2000 Big Ten softball tournament

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2000 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (5th title)
Runner-up Iowa (4th title game)
Winning coach Carol Hutchins  (5th title)
2000 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 15 Iowa  y1440 .77846150 .754
No. 13 Michigan  y1340 .76545161 .734
Penn State  y1250 .70638190 .667
Northwestern  y1260 .66730260 .536
Wisconsin  960 .60034250 .576
Purdue  6100 .37534241 .585
Michigan State  5100 .33330230 .566
Indiana  5130 .27833280 .541
Minnesota  4130 .23531280 .525
Ohio State  4130 .23528260 .519
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of June 2000 [11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Contents

The 2000 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. [12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament. [13]

Format and seeding

The 2000 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Second round Semi-Finals Finals
            
1 Iowa 2
4 Northwestern 0
4 Northwestern 2
5 Wisconsin 1
1Iowa3
2 Michigan 1
2 Michigan 2
3 Penn State 0
3 Penn State 4
6 Purdue 3
1 Iowa 0
2Michigan2
2Michigan2
3 Penn State 0
5 Wisconsin 1
3Penn State14
3Penn State3
4 Northwestern 1
6 Purdue 1
4Northwestern2

References

  1. 2000 IND Season
  2. 2000 IA Season
  3. 2000 MICH Season
  4. 2000 MSU Season
  5. 2000 MINN Season
  6. 2000 NOR Season
  7. 2000 OSU Season
  8. 2000 PSU Season
  9. 2000 PUR Season
  10. 2000 WIS Season
  11. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  13. "2000 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.