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The 2007 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 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (8th title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
2007 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (8th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (8th title)
MVPCory Luebke (Ohio State)
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More information Conf., Overall ...
2007 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21–7 .75042–19 .689
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .66731–26 .544
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 18–9 .66741–18 .695
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .56731–23 .574
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .53331–27 .534
Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 15–15 .50038–24 .613
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 15–16 .48425–26 .490
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11–20 .35522–32 .407
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9–23 .28118–36 .333
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 8–23 .25819–35 .352
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The 2007 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Minnesota earned the second seed over Penn State by tiebreaker. As in the previous five years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

More information Team, W ...
TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Michigan217.750
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1
Minnesota189.667
2.5
2
Penn State2010.667
2
3
Iowa1713.567
5
4
Illinois1614.533
6
5
Ohio State1515.500
7
6
Michigan State1516.484
7
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Purdue1120.355
12
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Northwestern923.281
13
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Indiana823.258
14.5
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Michigan2
3Penn State36Ohio State4
6Ohio State106Ohio State10†
2Minnesota9†
2Minnesota10
4Iowa35Illinois3
5Illinois12
6Ohio State4
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Minnesota4
5Illinois23Penn State3
1Michigan5*3Penn State6
6Penn State53Penn State6*
4Iowa3

* - Indicates game required 10 innings. † - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

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PosNameSchool
PBill JohnsonMinnesota
PCory LuebkeOhio State
PJake HaleOhio State
CKevin CarlsonMinnesota
1BBryan JostMinnesota
2BMatt CavagnaroPenn State
SSDan LyonsMinnesota
3BTony KennedyOhio State
OFDerek VanBuskirkMichigan
OFMike MeeMinnesota
OFKyle BaranMinnesota
OFMatt NoheltyMinnesota
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Most Outstanding Player

Cory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State.[3]

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