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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Getting Ready for the Tourney

The team is on its way to Ann Arbor, Mich., today for the 2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament which gets underway Wednesday at Ray Fisher Stadium. The team will practice this afternoon for its opening-round game vs. Illinois tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. Here is the Big Ten preview for the tournament.

The weekly OSU news release that just arrived a few moments ago did not indicate a starting rotation.

Tournament Schedule:
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 -- (5) Ohio State vs. (4) Illinois, 12:05 p.m.
Game 2 -- (6) Indiana vs. (3) Penn State, 3:35 p.m.

Thursday, May 22
Game 3 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 12:05 p.m.
Game 4 -- Higher seed, Game 1/2 winner vs. (2) Purdue, 3:35 p.m.
Game 5 -- Lower seed, Game 1/2 winner vs. (1) Michigan, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, May 23
Game 6 -- Game 3 winner vs. Lower seed, Game 4/5 loser, 12:05 p.m.*
Game 7 -- Game 6 winner vs. Higher seed, Game 4/5 loser, 3:35 p.m.*
Game 8 -- Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7:05 p.m.*

Saturday, May 24
Game 9 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 12:05 p.m.*
Game 10 -- Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3:35 p.m.*

Sunday, May 25
Game 11 -- Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner (if nec.). 12:05 p.m.*


All times Eastern; The Big Ten Network will televise all tournament games scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. XM Radio will carry games 8, 9, 10 and 11 on XM Channel 196.

Don't miss The-Ozone.net's tournament preview. Buckeye Sports Bulletin also previewed the field and here is an OSU preview from UWeekly.

Also, the official Web site for Michigan's athletic department set up a page for the Big Ten Tournament.

2 comments:

Buckeye Nine said...

Though no official word has been made, I'm hearing Dan DeLucia will likely be the starting pitcher tomorrow against Illinois.

BaseballBucks33 said...

That would be cool.Delucia can get the job done vs. illinois. Just need to start out on the right foot in the win colum.

I have meetings all day.Hopefully i can check the game now and then.We will be in AA Thur. for the noon game.

Go Bucks!