2006 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
5/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Big Ten Site | Tournament Bracket (PDF)
School Sites: Michigan | Northwestern | Ohio State | Minnesota | Illinois | Purdue
Quotes from Pre-tournament Press Conference (5/23/06)
Ann Arbor Weather
All times are Eastern Daylight Time; Check the Big Ten Site for game stories
Wednesday, May 24
Game 1 -- #4 seed Minnesota 8, #5 seed Illinois 1 -- Boxscore
Game 2 -- #3 seed Ohio State 2, #6 seed Purdue 1 (12 innings) -- Boxscore
Thursday, May 25
Game 3 -- Purdue 10, Illinois 5 (Illinois eliminated) -- Boxscore
Game 4 -- Ohio State 9, #2 seed Northwestern 0 -- Boxscore
Game 5 -- #1 seed Michigan vs. Minnesota (postponed, rain and wet grounds)
Friday, May 26
Game 5 -- Minnesota 6, #1 seed Michigan 2 -- Boxscore
Game 6* -- Northwestern 8, Purdue 4 (Purdue eliminated) -- Boxscore
Game 7 -- Michigan 8, Northwestern 3 (Northwestern eliminated) -- Boxscore
Game 8 -- Minnesota 7, Ohio State 3 -- Boxscore
Saturday, May 27
Game 9 -- Michigan 3, Ohio State 2 (OSU eliminated) -- Boxscore
Game 10 -- Michigan 11, Minnesota 9 -- Boxscore
Sunday, May 28
Game 11 -- Michigan 9, Minnesota 4 (Michigan wins title) -- Boxscore
* Exception: If one of the Games 4 or 5 losers has already had a bye, that team will play in Game 6, regardless of seed.
All-Tournament Team
P -- Cory Luebke, Ohio State
P -- Cole DeVries, Minnesota
P -- Adam Abraham, Michigan
C -- Jeff Kunkel, Michigan
1B -- Nate Recknagel, Michigan
2B -- Luke MacLean, Minnesota
3B -- A.J. Scheidt, Michigan
SS -- Dan Lyons, Minnesota
OF -- Antonio Mule', Northwestern
OF -- Eric Rose, Michigan
OF -- Kyle Baran, Minnesota
DH -- Adam Abraham, Michigan
Most Outstanding Player -- Adam Abraham, Michigan
Live Audio Coverage
All teams will be providing audio coverage for their games throughout the tournament:
Illinois -- Listen via www.fightingillini.com
Michigan -- Listen via WCBN Sports Stream
Minnesota -- Listen via www.gophersports.com
Northwestern -- Listen via www.nusports.com
Ohio State -- Listen via www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com
Purdue -- Listen via www.purduesports.com
Final Big Ten Standings
| 1. | Michigan | 23-9 | .719 |
| 2. | Northwestern | 21-11 | .656 |
| 3. | Ohio State | 19-12 | .613 |
| 4. | Minnesota | 17-14 | .548 |
| 5. | Purdue | 15-17 | .469 |
| | Illinois | 15-17 | .469 |
| 7. | Michigan State | 13-19 | .406 |
| | Penn State | 13-19 | .406 |
| 9. | Iowa | 12-20 | .375 |
| 10. | Indiana | 11-21 | .344 |
