2016 Big Ten baseball tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
City:Omaha, NE
Champions:Ohio State
Titlecount:9th
Coach:Greg Beals
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Ronnie Dawson[1]
Mvpteam:Ohio State
Television:BTN

The 2016 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 25 through 29.[2] Ohio State claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event aired on the Big Ten Network.[3]

Format and seeding

The 2016 tournament will be an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earn invites to the tournament. The teams will then play a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. Ties were broken, first, on the basis of head-to-head play (when the tied teams played each other) and, after that, on the basis of record against common opponents. Because Penn State, Illinois, and Iowa did not all play each other, the tie was broken first on common opponents, and, once Penn State was eliminated from the 3-way tie, on the head-to-head series between Iowa and Illinois.

SeedTeam W L Pct GB 1st Tiebreak 2nd Tiebreak 3rd Tiebreak
116 7
216 8 .5
315 9 1.5 0–0 vs. OSU 10–5 vs. comm. opp.
415 9 1.5 0–0 vs. IND 9–6 vs. comm. opp.
513 10 3
613 11 3.5 2–1 vs. MSU
713 11 3.5 1–2 vs. UMD
8 12 12 4.5 (did not play PSU) 2–1 vs. comm. opp. 2–1 vs. ILL
12 12 4.5 2–1 vs. comm. opp. 1–2 vs. IA
12 12 4.5 (did not play IA) 1-2 vs. comm. opp.
9 15 7.5
7 17 9.5
2 22 14.5

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Wednesday, May 25
110:00 a.m.
  1. 3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland
Big Ten Network
22:00 p.m.
  1. 2 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan State
36:00 p.m.
  1. 1 Minnesota vs. #8 Iowa
410:00 p.m.
  1. 4 Ohio State vs. #5 Michigan
9,866
Thursday, May 26
510:00 a.m.
  1. 3 Indiana vs. #2 Nebraska
Big Ten Network
62:00 p.m.
  1. 1 Minnesota vs. #5 Michigan
Friday, May 27
710:00 a.m.
  1. 6 Maryland vs. #7 Michigan State
Big Ten Network
82:00 p.m.
  1. 8 Iowa vs. #4 Ohio State
96:00 p.m.
  1. 3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland
1010:00 p.m.
  1. 5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State
Saturday, May 28
1110:00 a.m.
  1. 8 Iowa vs. #6 Maryland
Big Ten Network
10 (cont)2:00 p.m.
  1. 5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State
126:00 p.m.
  1. 7 Michigan State vs. #4 Ohio State
4,810
14^10:00 a.m. (5/29)
  1. 4 Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan State
Championship – Sunday, May 29
152:00 p.m.
  1. 8 Iowa vs. #4 Ohio State
Big Ten Network
  • Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ^If necessary

Games 7 and 8, originally scheduled for May 26, were postponed to May 27 due to inclement weather. Games 9 and 10 were moved to later start times on May 27.Game 10 postponed in-game on May 27 due to inclement weather, moved to May 28.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio State Wins Big Ten Baseball Tournament Title. Big Ten Conference. 29 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602172612/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052916aaa.html. 2 June 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Big Ten 2015–2016 Championship/Tournament Schedule. Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160101143106/http://www.bigten.org/championships/2016-schedule.html. January 1, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018. Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2016. November 11, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160114225323/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/111114aaa.html. January 14, 2016. dead. mdy-all.