2015 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2015 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from May 20 through 24. Michigan won their 9th tournament championship to claim the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network.^[2][3]

2015 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Target Field Minneapolis, MN
Champions	Michigan (9th title)
Winning coach	Erik Bakich (1st title)
MVP	Jacob Cronenworth (Michigan)
Television	BTN
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2015 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 9 Illinois  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	1	–	0		.955			50	–	10	–	1		.828
No. 20 Iowa  ‍‍‍y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			41	–	18	–	0		.695
No. 14 Maryland  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			42	–	24	–	0		.636
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			39	–	25	–	0		.609
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Indiana  ‍‍‍y	12	–	10	–	0		.545			35	–	24	–	0		.593
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			35	–	21	–	0		.625
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			21	–	30	–	0		.412
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			18	–	36	–	0		.333
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			19	–	35	–	1		.355
Penn State  ‍‍‍	6	–	16	–	0		.273			18	–	30	–	0		.375
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			20	–	34	–	0		.370
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2015[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2015 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Illinois	21	1	.955	–	1
Iowa	19	5	.792	3	2
Michigan	14	10	.583	8	3
Maryland	14	10	.583	8	4
Michigan State	14	10	.583	8	5
Indiana	12	10	.545	9	6
Ohio State	13	11	.542	9	7
Nebraska	9	14	.391	12.5	8
Minnesota	9	15	.375	13	–
Northwestern	8	16	.333	14	–
Rutgers	7	17	.292	15	–
Penn State	6	16	.273	15	–
Purdue	6	17	.261	15.5	–

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Illinois	3
	8	Nebraska	2
						1	Illinois	1
						4	Maryland	2
	4	Maryland	2
	5	Michigan State	1
											4	Maryland	4	–
											6	Indiana	2	–
	8	Nebraska	7
	5	Michigan State	9			5	Michigan State	0
						1	Illinois	2
																	4	Maryland	3
	2	Iowa	3
																	3	Michigan	4
	7	Ohio State	2
						2	Iowa	5
						3	Michigan	8
	3	Michigan	4
	6	Indiana	1
											3	Michigan	5	-
											1	Illinois	3	-
	7	Ohio State	3
	6	Indiana	5			6	Indiana	10
						2	Iowa	2