2008 Big Ten baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2008 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Ray Fisher Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

Champions| Michigan (8th title)
Winning coach| Rich Maloney (2nd title)
MVP| Michael Powers (Michigan)

* ← 2007
* baseball tournament
* 2009 →

2008 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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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

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Michigan | 26 | 5 | .839 |

Purdue | 21 | 10 | .677 |

Penn State | 17 | 15 | .531 |

9.5

Illinois | 16 | 15 | .516 |

Ohio State | 15 | 15 | .500 |

Indiana | 15 | 17 | .469 |

Northwestern | 14 | 18 | .438 |

12.5

Michigan State | 12 | 18 | .400 |

13.5

Minnesota | 10 | 21 | .323 |

Iowa | 10 | 22 | .312 |

16.5

## Tournament

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| | 1| Michigan| 5
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| 3| Penn State| 6| 4| Illinois| 2| | |
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| 6| Indiana| 1| | 1| Michigan| 6|
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| | | | 2| Purdue| 1| | | | |
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| | 2| Purdue| 15| |
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| 4| Illinois| 3| 3| Penn State| 6| |
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| 5| Ohio State| 2|
| 1| Michigan| 3| —
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| | | 2| Purdue| 2| —
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| Lower round 3| Lower final|
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| | 2| Purdue| 11
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| | 3| Penn State| 8| | | 6| Indiana| 7| |
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| | 4| Illinois| 7| | | 6| Indiana| 11| | |
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| 5| Ohio State| 8*| | | 6| Indiana| 14| | |
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| 6| Indiana| 10*| | |
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* - 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

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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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