1985 Big Ten baseball tournament

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The 1985 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 17 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fifth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (2nd title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1985 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (2nd title)
Winning coachJohn Anderson (2nd title)
MVPJohn Beckman (Minnesota)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1985 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Michigan  xy 1420 .87555100 .846
Ohio State   880 .50029240 .547
Purdue   880 .50033250 .569
Indiana   880 .50057191 .747
Michigan State   2140 .12522350 .386
West
Illinois  x 1240 .75046210 .687
Minnesota  y 970 .56333230 .589
Iowa   970 .56340200 .667
Northwestern   790 .43840180 .690
Wisconsin   3130 .18828252 .527
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 1985 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. Ohio State and Minnesota claimed the second seeds from their respective divisions by tiebreakers.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Michigan142.875
1E
Ohio State88.500
6
2E
Purdue88.500
6
Indiana88.500
6
Michigan State214.125
12
West Division
Illinois124.750
1W
Minnesota97.563
3
2W
Iowa97.563
3
Northwestern79.438
5
Wisconsin313.188
9
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1EMichigan10
2WMinnesota11
2WMinnesota8
2EOhio State5
1WIllinois2
2EOhio State3
2WMinnesota5
2EOhio State3
Lower round 1Lower final
2EOhio State3
1EMichigan11111EMichigan1
1WIllinois10

All-Tournament Team

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

More information Pos, Name ...
PosNameSchool
PMike ClarkinMinnesota
PBill CunninghamOhio State
CGreg IvaroneIllinois
1BAlex BauerMinnesota
2BC. J. BeshkeMichigan
SSBarry LarkinMichigan
3BMike PhersonMinnesota
OFJohn BeckmanMinnesota
OFJim OrsagIllinois
OFPat PohlMinnesota
DHKen HaywardMichigan
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Most Outstanding Player

Jon Beckman was named Most Outstanding Player. Beckman was an outfielder for Minnesota.[3]

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