2000 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 2000 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Minneapolis, MN. #4 University of Illinois defeated #2 Pennsylvania State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Minnesota	20-8	John Anderson
2	Pennsylvania State University	18-9	Joe Hindelang
3	Purdue University	17-11	Doug Schreiber
4	University of Illinois	17-11	Itch Jones
5	Ohio State University	15-13	Bob Todd
6	Northwestern University	13-15	Paul Stevens

Results

Bracket

	First round					Semifinals					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Minnesota	8
	6	Northwestern	4			1	Minnesota	1
						3	Purdue	6
											3	Purdue	8
											5	Ohio State	9			5	Ohio State	0
						6	Northwestern	2								4	Illinois	4
						5	Ohio State	4
	2	Penn State	8																		4	Illinois	5
	5	Ohio State	7																		1	Penn State	3
						2	Penn State	3
						4	Illinois	5
	3	Purdue	2								4	Illinois	0
	4	Illinois	6								1	Penn State	6
						2	Penn State	5
						1	Minnesota	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Illinois	6-2	Purdue University
Game 2	Pennsylvania State University	8-7	Ohio State University
Game 3	University of Minnesota	8-4	Northwestern University
Game 4	Ohio State University	4-2	Northwestern University	Northwestern eliminated
Game 5	Purdue University	6-1	University of Minnesota
Game 6	University of Illinois	5-3	Pennsylvania State University
Game 7	Pennsylvania State University	5-2	University of Minnesota	Minnesota eliminated
Game 8	Ohio State University	9-8	Purdue University	Purdue eliminated
Game 9	Pennsylvania State University	6-0	University of Illinois
Game 10	University of Illinois	4-0	Ohio State University	Ohio State eliminated
Game 11	University of Illinois	5-3	Pennsylvania State University	Illinois advances to NCAA tournament