1982 Big Ten baseball tournament

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The 1982 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Old Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, from May 21 through 23. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the second annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1982 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (1st title)
MVPTerry Steinbach/Jeff King (Minnesota/Ohio State)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1982 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Ohio State  x 1330 .81345140 .763
Michigan   1330 .81344100 .815
Purdue   6100 .37536230 .610
Michigan State   6100 .37525290 .463
Indiana   2140 .12525280 .472
West
Illinois  x 1420 .87549230 .681
No. 26 Minnesota  y 880 .50033221 .598
Northwestern   790 .43825271 .481
Wisconsin   6100 .37523280 .451
Iowa   5110 .31331230 .574
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1982[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 1982 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. Ohio State claimed the top seed from the East by winning the season series over Michigan. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Ohio State133.813
1E
Michigan133.813
2E
Purdue610.375
7
Michigan State610.375
7
Indiana214.083
11
West Division
Illinois142.875
1W
Minnesota88.500
6
2W
Northwestern79.438
7
Wisconsin610.375
8
Iowa511.313
9
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EOhio State5
2WMinnesota3
1EOhio State7
2EMichigan2
1WIllinois2
2EMichigan4
1EOhio State75
2WMinnesota87
Lower round 1Lower final
2EMichigan4
2WMinnesota82WMinnesota5
1WIllinois3

All-Tournament Team

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

More information Pos, Name ...
PosNameSchool
PJeff InnisIllinois
PBill CunninghamOhio State
CJeff KingOhio State
1BTim RichardsonIllinois
2BGary JostMinnesota
SSBill PiwnicaMinnesota
OFJim PaciorekMichigan
OFTerry SteinbachMinnesota
OFJohn OrkisOhio State
OFKirk DixonOhio State
DHTim SteinbachMinnesota
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Most Outstanding Player

Terry Steinbach and Jeff King were named co-Most Outstanding Players. Steinbach was an outfielder for Minnesota while King was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

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