1986 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1986 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

1986 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach	Bud Middaugh (4th title)
MVP	Tim McIntosh (Minnesota)
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1986 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
No. 28 Michigan  x‍‍‡‍y	13	–	3		.813			42	–	17		.712
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	7		.563			37	–	27		.578
Indiana  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			43	–	17		.717
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			28	–	26		.519
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	4	–	12		.250			21	–	27		.438
West
Minnesota  x‍‍‍	10	–	5		.667			40	–	19		.678
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			35	–	22		.614
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	9	–	7		.563			39	–	14		.736
Illinois  ‍‍‍	8	–	8		.500			34	–	19		.642
Iowa  ‍‍‍	2	–	13		.133			29	–	27		.518
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1986 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Michigan	13	3	.813	–	1E
Purdue	9	7	.563	4	2E
Indiana	7	9	.438	6	–
Michigan State	7	9	.438	6	–
Ohio State	4	12	.250	9	–
West Division
Minnesota	10	5	.667	–	1W
Wisconsin	10	5	.667	–	2W
Northwestern	9	7	.563	1.5	–
Illinois	8	8	.500	2.5	–
Iowa	2	13	.133	8	–

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1E

Michigan

12

2W

Wisconsin

11

1E

Michigan

10

1W

Minnesota

7

1W

Minnesota

16

2E

Purdue

4

1E

Michigan

9

—

1W

Minnesota

5

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Minnesota

13

2W

Wisconsin

14

2W

Wisconsin

3

2E

Purdue

10

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Jim Abbott	Michigan
P	Greg Mau	Minnesota
C	Brad Barsness	Wisconsin
1B	Scott Cepicky	Wisconsin
2B	Steven Finken	Michigan
SS	Mark Hess	Minnesota
3B	Jeff Goergen	Minnesota
OF	Casey Close	Michigan
OF	Tim McIntosh	Minnesota
OF	Bob Shoulders	Purdue
DH	Jay Kvasnicka	Minnesota
DH	Eddy Woolwine	Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.