2017 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Iowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Heller (1st title)
MVP Chris Whelan Iowa
Television BTN
2017 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Nebraska  ‍†‍‍y 16–7–1 .688  35–22–1 .612
Michigan  ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .667  42–17–0 .712
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15–8–0 .652  36–21–0 .632
Iowa  ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .625  39–22–0 .639
Maryland  ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .625  38–23–0 .623
Indiana  ‍‍‍y 14–9–1 .604  34–24–2 .583
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  27–30–0 .474
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  29–27–0 .518
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  29–23–0 .558
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  23–28–0 .451
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .333  22–34–0 .393
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 7–16–0 .304  19–34–0 .358
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 4–20–0 .167  18–37–0 .327
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bart Kaufman Field on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from May 24 through 28.[1] The Iowa Hawkeyes claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2] The event aired on the Big Ten Network. The event was held in Bloomington for one year before returning to Omaha, Nebraska, site of the College World Series.[3][4]

Format and seeding

The 2017 tournament will be an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earn invites to the tournament. The teams will then play a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Nebraska 15  
8 Purdue 9  
  1 Nebraska 0  
  5 Iowa 2  
4 Maryland 8
5 Iowa 9  
  5 Iowa 3 713  
  3 Minnesota 9 5  
8 Purdue 2  
4 Maryland 5  
  4 Maryland 8
  1 Nebraska 5  
  5 Iowa 13
  7 Northwestern 4
2 Michigan 4  
7 Northwestern 6  
  7 Northwestern 11
  3 Minnesota 7  
3 Minnesota 5
6 Indiana 4  
  7 Northwestern 5 6
  4 Maryland 9 5  
2 Michigan 4  
6 Indiana 5(13)  
  6 Indiana 8
  3 Minnesota 9  

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten 2016-2017 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Indiana To Host 2017 Big Ten Tournament". Big Ten Conference. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018". Big Ten Conference. November 11, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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