The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. The top six teams from the regular season participate in the double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. Purdue won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was also Purdue's second year ever winning a conference championship in baseball, having won the conference regular season in 1909.
Format and seeding The 2012 tournament will be a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage. The top two seeds will receive a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed will play the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed will play the highest seeded Round 1 winner. Team W L PCT GB Seed Purdue 17 7 .708 – 1 16 8 .667 1 2 15 9 .625 2 3 Nebraska 14 10 .583 3 4 13 11 .542 4 5 11 13 .458 6 6 11 13 .458 6 – 11 13 .458 6 – 10 14 .417 7 – 8 16 .333 9 – 6 18 .250 11 –
Tournament
* - Indicates game required 11 innings.
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Additional honorees at first base and shortstop were due to ties. Pos Name School P Jonny Hoffman Indiana P Tony Bucciferro Michigan State P Lance Breedlove Purdue C Kevin Plawecki Purdue 1B Ryan Krill Michigan State 1B Richard Stock Nebraska 2B Micah Johnson Indiana 3B Cameron Perkins Purdue SS Kirby Pellant Ohio State SS David Miller Purdue OF Will Nolden Indiana OF Anthony Cheky Michigan State OF Barrett Serrato Purdue DH Michael Pritchard Nebraska
Most Outstanding Player Kevin Plawecki was named Most Outstanding Player. Plawecki was a junior catcher for Purdue, and also claimed the regular season Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year award.
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