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

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 →

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

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

	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

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.