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]
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.