2002 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2002 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 5th Bob Todd 5th Joe Wilkins Ohio State The 2002 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 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 5, 2013 dead 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 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, 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 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 18 10 .643 – 1 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 18 11 .621 .5 2 2002 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 16 12 .571 2 3 2002 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 15 14 .517 3.5 4 2002 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 15 16 .484 4.5 5 2002 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 14 15 .483 4.5 6 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 14 15 .483 4.5 – 2002 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 14 17 .452 5.5 – 2002 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 13 19 .406 6.5 – 2002 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 11 19 .367 7.5 – Tournament 2 no 2 3 2002 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 2 6 2002 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 4 4 2002 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 7 5 2002 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 4 3 Michigan State 13 5 Iowa 9 1 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 2 6 Northwestern 5 2 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 11* 4 Indiana 10* 4 Indiana 1 3 Michigan State 14 6 Northwestern 2 2 Ohio State 5 1 Minnesota 6 3 Michigan State 0 6 Northwestern 5 1 Minnesota 11 2 Ohio State 6 1 Minnesota 3 * - Indicates game required 10 innings. All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Gabe Ribas Northwestern P E. J. Laratta Ohio State P Scott Lewis Ohio State C Joe Wilkins Ohio State 1B Brad Carlson Iowa 2B Luke Appert Minnesota SS Eric Blakeley Indiana 3B Drew Anderson Ohio State OF Bob Malek Michigan State OF Doug Deeds Ohio State OF Doug Dendinger Ohio State DH Ben Pattee Minnesota Most Outstanding Player Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Minnesota Category:Baseball competitions in Minneapolis