2017 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coachRick Heller (1st title)
MVPChris Whelan (Iowa)
TelevisionBTN
2017 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Nebraska  y 1671 .68835221 .612
Michigan  y 1680 .66742170 .712
Minnesota   1580 .65236210 .632
Iowa  y 1590 .62539220 .639
Maryland  y 1590 .62538230 .623
Indiana  y 1491 .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]

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

References

  1. "Big Ten 2016–2017 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. "Indiana To Host 2017 Big Ten Tournament". Big Ten Conference. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. "Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018". Big Ten Conference. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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