2010 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Minnesota won their ninth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

2010 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (9th title)
MVP()
TelevisionBTN
2010 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‍ 15–9 .62532–30 .516
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58335–22 .614
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54230–28 .517
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54224–32 .429
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50033–24 .579
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50028–27 .509
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45834–19 .642
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45828–23 .549
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41726–26 .500
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37522–30 .423
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 2010[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota159.625
–
1
Michigan1410.583
1
2
Iowa1311.542
2
3
Northwestern1311.542
2
4
Purdue1212.500
4
5
Indiana1212.500
4
6
Michigan State1113.458
5
–
Ohio State1113.458
5
–
Illinois1014.417
5
–
Penn State915.375
6
–

Format

The 2010 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Iowa 7     2 Michigan 18  
  5 Purdue 5     4 Iowa 4    
      2 Michigan 3              
      1 Minnesota 4              
  3 Northwestern 0     1 Minnesota 10          
  6 Indiana 5     6 Indiana 8        
        1 Minnesota 15  
Loser's Bracket       4 Iowa 5  
  5 Purdue 11        
  3 Northwestern 1          
      6 Indiana 5        
      5 Purdue 15          
            4 Iowa 8              
          5 Purdue 3              
      2 Michigan 8    
    4 Iowa 11  

[2]

References

  1. "2010 Big Ten Baseball Standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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