2018 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

Last updated
2018 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Minnesota  (9th title)
Winning coach John Anderson  (9th title)
MVPJordan Kozicky, Minnesota
Television BTN
2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 15 Minnesota  184 .818  4113 .759
No. 27 Purdue  176 .739  3719 .661
Michigan  158 .652  3321 .611
Illinois  159 .625  3320 .623
Indiana  149 .609  3817 .691
Iowa  139 .591  3320 .623
Ohio State  1410 .583  3622 .621
Michigan State  1112 .478  2032 .385
Maryland  914 .391  2430 .444
Nebraska  814 .364  2428 .462
Rutgers  716 .304  2525 .500
Northwestern  618 .250  1732 .347
Penn State  321 .125  1534 .306
Tournament champion
As of May 27, 2018 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from May 23 through 27. [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 2018 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.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Minnesota3
8 Michigan State2
1 Minnesota3
4 Illinois 0
4 Illinois7
5 Indiana 1
1 Minnesota8
7 Ohio State 1
8 Michigan State 5
5 Indiana610
5 Indiana 4
4 Illinois5
1 Minnesota6
2 Purdue 4
2 Purdue8
7 Ohio State 2
2 Purdue5
3 Michigan 4
3 Michigan210
6 Iowa 1
2 Purdue11
4 Illinois 5
6 Iowa 0
7 Ohio State2
7 Ohio State5
3 Michigan 3

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