2011 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois (4th title)
TelevisionBTN
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan State  ‍†‍‍ 15–9 .62536–21 .632
Illinois  ‍†‍‡‍ 15–9 .62530–27 .526
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58337–20 .649
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54225–24 .510
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54226–27 .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50032–22 .593
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45830–25 .545
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43520–29 .408
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37520–32 .385
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .30417–37 .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

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

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Illinois159.625–1
Michigan State159.625–2
Purdue1410.58313
Ohio State1311.54224
Minnesota1311.54225
Penn State1212.450036
Indiana1113.4584–
Northwestern1013.4354.5–
Iowa915.3756–
Michigan716.3047.5–

Format

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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Michigan State7
4Ohio State53Purdue1
5Minnesota32Michigan State1
1Illinois4
1Illinois5
3Purdue74Ohio State4
6Penn State2
1Illinois9
2Michigan State1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Michigan State6
3Purdue05Minnesota3
4Ohio State45Minnesota1
5Minnesota85Minnesota9
6Penn State2

[2]

References

  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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