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2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Site
Champions Illinois (4th title)
Television BTN
2011 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Michigan State 15 9   .625     36 21   .632
Illinois 15 9   .625     30 27   .526
Purdue 14 10   .583     37 20   .649
Minnesota 13 11   .542     25 24   .510
Ohio State 13 11   .542     26 27   .491
Penn State 12 12   .500     32 22   .593
Indiana 11 13   .458     30 25   .545
Northwestern 10 13   .435     20 29   .408
Iowa 9 15   .375     20 32   .385
Michigan 7 16   .304     17 37   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2011; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The top six teams (based on conference results, with head to head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.


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