2012 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2012 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, OH Purdue 1st Doug Schreiber 1st Kevin Plawecki Purdue BTN The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052712aaa.html purduesports.com Purdue Wins First Big Ten Tournament Title May 27, 2012 March 3, 2013 Format and seeding The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner. Team W L PCT GB Seed Purdue 17 7 .708 – 1 2012 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 16 8 .667 1 2 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 15 9 .625 2 3 Nebraska 14 10 .583 3 4 2012 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 13 11 .542 4 5 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 11 13 .458 6 6 2012 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 11 13 .458 6 – 2012 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 11 13 .458 6 – 2012 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 10 14 .417 7 – 2012 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 8 16 .333 9 – 2012 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 6 18 .250 11 – Tournament 2 no 2 5 2012 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 10 4 Nebraska 9 6 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 12 3 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 5 4 Nebraska 12 3 Penn State 3 1 Purdue 5 6 Ohio State 4 2 2012 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 6 5 Michigan State 4 4 Nebraska 2 6 Ohio State 6 1 Purdue 3 2 Indiana 0 6 Ohio State 2 5 Michigan State 6 5 Michigan State 3* 2 Indiana 4* 1 Purdue 6 2 Indiana 5 * - Indicates game required 11 innings. All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties. Pos Name School P Jonny Hoffman Indiana P Tony Bucciferro Michigan State P Lance Breedlove Purdue C Kevin Plawecki Purdue 1B Ryan Krill Michigan State 1B Richard Stock Nebraska 2B Micah Johnson Indiana 3B Cameron Perkins Purdue SS Kirby Pellant Ohio State SS David Miller Purdue OF Will Nolden Indiana OF Anthony Cheky Michigan State OF Barrett Serrato Purdue DH Michael Pritchard Nebraska Most Outstanding Player Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award. References Tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten Conference Baseball Big Ten baseball tournament