1996 Big Ten baseball tournament

August 2023 June 2026 1996 Big Ten Conference 4 Double-elimination Beaver Field (baseball) State College, PA 1996 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 1st Bob Morgan 1st Dan Ferrell Indiana The 1996 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. 1996 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 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 March 23, 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 1996 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Team W L PCT GB Seed 1996 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 19 8 .704 – 1 1996 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 18 8 .692 .5 2 1996 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 17 10 .630 2 3 1996 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 17 11 .607 2.5 4 1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 15 12 .556 4 – 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 15 13 .536 4.5 – 1996 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa 13 13 .500 5.5 – 1996 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 10 18 .357 9.5 – 1996 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue 8 19 .296 11 – 1996 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State 4 24 .143 15.5 – Tournament 1 1996 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 14 4 1996 Michigan Wolverines Michigan 3 2 1996 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana 6 3 1996 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois 3 4 Michigan 4 3 Illinois 7 1 Penn State 2 2 Indiana 6 1 Penn State 3 3 Illinois 11 2 Indiana 5 6 3 Illinois 8 4 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Name School P Jason Wollard Illinois P Dan Ferrell Indiana C Matt Braughler Indiana 1B Phil Bertolotti Penn State 2B Brian McClure Illinois SS Josh Klimek Illinois 3B Mike Crotty Indiana OF Danny Rhodes Illinois OF Ryan Dillon Indiana OF Mike Spisak Indiana OF Jason Alcaraz Michigan DH Todd McClure Illinois Most Outstanding Player Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana. References Tournament Big Ten baseball tournament Category:Big Ten baseball tournament Big Ten baseball tournament