2017 Big Ten Softball Tournament

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2017 Big Ten Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams12
Format Single-elimination
Site
Champions Minnesota  (4th title)
Winning coach Jessica Allister  (3rd title)
Runner-up Ohio State  (3rd title game)
MVP Sara Groenewegen  (Minnesota)
Television Big Ten Network

The 2017 Big Ten Softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

Tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍22–1–0 .95751–3–0 .944
No. 17 Michigan  ‍‍‍20–3–0 .87041–10–1 .798
Ohio State  ‍‍‍15–8–0 .65233–15–0 .688
Illinois  ‍‍‍14–8–0 .63636–17–0 .679
Nebraska  ‍‍‍13–10–0 .56524–29–0 .453
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍11–11–0 .50033–14–0 .702
Michigan State  ‍‍‍11–12–0 .47830–21–0 .588
Northwestern  ‍‍‍10–13–0 .43525–28–0 .472
Indiana  ‍‍‍9–14–0 .39123–31–0 .426
Iowa  ‍‍‍9–14–0 .39119–32–0 .373
Purdue  ‍‍‍9–14–0 .39120–36–0 .357
Penn State  ‍‍‍8–15–0 .34823–32–0 .418
Rutgers  ‍‍‍5–18–0 .21714–37–0 .275
Maryland  ‍‍‍4–19–0 .17411–39–1 .225
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2017 [1] ; Rankings from NFCA
1st Round
May 11th
BTN 		Quarterfinals
May 12th
BTN 		Semifinals
May 13th
BTN 		Finals
May 13th
BTN
            
1 Minnesota 5
8 Northwestern 1
8 Northwestern 6
9 Purdue 1
1 Minnesota6
4 Illinois 5
4 Illinois 3
12 Penn State 0
5 Nebraska 0
12 Penn State 5
1 Minnesota6
3 Ohio State 0
2 Michigan 4
7 Michigan State5
7 Michigan State 8
10 Indiana 7
7 Michigan State 3
3 Ohio State4
3 Ohio State 3
6 Wisconsin 2
6 Wisconsin 3
11 Iowa 0

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  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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