2017 Big Ten baseball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Bart Kaufman Field
City:Bloomington, Indiana
Champions:Iowa Hawkeyes
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Rick Heller
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Chris Whelan
Mvpteam:Iowa
Television:BTN

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Ten 2016–2017 Championship/Tournament Schedule. Big Ten Conference. January 30, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202064144/http://www.bigten.org/championships/2017-schedule.html. February 2, 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: 2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers. NCAA. May 28, 2017. September 2, 2017.
  3. Web site: Indiana To Host 2017 Big Ten Tournament. January 19, 2017. January 30, 2017. Big Ten Conference. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202064059/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/011917aaa.html. February 2, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018. Big Ten Conference. January 30, 2017. 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.