2000 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

2000 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bob Pearl Softball Field Iowa City, Iowa
Champions	Michigan (5th title)
Runner-up	Iowa (4th title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (5th title)

2000 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 15 Iowa ‍†‍‍y	14	–	4	–	0		.778			46	–	15	–	0		.754
No. 13 Michigan ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	4	–	0		.765			45	–	16	–	1		.734
Penn State ‍‍‍y	12	–	5	–	0		.706			38	–	19	–	0		.667
Northwestern ‍‍‍y	12	–	6	–	0		.667			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	9	–	6	–	0		.600			34	–	25	–	0		.576
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0		.375			34	–	24	–	1		.585
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	5	–	10	–	0		.333			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Indiana  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			33	–	28	–	0		.541
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	4	–	13	–	0		.235			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	4	–	13	–	0		.235			28	–	26	–	0		.519
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2000 Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format and seeding

The 2000 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semi-Finals					Finals
						1	Iowa	2
						4	Northwestern	0
	4	Northwestern	2
	5	Wisconsin	1
											1	Iowa	3
											2	Michigan	1
						2	Michigan	2
						3	Penn State	0
	3	Penn State	4
	6	Purdue	3
																1	Iowa	0
																2	Michigan	2
											2	Michigan	2
											3	Penn State	0
	5	Wisconsin	1
	3	Penn State	14
						3	Penn State	3
						4	Northwestern	1
	6	Purdue	1
	4	Northwestern	2