2003 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 2003 Big Ten Conference 6 Double-elimination Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 6th Bob Todd 6th Brett Garrard Ohio State The 2003 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 second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State won their sixth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 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 6, 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 2003 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Using the same format from 2002, 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 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 24 6 .800 – 1 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 20 12 .625 5 2 2003 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 16 14 .533 8 3 2003 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 17 15 .531 8 4 2003 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 15 14 .517 8.5 5 2003 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 16 15 .516 8.5 6 2003 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 13 19 .419 11.5 – 2003 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 12 19 .387 12.5 – 2003 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 10 19 .345 13.5 – 2003 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 10 21 .323 14.5 – Tournament 2 no 2 3 2003 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 7 6 2003 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 2 4 2003 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 6 5 2003 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 0 6 Indiana 8 5 Northwestern 1 1 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 4 4 Penn State 3 2 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 4 3 Michigan 2 4 Penn State 8 6 Indiana 4 1 Minnesota 5 2 Ohio State 4 3 Michigan 2 4 Penn State 3 2 Ohio State 13 4 Penn State 3 1 Minnesota 8 10 2 Ohio State 10 17 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Josh Lewis Indiana P Glen Perkins Minnesota P Josh Newman Ohio State C Jake Elder Minnesota 1B David Roach Minnesota 2B Luke Appert Minnesota SS Brett Garrard Ohio State 3B David Harrick Minnesota OF Ben Pattee Minnesota OF Mike Rabin Ohio State OF Christian Snavely Ohio State Most Outstanding Player Brett Garrard was named Most Outstanding Player. Garrard was a shortstop 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