2017 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Bloomington, IN. #5 University of Iowa defeated #7 Northwestern University for the title. Outfielder Chris Whelan of Iowa was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Nebraska	16-7-1	Darin Erstad
2	University of Michigan	16-8	Erik Bakich
3	University of Minnesota	15-8	John Anderson
4	University of Maryland	15-9	John Szefc
5	University of Iowa	15-9	Rick Heller
6	Indiana University	14-9-1	Chris Lemonis
7	Northwestern University	13-11	Spencer Allen
8	Purdue University	12-12	Mark Wasikowski

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Re-ordered Semifinals						Finals
	1	Nebraska	15
	8	Purdue	9
						1	Nebraska	0
						5	Iowa	2
	4	Maryland	8
	5	Iowa	9
											5	Iowa	3	7
										3	Minnesota	9	5
	8	Purdue	2
	4	Maryland	5
						1	Nebraska	5
						4	Maryland	8
																5	Iowa	13	x	x
																7	Northwestern	4	x	x
	2	Michigan	4
	7	Northwestern	6
						7	Northwestern	11
						3	Minnesota	7
	3	Minnesota	5
	6	Indiana	4
											7	Northwestern	5	6
										4	Maryland	9	5
	2	Michigan	4
	6	Indiana	5
						3	Minnesota	9
						6	Indiana	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	University of Minnesota	5-4	Indiana University
Game 2	Northwestern University	6-4	University of Michigan
Game 3	University of Nebraska	15-9	Purdue University
May 25
Game 4	Indiana University	5-4 (13)	University of Michigan	Michigan eliminated
Game 5	University of Iowa	9-8	University of Maryland
Game 6	University of Maryland	5-2	Purdue University	Purdue eliminated
May 26
Game 7	Northwestern University	11-7	University of Minnesota
Game 8	University of Iowa	2-0	University of Nebraska
Game 9	University of Minnesota	9-8	Indiana University	Indiana eliminated
Game 10	University of Maryland	8-5	University of Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
May 27
Game 11	University of Minnesota	9-3	University of Iowa
Game 12	University of Maryland	9-5	Northwestern University
Game 13	University of Iowa	7-5 (13)	University of Minnesota	Minnesota eliminated
May 28
Game 14	Northwestern University	6-5	University of Maryland	Maryland eliminated
Game 15	University of Iowa	13-4	Northwestern University	Iowa advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Tyler Cropley, Iowa
• 1B Toby Hanson, Minnesota
• 2B Jake Schleppenbach, Nebraska
• 3B Connor Lind, Northwestern
• SS Kevin Smith, Maryland
• OF Chris Whelan, Iowa;
• OF Joe Hoscheit, Northwestern;
• OF Jordan Smith, Minnesota
• DH Matt Lloyd, Indiana
• P Cooper Wetherbee, Northwestern;
• P Sam Lawrence, Northwestern,
• P Josh Martsching, Iowa;
• P Ryan Erickson, Iowa