2015 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#9 Illinois †^y	21	–	1	–	0	.955	50	–	10	–	1	.828
#20 Iowa ^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	41	–	18	–	0	.695
#14 Maryland ^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	42	–	24	–	0	.636
Michigan ‡^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	39	–	25	–	0	.609
Michigan State	14	–	10	–	0	.583	34	–	23	–	0	.596
Indiana ^y	12	–	10	–	0	.545	35	–	24	–	0	.593
Ohio State	13	–	11	–	0	.542	35	–	21	–	0	.625
Nebraska	9	–	14	–	0	.391	34	–	23	–	0	.596
Minnesota	9	–	15	–	0	.375	21	–	30	–	0	.412
Northwestern	8	–	16	–	0	.333	18	–	36	–	0	.333
Rutgers	7	–	17	–	0	.292	19	–	35	–	1	.355
Penn State	6	–	16	–	0	.273	18	–	30	–	0	.375
Purdue	6	–	17	–	0	.261	20	–	34	–	0	.370

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 20 through 24. Michigan won their 9th tournament championship to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.^[2]^[3]

Format and seeding

The 2015 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 played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Illinois	21	1	.955	–	1
Iowa	19	5	.792	3	2
Michigan	14	10	.583	8	3
Maryland	14	10	.583	8	4
Michigan State	14	10	.583	8	5
Indiana	12	10	.545	9	6
Ohio State	13	11	.542	9	7
Nebraska	9	14	.391	12.5	8
Minnesota	9	15	.375	13	–
Northwestern	8	16	.333	14	–
Rutgers	7	17	.292	15	–
Penn State	6	16	.273	15	–
Purdue	6	17	.261	15.5	–

Tournament

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Illinois	3
8	Nebraska	2
			1	Illinois	1

			4	Maryland	2
4	Maryland	2

5	Michigan State	1
						4	Maryland	4	–

						6	Indiana	2	–
8	Nebraska	7

5	Michigan State	9
			5	Michigan State	0

			1	Illinois	2



										4	Maryland	3

										3	Michigan	4
2	Iowa	3

7	Ohio State	2
			2	Iowa	5

			3	Michigan	8
3	Michigan	4

6	Indiana	1
						3	Michigan	5	-

						1	Illinois	3	-
7	Ohio State	3

6	Indiana	5
			6	Indiana	10

			2	Iowa	2

References

↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
↑ "Big Ten 2014-2015 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "Big Ten Baseball Tournament Expands to Eight-Team Field". Big Ten Conference. February 7, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments

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