1988 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 1988 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Ann Arbor, MI. #2 University of Minnesota defeated #3 Michigan State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Michigan	20-8	Bud Middaugh
2	University of Minnesota	17-11	John Anderson
3	Michigan State University	16-12	Tom Smith
4	Ohio State University	16-12	Bob Todd

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Michigan	6
	4	Ohio State	3
						1	Michigan	2
						3	Michigan State	4
	2	Minnesota	5
	3	Michigan State	10
											3	Michigan State	4	3
											2	Minnesota	17	5
						1	Michigan	1
	4	Ohio State	1			2	Minnesota	4
	2	Minnesota	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Michigan State University	10-5	University of Minnesota
Game 2	University of Michigan	6-3	Ohio State University
Game 3	University of Minnesota	6-1	Ohio State University	Ohio State eliminated
Game 4	Michigan State University	4-2	University of Michigan
Game 5	University of Minnesota	4-1	University of Michigan	Michigan eliminated
Game 6	University of Minnesota	17-4	Michigan State University
Game 7	University of Minnesota	5-3	Michigan State University	Minnesota advances to NCAA tournament