2004 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2004 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 third annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

2004 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Minnesota (8th title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (8th title)
MVP	Glen Perkins (Minnesota)
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2004 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	21		.500			38	–	23		.623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	19	–	12		.613			36	–	25		.590
Michigan  ‍‍‍	19	–	13		.594			34	–	26		.567
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	19	–	13		.594			33	–	26		.559
Purdue  ‍‍‍	17	–	14		.548			29	–	28		.509
Penn State  ‍‍‍	17	–	15		.531			28	–	29		.491
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	14	–	18		.438			26	–	28		.481
Iowa  ‍‍‍	12	–	20		.375			20	–	35		.364
Illinois  ‍‍‍	11	–	21		.344			22	–	33		.400
Indiana  ‍‍‍	9	–	22		.290			25	–	30		.455
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2004 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two 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
Minnesota	21	10	.677	–	1
Ohio State	19	12	.613	2	2
Michigan	19	13	.594	2.5	3
Michigan State	19	13	.594	2.5	4
Purdue	17	14	.548	4	5
Penn State	17	15	.531	4.5	6
Northwestern	14	18	.438	7.5	–
Iowa	12	20	.375	9.5	–
Illinois	11	21	.344	10.5	–
Indiana	9	22	.290	12	–

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Minnesota	6
	3	Michigan	7			5	Purdue	1
	6	Penn State	2								1	Minnesota	16
											3	Michigan	3
						2	Ohio State	4
	4	Michigan State	5			3	Michigan	10
	5	Purdue	6
																					1	Minnesota	2	7
																					2	Ohio State	3	3
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																3	Michigan	2
											5	Purdue	4			2	Ohio State	14
						2	Ohio State	8			2	Ohio State	6
	6	Penn State	7			4	Michigan State	3
	4	Michigan State	8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos	Name	School
P	Glen Perkins	Minnesota
P	Jay Gagner	Minnesota
P	Jeffrey Carroll	Ohio State
C	Derek Kinnear	Ohio State
1B	Andy Hunter	Minnesota
2B	Chris Getz	Michigan
SS	Matt Fornasiere	Minnesota
3B	Ronnie Bourquin	Ohio State
OF	Ryan Basham	Michigan State
OF	Steve Carvatti	Ohio State
OF	Jacob Howell	Ohio State
DH	Brandon Roberts	Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

Glen Perkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.