2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Site	Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, OH
Champions	Purdue (1st title)
Winning coach	Doug Schreiber (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Plawecki (Purdue)
Television	BTN
Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament «2011  2013»

2012 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#15 Purdue †‡^y	17	–	7		.708			45	–	14		.763
Indiana	16	–	8		.667			32	–	28		.533
Penn State	15	–	9		.625			29	–	27		.518
Nebraska	14	–	10		.583			35	–	23		.603
Michigan State ^y	13	–	11		.542			37	–	23		.617
Ohio State	11	–	13		.458			33	–	27		.550
Illinois	11	–	13		.458			28	–	25		.528
Minnesota	11	–	13		.458			29	–	27		.518
Iowa	10	–	14		.417			23	–	27		.460
Michigan	8	–	16		.333			22	–	34		.393
Northwestern	6	–	18		.250			18	–	36		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.^[2]

Format and seeding

The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Purdue	17	7	.708	–	1
Indiana	16	8	.667	1	2
Penn State	15	9	.625	2	3
Nebraska	14	10	.583	3	4
Michigan State	13	11	.542	4	5
Ohio State	11	13	.458	6	6
Illinois	11	13	.458	6	–
Minnesota	11	13	.458	6	–
Iowa	10	14	.417	7	–
Michigan	8	16	.333	9	–
Northwestern	6	18	.250	11	–

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	5	Michigan State	10			1	Purdue	5
	4	Nebraska	9			6	Ohio State	4
											1	Purdue	3
											2	Indiana	0
	6	Ohio State	12			2	Indiana	6
	3	Penn State	5			5	Michigan State	4
																					1	Purdue	6	x
Loser's Bracket																					2	Indiana	5	x
	4	Nebraska	12
	3	Penn State	3
						4	Nebraska	2
						6	Ohio State	6
											6	Ohio State	2
											5	Michigan State	6
																5	Michigan State	3*
																2	Indiana	4*

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties.^[2]

Pos	Name	School
P	Jonny Hoffman	Indiana
P	Tony Bucciferro	Michigan State
P	Lance Breedlove	Purdue
C	Kevin Plawecki	Purdue
1B	Ryan Krill	Michigan State
1B	Richard Stock	Nebraska
2B	Micah Johnson	Indiana
3B	Cameron Perkins	Purdue
SS	Kirby Pellant	Ohio State
SS	David Miller	Purdue
OF	Will Nolden	Indiana
OF	Anthony Cheky	Michigan State
OF	Barrett Serrato	Purdue
DH	Michael Pritchard	Nebraska

Most Outstanding Player

Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.^[2]

References

1. "2012 Baseball Standings and Leaders". bigten.org. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
2. "Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title". purduesports.com. May 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.