2018 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2018 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 23 through 27.^[2] The event aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the return of the event to Omaha, after it had been hosted by Indiana the previous year.^[3][4]

2018 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Minnesota (10th title)
Winning coach	John Anderson (10th title)
MVP	Jordan Kozicky (Minnesota)
Television	BTN
← 2017 baseball tournament 2019 →

2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍	18	–	4		.818			44	–	13		.772
No. 27 Purdue  ‍‍‍	17	–	6		.739			38	–	21		.644
Michigan  ‍‍‍	15	–	8		.652			33	–	21		.611
Illinois  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			33	–	20		.623
Indiana  ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			40	–	19		.678
Iowa  ‍‍‍	13	–	9		.591			33	–	20		.623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			36	–	24		.600
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			20	–	32		.385
Maryland  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			24	–	30		.444
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			24	–	28		.462
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			25	–	25		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			17	–	32		.347
Penn State  ‍‍‍	3	–	21		.125			15	–	34		.306
‡ – Tournament champion As of June 24, 2023[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2018 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 then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Minnesota	3
	8	Michigan State	2
						1	Minnesota	3
						4	Illinois	0
	4	Illinois	7
	5	Indiana	1
											1	Minnesota	8
											7	Ohio State	1
	8	Michigan State	5
	5	Indiana	610
						5	Indiana	4
						4	Illinois	5
																	1	Minnesota	6
																	2	Purdue	4
	2	Purdue	8
	7	Ohio State	2
						2	Purdue	5
						3	Michigan	4
	3	Michigan	210
	6	Iowa	1
											2	Purdue	11
											4	Illinois	5
	6	Iowa	0
	7	Ohio State	2
						7	Ohio State	5
						3	Michigan	3