1981 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 1981 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan defeated University of Minnesota for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	University of Michigan	10-4	Bud Middaugh
East 2	Purdue University	8-6-1	Dave Alexander
West 1	University of Minnesota	13-3	George Thomas
West 2	University of Illinois	11-3	Tom Dedin

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

E1

Michigan

4

W2

Illinois

3

E1

Michigan

7

E2

Purdue

6

W1

Minnesota

0

E2

Purdue

9

E1

Michigan

10

x

W1

Minnesota

6

x

E2

Purdue

3

W2

Illinois

0

W1

Minnesota

8

W1

Minnesota

2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Michigan	4-3	University of Illinois
Game 2	Purdue University	9-0	University of Minnesota
Game 3	University of Minnesota	2-0	University of Illinois	Illinois eliminated
Game 4	University of Michigan	7-6	Purdue University
Game 5	University of Minnesota	8-3	Purdue University	Purdue eliminated
Game 6	University of Michigan	10-6	University of Minnesota	Michigan advances to NCAA tournament