2016 Big Ten baseball tournament

2016 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, NE
Champions	Ohio State (9th title)
Winning coach	Greg Beals (1st title)
MVP	Ronnie Dawson (Ohio State)
Television	BTN

2016 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	7	–	0		.696			35	–	21	–	0		.625
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			37	–	22	–	0		.627
Ohio St.  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			44	–	20	–	1		.685
Indiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	10	–	0		.565			36	–	21	–	0		.632
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			36	–	20	–	0		.643
Maryland  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			28	–	23	–	0		.549
Iowa  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Penn State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			27	–	28	–	0		.491
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			15	–	39	–	0		.278
Purdue  ‍‍‍	2	–	22	–	0		.083			10	–	44	–	0		.185
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 25 through 29. 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.

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.

Seed	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	1st Tiebreak	2nd Tiebreak	3rd Tiebreak
1	Minnesota	16	7	.696	—
2	Nebraska	16	8	.667	.5
3	Indiana	15	9	.625	1.5	0–0 vs. OSU	10–5 vs. comm. opp.
4	Ohio State	15	9	.625	1.5	0–0 vs. IND	9–6 vs. comm. opp.
5	Michigan	13	10	.565	3
6	Maryland	13	11	.542	3.5	2–1 vs. MSU
7	Michigan State	13	11	.542	3.5	1–2 vs. UMD
8	Iowa	12	12	.500	4.5	(did not play PSU)	2–1 vs. comm. opp.	2–1 vs. ILL
—	Illinois	12	12	.500	4.5	—	2–1 vs. comm. opp.	1–2 vs. IA
—	Penn State	12	12	.500	4.5	(did not play IA)	1-2 vs. comm. opp.	—
—	Rutgers	9	15	.375	7.5
—	Northwestern	7	17	.292	9.5
—	Purdue	2	22	.083	14.5

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Minnesota	2
	8	Iowa	8
						8	Iowa	5
						4	Ohio State	4
	4	Ohio State	8
	5	Michigan	3
											8	Iowa	11	-
											6	Maryland	0	-
	3	Indiana	6
	2	Nebraska	2			3	Indiana	0
						6	Maryland	3
																	8	Iowa	7
	2	Nebraska	1
																	4	Ohio State	8
	7	Michigan State	5
						7	Michigan State	4
						6	Maryland	3
	3	Indiana	3
	6	Maryland	5
											7	Michigan State	2	3
											4	Ohio State	3	7
	1	Minnesota	2
	5	Michigan	3			4	Ohio State	11
						5	Michigan	4

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 25
1	10:00 a.m.	#3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland	Big Ten Network	—
2	2:00 p.m.	#2 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan State		—
3	6:00 p.m.	#1 Minnesota vs. #8 Iowa		—
4	10:00 p.m.	#4 Ohio State vs. #5 Michigan		9,866
Thursday, May 26
5	10:00 a.m.	#3 Indiana vs. #2 Nebraska	Big Ten Network	—
6	2:00 p.m.	#1 Minnesota vs. #5 Michigan		—
Friday, May 27
7	10:00 a.m.	#6 Maryland vs. #7 Michigan State	Big Ten Network	—
8	2:00 p.m.	#8 Iowa vs. #4 Ohio State		—
9	6:00 p.m.	#3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland		—
10	10:00 p.m.	#5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State		—
Saturday, May 28
11	10:00 a.m.	#8 Iowa vs. #6 Maryland	Big Ten Network	—
10 (cont)	2:00 p.m.	#5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State		—
12	6:00 p.m.	#7 Michigan State vs. #4 Ohio State		4,810
14^	10:00 a.m. (5/29)	#4 Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan State		—
Championship – Sunday, May 29
15	2:00 p.m.	#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.