2006 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (7th title)
Winning coachRich Maloney (1st title)
MVPAdam Abraham (Michigan)
2006 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Michigan  y 239 .7194321 .672
Northwestern   2111 .6562633 .441
Ohio State   1912 .6133721 .638
Minnesota   1714 .5483426 .567
Purdue   1517 .4693127 .534
Illinois   1517 .4692929 .500
Michigan State   1319 .4062630 .464
Penn State   1319 .4062036 .357
Iowa   1220 .3752330 .434
Indiana   1121 .3442234 .393
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 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 fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2006 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Illinois earned the fifth seed over Purdue by tiebreaker. As in the previous four 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]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan239.719
1
Northwestern2111.656
2
2
Ohio State1912.613
3.5
3
Minnesota1714.548
5.5
4
Illinois1517.469
8
5
Purdue1517.469
8
6
Michigan State1319.406
10
Penn State1319.406
10
Iowa1220.375
11
Indiana1121.344
12

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Michigan1
3Ohio State2*4Minnesota6
6Purdue1*4Minnesota7
3Ohio State4
2Northwestern0
4Minnesota83Ohio State9
5Illinois1
4Minnesota94
1Michigan119
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Ohio State2
1Michigan81Michigan7
2Northwestern82Northwestern3
6Purdue106Purdue4
5Illinois5

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PAdam AbrahamMichigan
PCole DeVriesMinnesota
PCory LuebkeOhio State
CJeff KunkelMichigan
1BNick RecknagelMichigan
2BLuke MacLeanMinnesota
SSDan LyonsMinnesota
3BA. J. ScheidtMichigan
OFEric RoseMichigan
OFKyle BaranMinnesota
OFAntonie MuleNorthwestern

Most Outstanding Player

Adam Abraham was named Most Outstanding Player. Abraham was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2006". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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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