1996 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 1996 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in University Park, PA. #2 Indiana University defeated #3 University of Illinois for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Pennsylvania State University	19-8	Joe Hindelang
2	Indiana University	18-8	Bob Morgan
3	University of Illinois	17-10	Itch Jones
4	University of Michigan	17-11	Geoff Zahn

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Penn State	14
	4	Michigan	3
						1	Penn State	2
						2	Indiana	6
	2	Indiana	6
	3	Illinois	3
											2	Indiana	5	6
											3	Illinois	8	4
						1	Penn State	3
	4	Michigan	4			3	Illinois	11
	3	Illinois	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Indiana University	6-3	University of Illinois
Game 2	Pennsylvania State University	14-3	University of Michigan
Game 3	University of Illinois	7-4	University of Michigan	Michigan eliminated
Game 4	Indiana University	6-2	Pennsylvania State University
Game 5	University of Illinois	11-3	Pennsylvania State University	Penn State eliminated
Game 6	University of Illinois	8-5	Indiana University
Game 7	Indiana University	6-4	University of Illinois	Indiana advances to NCAA tournament