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1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Michigan (4th title)
Winning coach Bud Middaugh (4th title)
MVP Tim McIntosh (Minnesota)
1986 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
#28 Michigan xy 13 3   .813     42 17   .712
Purdue 9 7   .563     37 27   .578
Indiana 7 9   .438     43 17   .717
Michigan State 7 9   .438     28 26   .519
Ohio State 4 12   .250     21 27   .438
West
Minnesota x 10 5   .667     40 19   .678
Wisconsin 10 6   .625     35 22   .614
Northwestern 9 7   .563     39 14   .736
Illinois 8 8   .500     34 19   .642
Iowa 2 13   .133     29 27   .518
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 1986 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. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.

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

Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.


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