4| Penn State| 5| |
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| | | 2| Minnesota| 14| |
| 2| Minnesota| 10| | | |
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| 3| Ohio State| 3| | | |
| | | | | 2| Minnesota|
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| | | 1| Illinois|
| Lower round 1| | | Lower final| |
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| | | | 4| Penn State| 5| |
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| 1| Illinois| 9| | | 1| Illinois| 11| |
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| 3| Ohio State| 8| | | | |
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## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Pos | Name | School

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P | Ben Birk | Minnesota
P | Nate Bump | Penn State
C | Jeremy Megen | Minnesota
1B | Robb Quinlan | Minnesota
2B | D. J. Svihlik | Illinois
SS | Rick Brosseau | Minnesota
3B | Craig Marquie | Illinois
OF | Danny Rhodes | Illinois
OF | Dan O'Neill | Illinois
OF | Mark Groebner | Minnesota
DH | Adam Horton | Minnesota

### Most Outstanding Player[edit]

Mark Groebner was named Most Outstanding Player. Groebner was an outfielder for Minnesota.[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 -- 1998". 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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