2020 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

Last updated
2020 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Television BTN
2020 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iowa  00 105 .667
Maryland  00 105 .667
Penn State  00 105 .667
Illinois  00 85 .615
Indiana  00 96 .600
Michigan State  00 96 .600
Michigan  00 87 .533
Purdue  00 77 .500
Northwestern  00 66 .500
Nebraska  00 78 .467
Minnesota  00 810 .444
Ohio State  00 68 .429
Rutgers  00 69 .400
Tournament champion
As of March 12, 2020 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was scheduled to be held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from May 20 through 24. [2] [3] On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [4] [5]

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