2008 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2008 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 2008 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 8th Rich Maloney 2nd Michael Powers Michigan The 2008 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 seventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 2008 Michigan Wolverines Michigan won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 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 12, 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 2008 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. As in the previous six 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 2008 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 26 5 .839 – 1 2008 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 21 10 .677 5 2 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 17 15 .531 9.5 3 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 16 15 .516 10 4 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 15 15 .500 11 5 2008 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 15 17 .469 12 6 2008 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 14 18 .438 12.5 – 2008 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 12 18 .400 13.5 – 2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 10 21 .323 16 – 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 10 22 .312 16.5 – Tournament 2 no 2 3 2008 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 6 6 2008 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 1 4 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 3 5 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 2 5 Ohio State 8* 6 Indiana 10* 1 2008 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 5 4 Illinois 2 2 2008 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 15 3 Penn State 6 4 Illinois 7 6 Indiana 14 1 Michigan 6 2 Purdue 1 3 Penn State 8 6 Indiana 11 2 Purdue 11 6 Indiana 7 1 Michigan 3 2 Purdue 2 * - Indicates game required 10 innings. All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Kevin Manson Illinois P Chris Fetter Michigan P Zach Putnam Michigan P Michael Powers Michigan C Dan Black Purdue 1B Jerrud Sabourin Indiana 2B Cory Kovanda Ohio State SS Tyler Cox Indiana 3B Adam Abraham Michigan OF Chris Hervey Indiana OF Kevin Cislo Michigan OF Jon Moore Purdue DH Michael Earley Indiana DH Rob Yodice Penn State Most Outstanding Player Michael Powers was named Most Outstanding Player. Powers was a pitcher for Michigan. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament