2006 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2006 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 fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

2006 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (7th title)
Winning coachRich Maloney (1st title)
MVPAdam Abraham (Michigan)
2006 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Michigan  ‍y 23 9   .719 43 21   .672
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 21 11   .656 26 33   .441
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 19 12   .613 37 21   .638
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 17 14   .548 34 26   .567
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 15 17   .469 31 27   .534
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 17   .469 29 29   .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 13 19   .406 26 30   .464
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 13 19   .406 20 36   .357
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 20   .375 23 30   .434
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 11 21   .344 22 34   .393
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2006 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Illinois earned the fifth seed over Purdue by tiebreaker. As in the previous four 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.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Michigan 23 9 .719
1
Northwestern 21 11 .656
2
2
Ohio State 19 12 .613
3.5
3
Minnesota 17 14 .548
5.5
4
Illinois 15 17 .469
8
5
Purdue 15 17 .469
8
6
Michigan State 13 19 .406
10
Penn State 13 19 .406
10
Iowa 12 20 .375
11
Indiana 11 21 .344
12

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Michigan1
3Ohio State2*4Minnesota6
6Purdue1*4Minnesota7
3Ohio State4
2Northwestern0
4Minnesota83Ohio State9
5Illinois1
4Minnesota94
1Michigan119
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Ohio State2
1Michigan81Michigan7
2Northwestern82Northwestern3
6Purdue106Purdue4
5Illinois5

* - Indicates game required 12 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos Name School
P Adam Abraham Michigan
P Cole DeVries Minnesota
P Cory Luebke Ohio State
C Jeff Kunkel Michigan
1B Nick Recknagel Michigan
2B Luke MacLean Minnesota
SS Dan Lyons Minnesota
3B A. J. Scheidt Michigan
OF Eric Rose Michigan
OF Kyle Baran Minnesota
OF Antonie Mule Northwestern

Most Outstanding Player

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Adam Abraham was named Most Outstanding Player. Abraham was a pitcher for Michigan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2006". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.