This is the last weekend of the Big 10 regular season for baseball. There are 6 teams that can still win the Big 10 regular season title and 11 of the 13 teams are still alive for the 8 team tourney. Should be fun to see how it shakes out.
Big 10's last weekend of baseball
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They actually were not eliminated coming into today. However, they were behind 11-0 last time I looked and this will eliminate them.
Yes, RU had to sweep Northwestern to get in.
The way the top 6 break down right now a couple of the teams can finish first or as low as 9th.
Thanks for the well wishes Abro!
Well – – down again four nothing in the eighth -- outscored 30 to 2 so far in what started as a critical road trip.
The only thing for sure currently that has been settled for how the Big 10 finishes is that OSU, PSU, Illinois, and Rutgers are not going to be in the Big 10 tourney. There are 3 teams for last 2 spots in Northwestern, Purdue, and MSU. Northwest holds the tie breaker over Purdue, Purdue has the tie breaker over MSU and MSU has the tie breaker over Northwestern. Minnesota and Nebraska have the easiest path to the title with Minnesota controlling their own destiny.
With Purdue's 2 victories over Minnesota today, Nebraska controls their own destiny now. Purdue and Minnesota play their last game tonight and Nebraska plays game 2 tonight and game 3 tomorrow.
An uninspiring stretch run. The team's coaching staff, recruiting paradigm, and OOC scheduling need overhaul. Look at Northwestern's roster. Players from numerous areas of the country, including NJ. California, Georgia, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, even NJ. Diversity on the coaching staff, too. They are working on putting together a competitive team. We put together a team to participate, not compete. What kind of recruiting effort are we making? Multi-county?
http://www.nusports.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball
http://www.nusports.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball
We lost all 5 games on the road to end the season at 19-34. Northwestern shut us out like 14-0 yesterday and 4-0 in today's first game of a DH. The second game just ended and we lost 5-4 ending the game looking at a strike three with runners on second and third. This sure was a season to forget. Hopefully we can improve our pitching for next season and find players to replace Carter, Marcinczyk .and Campbell. We also lose Herrmann our top relief pitcher and Rosa one of our starting pitchers.
This week was pathetic. Zero excuse to be this far behind in baseball. We played well at some points of the B1G schedule, but 0-5 this week and 1-8 verse Umich, UMD, and Nebraska is inexcusable. Second, the OOC is unnecessarily difficult. How about scheduling some games that our pitching staff matches us well against. Instead, we're out there getting rocked by Miami, UVA, FAU, etc leaving us with zero clue who can pitch effectively.
Here's how the final day looks.
Purdue 5, Minnesota 2
Purdue 11, Minnesota 1
Minnesota 9, Purdue 2
Northwestern 4, Rutgers 0
Northwestern 5, Rutgers 4
Illinois 12, Iowa 8
Iowa 8, Illinois 3
#16 Michigan 11, Michigan State 6
#23 Nebraska 3, Penn State 1
Indiana 8, Ohio State 4
High Point 7, Maryland 6
Standings
1. Nebraska (33-18-1, 15-7-1)
2. Michigan (41-13, 15-8)
2. Minnesota (33-19, 15-8)
4. Iowa (34-19, 15-9)
4. Maryland (33-19, 15-9)
6. Indiana (31-20-2, 13-9-1)
7. Northwestern (24-28, 13-11)
8. Purdue (29-25, 12-12)
9. Michigan State (29-22, 10-13)
10. Illinois (23-28, 9-15)
11. Ohio State (21-33-1, 8-15)
12. Rutgers (19-34, 7-16)
13. Penn State (18-36, 4-19)
Games for Saturday, May 20
#23 Nebraska at Penn State (10:00 a.m. - GoPSUNow.com
#16 Michigan at Michigan State
Maryland at High Point
Indiana at Ohio State
Seeding scenarios:
1. Nebraska (1 seed with win, 3 seed with loss and Michigan win, 2 seed with loss and Michigan loss)
2. Minnesota (1 seed with Nebraska loss, 2 seed with Nebraska win and Michigan loss, 3 seed with Nebraska win and Michigan win)
3. Michigan (1 seed with win and Nebraska loss, 2 seed with win and Nebraska win, 4 seed with loss)
4. Maryland (3 seed with Michigan loss, 4 seed with Michigan win)
5. Iowa (locked)
6. Indiana (locked)
7. Northwestern (locked)
8. Purdue (locked)
Purdue 5, Minnesota 2
Purdue 11, Minnesota 1
Minnesota 9, Purdue 2
Northwestern 4, Rutgers 0
Northwestern 5, Rutgers 4
Illinois 12, Iowa 8
Iowa 8, Illinois 3
#16 Michigan 11, Michigan State 6
#23 Nebraska 3, Penn State 1
Indiana 8, Ohio State 4
High Point 7, Maryland 6
Standings
1. Nebraska (33-18-1, 15-7-1)
2. Michigan (41-13, 15-8)
2. Minnesota (33-19, 15-8)
4. Iowa (34-19, 15-9)
4. Maryland (33-19, 15-9)
6. Indiana (31-20-2, 13-9-1)
7. Northwestern (24-28, 13-11)
8. Purdue (29-25, 12-12)
9. Michigan State (29-22, 10-13)
10. Illinois (23-28, 9-15)
11. Ohio State (21-33-1, 8-15)
12. Rutgers (19-34, 7-16)
13. Penn State (18-36, 4-19)
Games for Saturday, May 20
#23 Nebraska at Penn State (10:00 a.m. - GoPSUNow.com
#16 Michigan at Michigan State
Maryland at High Point
Indiana at Ohio State
Seeding scenarios:
1. Nebraska (1 seed with win, 3 seed with loss and Michigan win, 2 seed with loss and Michigan loss)
2. Minnesota (1 seed with Nebraska loss, 2 seed with Nebraska win and Michigan loss, 3 seed with Nebraska win and Michigan win)
3. Michigan (1 seed with win and Nebraska loss, 2 seed with win and Nebraska win, 4 seed with loss)
4. Maryland (3 seed with Michigan loss, 4 seed with Michigan win)
5. Iowa (locked)
6. Indiana (locked)
7. Northwestern (locked)
8. Purdue (locked)
Nebraska wins the regular season title by defeating PSU 21-3 today. With Michigan's win today they are the 2 seed. Minnesota falls to the 3rd seed, Maryland 4, Iowa 5, Indiana 6, Northwestern 7, and Purdue is the 8 seed.
Indiana is the host for the Big 10 tournament this year.
Indiana is the host for the Big 10 tournament this year.
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