2017 Big Ten baseball tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bart Kaufman Field; Bloomington, Indiana;
Champions	Iowa Hawkeyes (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Heller (1st title)
MVP	Chris Whelan (Iowa)
Television	BTN
	← 2016; baseball tournament; 2018 →;

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]

2017 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Nebraska ‍†‍‍^y	16	–	7	–	1	.688	35	–	22	–	1	.612
Michigan ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	42	–	17	–	0	.712
Minnesota ‍‍‍	15	–	8	–	0	.652	36	–	21	–	0	.632
Iowa ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	39	–	22	–	0	.639
Maryland ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	38	–	23	–	0	.623
Indiana ‍‍‍^y	14	–	9	–	1	.604	34	–	24	–	2	.583
Northwestern ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0	.542	27	–	30	–	0	.474
Purdue ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0	.500	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Michigan State ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0	.417	29	–	23	–	0	.558
Illinois ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	23	–	28	–	0	.451
Ohio State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	22	–	34	–	0	.393
Rutgers ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0	.304	19	–	34	–	0	.358
Penn State ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0	.167	18	–	37	–	0	.327

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding edit

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 edit


First round			Second round			Semifinals				Final



1	Nebraska	15

8	Purdue	9
			1	Nebraska	0

			5	Iowa	2
4	Maryland	8

5	Iowa	9
						5	Iowa	3	7¹³

						3	Minnesota	9	5
8	Purdue	2

4	Maryland	5	4	Maryland	8

			1	Nebraska	5


										5	Iowa	13
2	Michigan	4
										7	Northwestern	4
7	Northwestern	6
			7	Northwestern	11

			3	Minnesota	7
3	Minnesota	5

6	Indiana	4
						7	Northwestern	5	6

						4	Maryland	9	5
2	Michigan	4

6	Indiana	5⁽¹³⁾	6	Indiana	8

			3	Minnesota	9

References edit

^ "Big Ten 2016–2017 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]