2022 Big Ten baseball tournament

2022 Big Ten
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (10th title)
Winning coachErik Bakich (2nd title)
MVPClark Elliott (Michigan)
TelevisionBTN
2022 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Maryland  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 5   .783 48 – 13   .787
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 44 – 15   .746
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 36 – 19   .655
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 31 – 22   .585
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 12   .500 34 – 28   .548
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 26 – 29   .473
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 29 – 21   .580
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 27 – 32   .458
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 24 – 27   .471
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 23 – 30   .434
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 21 – 30   .412
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 24 – 30   .444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 16 – 36   .308
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 26 through 29.[2][3] As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the first tournament since 2019 after the previous two tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format and seeding

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The 2022 tournament was an eight 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.[4]

Bracket

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Maryland 611
8 Indiana 5
1 Maryland 8
5 Michigan 15
4 Illinois 5
5 Michigan 7
5 Michigan 3 137
3 Iowa 7 1
8 Indiana 8
4 Illinois 1
8 Indiana 611
1 Maryland 4
5 Michigan 10
2 Rutgers 4
2 Rutgers 10
7 Purdue 3
2 Rutgers 510
6 Penn State 4
3 Iowa 2
6 Penn State 5
2 Rutgers 147 —
8 Indiana 2 —
7 Purdue 4
3 Iowa 5
3 Iowa 11
6 Penn State 3

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Thursday, May 26
1 9:00 a.m. No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 6 Penn State 2–5 BTN
2 40 mins after Game 1 No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 7 Purdue 10–3
3 40 mins after Game 2 No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana 6–511
4 40 mins after Game 3 No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 5 Michigan 5–7
Friday, May 27
5 9:00 a.m. No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 7 Purdue 5–4 BTN
6 40 mins after Game 5 No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 2 Rutgers 4–510
7 40 mins after Game 6 No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 4 Illinois 8–1
8 40 mins after Game 7 No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 5 Michigan 8–15
Semifinals - Saturday, May 28
9 9:00 a.m. No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 3 Iowa 3–11 BTN
10 1:50 p.m. No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana 4–611
11 5:00 p.m. No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 3 Iowa 3–7
12 9:00 p.m No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 8 Indiana 14–27
Championship – Sunday, May 29
13 1:00 p.m No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan 1–137 BTN
14 5:00 p.m No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 5 Michigan 4–10
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Big Ten 2021–2022 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Big Ten Releases 2022 Baseball Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2022. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Schedule". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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