2011 Big Ten baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2011 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site|

* Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio)
* Columbus, OH

Champions| Illinois (4th title)
Television| BTN

* ← 2010
* baseball tournament
* 2012 →

2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Michigan State ‍†‍‍ | 15 | - | 9 |  | .625 |  |  | 36 | - | 21 |  | .632
Illinois ‍†‍‡‍ | 15 | - | 9 |  | .625 |  |  | 30 | - | 27 |  | .526
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 10 |  | .583 |  |  | 37 | - | 20 |  | .649
Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542 |  |  | 25 | - | 24 |  | .510
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 11 |  | .542 |  |  | 26 | - | 27 |  | .491
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 12 |  | .500 |  |  | 32 | - | 22 |  | .593
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 13 |  | .458 |  |  | 30 | - | 25 |  | .545
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 13 |  | .435 |  |  | 20 | - | 29 |  | .408
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 15 |  | .375 |  |  | 20 | - | 32 |  | .385
Michigan ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304 |  |  | 17 | - | 37 |  | .315
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Regular season results

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The top six teams (based on conference results, with head-to-head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed

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Illinois | 15 | 9 | .625 | – | 1
Michigan State | 15 | 9 | .625 | – | 2
Purdue | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1 | 3
Ohio State | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2 | 4
Minnesota | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2 | 5
Penn State | 12 | 12 | .4500 | 3 | 6
Indiana | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4 | –
Northwestern | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.5 | –
Iowa | 9 | 15 | .375 | 6 | –
Michigan | 7 | 16 | .304 | 7.5 | –

## Format

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The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

## Bracket

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| | 2| Michigan State| 7
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| 4| Ohio State| 5| 3| Purdue| 1| | |
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| 5| Minnesota| 3| | 2| Michigan State| 1|
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| | | | 1| Illinois| 4| | | | |
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| | 1| Illinois| 5| |
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| 3| Purdue| 7| 4| Ohio State| 4| |
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| 6| Penn State| 2|
| 1| Illinois| 9|
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| | | 2| Michigan State| 1|
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| Lower round 3| Lower final|
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| | 2| Michigan State| 6
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| | 3| Purdue| 0| | | 5| Minnesota| 3| |
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| | 4| Ohio State| 4| | | 5| Minnesota| 1| | |
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| 5| Minnesota| 8| | | 5| Minnesota| 9| | |
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| 6| Penn State| 2| | |
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## References

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1. ^ "2011 Baseball standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
2. ^ 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107\. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

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