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The 1996 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana (1st title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1996 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana (1st title)
Winning coachBob Morgan (1st title)
MVPDan Ferrell (Indiana)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1996 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Penn State   198 .7043224 .571
Indiana  y 188 .6924318 .705
Illinois   1710 .6303722 .627
Michigan   1711 .6072430 .444
Minnesota   1512 .5563026 .536
Ohio State   1513 .5363620 .643
Iowa   1313 .5002522 .532
Northwestern   1018 .3572629 .473
Purdue   819 .2962232 .407
Michigan State   424 .1431441 .255
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 1996 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Penn State198.704
1
Indiana188.692
.5
2
Illinois1710.630
2
3
Michigan1711.607
2.5
4
Minnesota1512.556
4
Ohio State1513.536
4.5
Iowa1313.500
5.5
Northwestern1018.357
9.5
Purdue819.296
11
Michigan State424.143
15.5
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Penn State14
4Michigan3
1Penn State2
2Indiana6
2Indiana6
3Illinois3
2Indiana56
3Illinois84
Lower round 1Lower final
1Penn State3
4Michigan43Illinois11
3Illinois7

All-Tournament Team

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

More information Pos, Name ...
PosNameSchool
PJason WollardIllinois
PDan FerrellIndiana
CMatt BraughlerIndiana
1BPhil BertolottiPenn State
2BBrian McClureIllinois
SSJosh KlimekIllinois
3BMike CrottyIndiana
OFDanny RhodesIllinois
OFRyan DillonIndiana
OFMike SpisakIndiana
OFJason AlcarazMichigan
DHTodd McClureIllinois
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Most Outstanding Player

Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana.[3]

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