2011 Big Ten baseball tournament

2011 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site	Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, OH
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.

Regular season results

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Illinois	15	9	.625	–	1
Michigan State	15	9	.625	–	2
Purdue	14	10	.583	1	3
Ohio State	13	11	.542	2	4
Minnesota	13	11	.542	2	5
Penn State	12	12	.4500	3	6
Indiana	11	13	.458	4	–
Northwestern	10	13	.435	4.5	–
Iowa	9	15	.375	6	–
Michigan	7	16	.304	7.5	–

Format

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.

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						2	Michigan State	7
	4	Ohio State	5			3	Purdue	1
	5	Minnesota	3								2	Michigan State	1
											1	Illinois	4
						1	Illinois	5
	3	Purdue	7			4	Ohio State	4
	6	Penn State	2
																					1	Illinois	9
																					2	Michigan State	1
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Michigan State	6
											3	Purdue	0			5	Minnesota	3
						4	Ohio State	4			5	Minnesota	1
	5	Minnesota	8			5	Minnesota	9
	6	Penn State	2