Nittany Lions Host Michigan in Must Win Final Series Beginning Thursday

20.May.2010 at 20 | UncleLar

Nittany Lions Host Michigan in Must Win Final Series Beginning Thursday

Penn State enters the weekend two games out of a postseason berth.

• Despite struggling at Minnesota last weekend, the Penn State baseball team is still very much in the race for a Big Ten Tournament berth heading into a key series vs. Michigan to close the regular season. Gametimes are set for 6:35 p.m (Thursday), 5:35 p.m. (Friday) and 1:05 p.m. (Saturday) at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

• It is also Senior Weekend with six seniors set to be honored prior to Saturday’s finale: Gordon Atkisson, Jack Greenberg, David Lutz, Louie Picconi and Mike Wanamaker along with Director of Baseball Operations Sebastian Saraceno.

via Nittany Lions Host Michigan in Must Win Final Series Beginning Thursday – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.

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RPI Tracker

Final Big Ten Standings

	Team	W-L	GB	Pct
1	Minnesota	15 - 9 - 0	-	0.625
2	Michigan	14 - 10 - 0	1	0.583
3	Iowa	13 - 11 - 0	2	0.542
3	Northwestern	13 - 11 - 0	2	0.542
5	Purdue	12 - 12 - 0	3	0.500
5	Indiana	12 - 12 - 0	3	0.500
7	Michigan State	11 - 13 - 0	4	0.458
7	Ohio State	11 - 13 - 0	4	0.458
9	Illinois	10 - 14 - 0	5	0.417
10	Penn State	9 - 15 - 0	6	0.375

Big Ten Rankings (RPI)

	Team	W-L	Pct	RPI
1	Michigan	34 - 20 - 0	0.630	67
2	Michigan State	34 - 19 - 0	0.642	82
3	Indiana	25 - 25 - 0	0.500	91
4	Ohio State	28 - 21 - 0	0.571	92
5	Iowa	25 - 26 - 0	0.490	123
6	Minnesota	24 - 28 - 0	0.462	131
7	Illinois	25 - 26 - 0	0.490	146
8	Purdue	30 - 22 - 0	0.577	152
9	Penn State	22 - 30 - 0	0.423	160
10	Northwestern	23 - 30 - 0	0.434	180

-- as of 05/23/10

Big Ten Rankings (Pythagorean)

	Team	WinPct	Pyth%	Luck
1	Michigan State	.644	.651	-.007
2	Michigan	.630	.636	-.006
3	Purdue	.609	.621	-.012
4	Ohio State	.568	.546	.022
5	Minnesota	.449	.520	-.071
6	Illinois	.511	.508	.003
7	Penn State	.457	.482	-.025
8	Indiana	.511	.481	.030
9	Northwestern	.438	.428	.010
10	Iowa	.457	.403	.054

-- as of 05/11/10

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