2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

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2011 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Site Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio)
Columbus, OH
Champions Illinois (4th title)
Television BTN
Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2010  2012»
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Michigan State † 15 – 9   .625     36 – 21   .632
Illinois †‡ 15 – 9   .625     30 – 27   .526
Purdue 14 – 10   .583     37 – 20   .649
Minnesota 13 – 11   .542     25 – 24   .510
Ohio State 13 – 11   .542     26 – 27   .491
Penn State 12 – 12   .500     32 – 22   .593
Indiana 11 – 13   .458     30 – 25   .545
Northwestern 10 – 13   .435     20 – 29   .408
Iowa 9 – 15   .375     20 – 32   .385
Michigan 7 – 16   .304     17 – 37   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results, with head to head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Illinois 15 9 .625
–
1
Michigan State 15 9 .625
–
2
Purdue 14 10 .583
1
3
Ohio State 13 11 .542
2
4
Minnesota 13 11 .542
2
5
Penn State 12 12 .4500
3
6
Indiana 11 13 .458
4
–
Northwestern 10 13 .435
4.5
–
Iowa 9 15 .375
6
–
Michigan 7 16 .304
7.5
–

Format

The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4  Ohio State 5     2  Michigan State 7  
  5  Minnesota 3     3  Purdue 1    
      2  Michigan State 1              
      1  Illinois 4              
  3  Purdue 7     1  Illinois 5          
  6  Penn State 2     4  Ohio State 4        
        1  Illinois 9  
Loser's Bracket       2  Michigan State 1  
  5  Minnesota 8        
  6  Penn State 2          
      4  Ohio State 4        
      5  Minnesota 9          
            3  Purdue 0              
          5  Minnesota 1              
      2  Michigan State 6    
    5  Minnesota 3  

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References

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