2015 Big Ten baseball tournament


The 2015 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 20 through 24. Michigan won their 9th tournament championship to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.[2][3]

2015 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (9th title)
Winning coachErik Bakich (1st title)
MVPJacob Cronenworth (Michigan)
TelevisionBTN
2015 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 9 Illinois  ‍‍‍y 21 1 0   .955 50 10 1   .828
No. 20 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 19 5 0   .792 41 18 0   .695
No. 14 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 42 24 0   .636
Michigan  ‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 39 25 0   .609
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 34 23 0   .596
Indiana  ‍‍‍y 12 10 0   .545 35 24 0   .593
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 35 21 0   .625
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 9 14 0   .391 34 23 0   .596
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 21 30 0   .412
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 18 36 0   .333
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 19 35 1   .355
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 6 16 0   .273 18 30 0   .375
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 17 0   .261 20 34 0   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 8, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2015 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 played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Illinois 21 1 .955
1
Iowa 19 5 .792
3
2
Michigan 14 10 .583
8
3
Maryland 14 10 .583
8
4
Michigan State 14 10 .583
8
5
Indiana 12 10 .545
9
6
Ohio State 13 11 .542
9
7
Nebraska 9 14 .391
12.5
8
Minnesota 9 15 .375
13
Northwestern 8 16 .333
14
Rutgers 7 17 .292
15
Penn State 6 16 .273
15
Purdue 6 17 .261
15.5

Tournament

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Illinois3
8Nebraska2
1Illinois1
4Maryland2
4Maryland2
5Michigan State1
4Maryland4
6Indiana2
8Nebraska7
5Michigan State95Michigan State0
1Illinois2
4Maryland3
2Iowa3
3Michigan4
7Ohio State2
2Iowa5
3Michigan8
3Michigan4
6Indiana1
3Michigan5-
1Illinois3-
7Ohio State3
6Indiana56Indiana10
2Iowa2

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Big Ten 2014–2015 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Baseball Tournament Expands to Eight-Team Field". Big Ten Conference. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.