2017 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2017 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Nebraska  y1671 .68835221 .612
Michigan  y1680 .66742170 .712
Minnesota  1580 .65236210 .632
Iowa  y1590 .62539220 .639
Maryland  y1590 .62538230 .623
Indiana  y1491 .60434242 .583
Northwestern  13110 .54227300 .474
Purdue  12120 .50029270 .518
Michigan State  10140 .41729230 .558
Illinois  9150 .37523280 .451
Ohio State  8160 .33322340 .393
Rutgers  7160 .30419340 .358
Penn State  4200 .16718370 .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]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2017 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 then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Tournament

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Nebraska15
8Purdue9
1Nebraska0
5Iowa2
4Maryland8
5Iowa9
5Iowa3713
3Minnesota95
8Purdue2
4Maryland54Maryland8
1Nebraska5
5Iowa13
2Michigan4
7Northwestern4
7Northwestern6
7Northwestern11
3Minnesota7
3Minnesota5
6Indiana4
7Northwestern56
4Maryland95
2Michigan4
6Indiana5(13)6Indiana8
3Minnesota9

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