2017 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2017 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

2017 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Wilpon Complex Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Minnesota (4th title)
Runner-up	Ohio State (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Jessica Allister (3rd title)
MVP	Sara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
Television	Big Ten Network

Tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍	22	–	1	–	0		.957			51	–	3	–	0		.944
No. 17 Michigan  ‍‍‍	20	–	3	–	0		.870			41	–	10	–	1		.798
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	15	–	8	–	0		.652			33	–	15	–	0		.688
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	8	–	0		.636			36	–	17	–	0		.679
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	13	–	10	–	0		.565			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	11	–	11	–	0		.500			33	–	14	–	0		.702
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	11	–	12	–	0		.478			30	–	21	–	0		.588
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0		.435			25	–	28	–	0		.472
Indiana  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Iowa  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			19	–	32	–	0		.373
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			20	–	36	–	0		.357
Penn State  ‍‍‍	8	–	15	–	0		.348			23	–	32	–	0		.418
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	5	–	18	–	0		.217			14	–	37	–	0		.275
Maryland  ‍‍‍	4	–	19	–	0		.174			11	–	39	–	1		.225
‡ – Tournament champion As of May 9, 2017 Rankings from NFCA

	1st Round May 11th BTN					Quarterfinals May 12th BTN					Semifinals May 13th BTN					Finals May 13th BTN
						1	Minnesota	5
						8	Northwestern	1
	8	Northwestern	6
	9	Purdue	1
											1	Minnesota	6
											4	Illinois	5
						4	Illinois	3
						12	Penn State	0
	5	Nebraska	0
	12	Penn State	5
																1	Minnesota	6
																3	Ohio State	0
						2	Michigan	4
						7	Michigan State	5
	7	Michigan State	8
	10	Indiana	7
											7	Michigan State	3
											3	Ohio State	4
						3	Ohio State	3
						6	Wisconsin	2
	6	Wisconsin	3
	11	Iowa	0

• Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Maryland were not eligible to play.

References

• http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/17sballbracket.pdf Archived 2017-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/big-ten-2017.html Archived 2017-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170511184758/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050817aab.html