2018 Big Ten baseball tournament

2018 Big Ten Conferencebaseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha; Omaha, Nebraska;
Champions	Minnesota (10th title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (10th title)
MVP	Jordan Kozicky (Minnesota)
Television	BTN

2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Minnesota ‍†‍‡‍	18	–	4	.818	44	–	13	.772
No. 27 Purdue ‍‍‍	17	–	6	.739	38	–	21	.644
Michigan ‍‍‍	15	–	8	.652	33	–	21	.611
Illinois ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	33	–	20	.623
Indiana ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	40	–	19	.678
Iowa ‍‍‍	13	–	9	.591	33	–	20	.623
Ohio State ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	36	–	24	.600
Michigan State ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	20	–	32	.385
Maryland ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	24	–	30	.444
Nebraska ‍‍‍	8	–	14	.364	24	–	28	.462
Rutgers ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	25	–	25	.500
Northwestern ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	17	–	32	.347
Penn State ‍‍‍	3	–	21	.125	15	–	34	.306

‡ – Tournament championAs of June 24, 2023^[1]Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 23 through 27.^[2] The event aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the return of the event to Omaha, after it had been hosted by Indiana the previous year.^[3]^[4]

Format and seeding

The 2018 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.

Bracket

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Minnesota	3

8	Michigan State	2
			1	Minnesota	3

			4	Illinois	0
4	Illinois	7

5	Indiana	1
						1	Minnesota	8

						7	Ohio State	1
8	Michigan State	5

5	Indiana	6¹⁰
			5	Indiana	4

			4	Illinois	5



									1	Minnesota	6

									2	Purdue	4
2	Purdue	8

7	Ohio State	2
			2	Purdue	5

			3	Michigan	4
3	Michigan	2¹⁰

6	Iowa	1
						2	Purdue	11

						4	Illinois	5
6	Iowa	0

7	Ohio State	2
			7	Ohio State	5

			3	Michigan	3

References

^"Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^"Big Ten 2018 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^"Indiana To Host 2017 Big Ten Tournament". Big Ten Conference. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^"Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018". Big Ten Conference. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[1] "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] "Big Ten 2018 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

[3] "Indiana To Host 2017 Big Ten Tournament". Big Ten Conference. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

[4] "Baseball Tournament Returns to Omaha in 2016 and 2018". Big Ten Conference. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

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