2007 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

College baseball tournament in the United States of America

2007 Big Ten Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Ray Fisher Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

Champions| Ohio State (8th title)
Winning coach| Bob Todd (8th title)
MVP| Cory Luebke (Ohio State)

* ← 2006
* Baseball Tournament
* 2008 →

2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 20 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 7 |  | .750 |  |  | 42 | - | 19 |  | .689
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 20 | - | 10 |  | .667 |  |  | 31 | - | 26 |  | .544
Minnesota ‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 9 |  | .667 |  |  | 41 | - | 18 |  | .695
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 31 | - | 23 |  | .574
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 14 |  | .533 |  |  | 31 | - | 27 |  | .534
Ohio State ‍‍‡‍y | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 38 | - | 24 |  | .613
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 16 |  | .484 |  |  | 25 | - | 26 |  | .490
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 20 |  | .355 |  |  | 22 | - | 32 |  | .407
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 23 |  | .281 |  |  | 18 | - | 36 |  | .333
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 23 |  | .258 |  |  | 19 | - | 35 |  | .352
x - Division champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 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 sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 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 2007 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Minnesota earned the second seed over Penn State by tiebreaker. As in the previous five 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

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Michigan | 21 | 7 | .750 |

Minnesota | 18 | 9 | .667 |

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Penn State | 20 | 10 | .667 |

Iowa | 17 | 13 | .567 |

Illinois | 16 | 14 | .533 |

Ohio State | 15 | 15 | .500 |

Michigan State | 15 | 16 | .484 |

Purdue | 11 | 20 | .355 |

Northwestern | 9 | 23 | .281 |

Indiana | 8 | 23 | .258 |

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## Tournament[edit]

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| | | | 1| Michigan| 2| | | | | |
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| 3| Penn State| 3| | | 6| Ohio State| 4| | | | | | |
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| 6| Ohio State| 10| | | | | | 6| Ohio State| 10†| | | | |
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| | | | | | | 2| Minnesota| 9†| | | | |
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| | | | 2| Minnesota| 10| | | | | | |
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| 4| Iowa| 3| | | 5| Illinois| 3| | | | | |
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| 5| Illinois| 12| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 6| Ohio State| 4| —
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| | | | | | | | | 2| Minnesota| 2| —
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| Lower round 1| | | Lower round 2| | | Lower round 3| | | Lower final| | |
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| | | | | | | | 2| Minnesota| 4| |
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| | | | | | 5| Illinois| 2| | | 3| Penn State| 3| |
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| | | | 1| Michigan| 5*| | | 3| Penn State| 6| | | | |
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| 6| Penn State| 5| | | 3| Penn State| 6*| | | | | | |
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| 4| Iowa| 3| | | | | | | | |
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* - Indicates game required 10 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings.

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Pos | Name | School

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P | Bill Johnson | Minnesota
P | Cory Luebke | Ohio State
P | Jake Hale | Ohio State
C | Kevin Carlson | Minnesota
1B | Bryan Jost | Minnesota
2B | Matt Cavagnaro | Penn State
SS | Dan Lyons | Minnesota
3B | Tony Kennedy | Ohio State
OF | Derek VanBuskirk | Michigan
OF | Mike Mee | Minnesota
OF | Kyle Baran | Minnesota
OF | Matt Nohelty | Minnesota

### Most Outstanding Player[edit]

Cory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". 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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