The 2013 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN from May 22 through 25. The six team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won the tournament to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.
Format and seeding The 2013 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the 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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Indiana 17 7 .708 – 1 15 9 .625 2 2 15 9 .625 2 3 13 8 .619 2.5 4 14 10 .583 3 5 14 10 .583 3 6 12 9 .571 3.5 – 10 14 .417 7 – 9 15 .375 8 – 6 18 .250 11 – 4 20 .167 13 –
Tournament
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POS Player TeamP Will Coursen-Carr IndianaP Aaron Slegers IndianaP Christian DeLeon NebraskaDH Eli Goldaris IndianaC Kyle Schwarber Indiana1B Sam Travis Indiana2B Pat Kelly Nebraska3B Dustin DeMuth IndianaSS Thomas Lindauer IllinoisSS Bryan Peters NebraskaOF Casey Smith IndianaOF Troy Larson MinnesotaOF Chad Christensen NebraskaDH Kash Kalkowski Nebraska
Most Outstanding Player: Sam Travis, Indiana
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