2017 Big Ten baseball tournament

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 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
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

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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

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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

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  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.