2010 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2010 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, from May 23 through 26. Minnesota won their ninth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2010 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Finals site	Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, OH
Champions	Minnesota (9th title)
Television	BTN
← 2009 Baseball Tournament 2011 →

2010 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‍	15	–	9		.625			32	–	30		.516
Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			35	–	22		.614
Iowa  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			30	–	28		.517
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			24	–	32		.429
Purdue  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			33	–	24		.579
Indiana  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			28	–	27		.509
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			34	–	19		.642
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			28	–	23		.549
Illinois  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			26	–	26		.500
Penn State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			22	–	30		.423
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 2010^[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Minnesota	15	9	.625	–	1
Michigan	14	10	.583	1	2
Iowa	13	11	.542	2	3
Northwestern	13	11	.542	2	4
Purdue	12	12	.500	4	5
Indiana	12	12	.500	4	6
Michigan State	11	13	.458	5	–
Ohio State	11	13	.458	5	–
Illinois	10	14	.417	5	–
Penn State	9	15	.375	6	–

Format

The 2010 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						2	Michigan	18
	4	Iowa	7			4	Iowa	4
	5	Purdue	5								2	Michigan	3
											1	Minnesota	4
						1	Minnesota	10
	3	Northwestern	0			6	Indiana	8
	6	Indiana	5
																					1	Minnesota	15
																					4	Iowa	5
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Michigan	8
											4	Iowa	8			4	Iowa	11
						6	Indiana	5			5	Purdue	3
	5	Purdue	11			5	Purdue	15
	3	Northwestern	1

^[2]

References

1. "2010 Big Ten Baseball Standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
2. (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-06-29.