2005 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2005 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination Illinois Field Champaign, IL 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 7th Bob Todd 7th Steve Caravati Ohio State The 2005 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty fourth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf Big Ten Conference 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book April 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130228125857/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/b1grecordsbookbase.pdf February 28, 2013 Format and seeding The 2005 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Ohio State by tiebreaker. As in the previous three 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. Team W L PCT GB Seed 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 20 12 .625 – 1 2005 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 17 11 .607 1 2 2005 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 19 13 .594 1 3 2005 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 17 12 .586 1.5 4 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 17 12 .586 1.5 5 2005 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 17 15 .531 3 6 2005 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 14 18 .438 6 – 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 13 19 .406 7 – 2005 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 10 18 .357 8 – 2005 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 9 23 .281 11 – Tournament 2 no 2 3 2005 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 7 6 2005 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 14 4 2005 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 3* 5 2005 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 7* 3 Iowa 6 4 Michigan 8 1 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 8 6 Minnesota 11 2 2005 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 2 5 Ohio State 6 2 Purdue 9 4 Michigan 7 6 Minnesota 6 5 Ohio State 15 1 Illinois 3† 2 Purdue 4† 6 Minnesota 9 2 Purdue 7 5 Ohio State 3 14 6 Minnesota 4 6 * - Indicates game required 13 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings. All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Dan DeLucia Ohio State P Matt Loberg Minnesota P Jim Brauer Michigan C Jake Elder Minnesota 1B Andy Hunter Minnesota 1B Eric Wolfe Purdue 2B Chris Getz Michigan 2B Joe Maciej Minnesota SS Mitch Hilligoss Purdue 3B Shawn Roof Illinois OF Mike Mee Minnesota OF Steve Caravati Ohio State OF Matt Angle Ohio State OF Wes Schirtzinger Ohio State DH Adam Abraham Michigan Most Outstanding Player Steve Caravati was named Most Outstanding Player. Caravati was an outfielder for Ohio State. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament