2015 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2015 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (9th title)
Winning coach Erik Bakich  (1st title)
MVP Jacob Cronenworth (Michigan)
Television BTN
2015 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 9 Illinois  y2110 .95550101 .828
No. 20 Iowa  y1950 .79241180 .695
No. 14 Maryland  y14100 .58342240 .636
Michigan  y14100 .58339250 .609
Michigan State  14100 .58334230 .596
Indiana  y12100 .54535240 .593
Ohio State  13110 .54235210 .625
Nebraska  9140 .39134230 .596
Minnesota  9150 .37521300 .412
Northwestern  8160 .33318360 .333
Rutgers  7170 .29219351 .355
Penn State  6160 .27318300 .375
Purdue  6170 .26120340 .370
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 8, 2015 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 20 through 24. Michigan won their 9th tournament championship to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network. [2] [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2015 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Illinois 211.955
1
Iowa 195.792
3
2
Michigan 1410.583
8
3
Maryland 1410.583
8
4
Michigan State 1410.583
8
5
Indiana 1210.545
9
6
Ohio State 1311.542
9
7
Nebraska 914.391
12.5
8
Minnesota 915.375
13
Northwestern 816.333
14
Rutgers 717.292
15
Penn State 616.273
15
Purdue 617.261
15.5

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Illinois 3
8 Nebraska 2
1Illinois1
4Maryland2
4 Maryland 2
5 Michigan State 1
4Maryland4
6Indiana2
8Nebraska7
5Michigan State95Michigan State0
1Illinois2
4Maryland3
2 Iowa 3
3Michigan4
7 Ohio State 2
2Iowa5
3Michigan8
3 Michigan 4
6 Indiana 1
3Michigan5-
1Illinois3-
7Ohio State3
6Indiana56Indiana10
2Iowa2

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