2022 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 26 through 29.^[2][3] As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the first tournament since 2019 after the previous two tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 Big Ten
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Michigan (10th title)
Winning coach	Erik Bakich (2nd title)
MVP	Clark Elliott (Michigan)
Television	BTN
← 2019 baseball tournament 2023 →

2022 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Maryland  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			48	–	13		.787
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			44	–	15		.746
Iowa  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			36	–	19		.655
Illinois  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			31	–	22		.585
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	28		.548
Penn State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			26	–	29		.473
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			29	–	21		.580
Indiana  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	32		.458
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			24	–	27		.471
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			23	–	30		.434
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			21	–	30		.412
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			24	–	30		.444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			16	–	36		.308
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2022 tournament was an eight 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.^[4]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Maryland	611
	8	Indiana	5
						1	Maryland	8
						5	Michigan	15
	4	Illinois	5
	5	Michigan	7
											5	Michigan	3	137
											3	Iowa	7	1
	8	Indiana	8
	4	Illinois	1
						8	Indiana	611
						1	Maryland	4
																	5	Michigan	10
																	2	Rutgers	4
	2	Rutgers	10
	7	Purdue	3
						2	Rutgers	510
						6	Penn State	4
	3	Iowa	2
	6	Penn State	5
											2	Rutgers	147	—
											8	Indiana	2	—
	7	Purdue	4
	3	Iowa	5
						3	Iowa	11
						6	Penn State	3

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Thursday, May 26
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 6 Penn State	2–5	BTN
2	40 mins after Game 1	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 7 Purdue	10–3
3	40 mins after Game 2	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana	6–511
4	40 mins after Game 3	No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 5 Michigan	5–7
Friday, May 27
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 7 Purdue	5–4	BTN
6	40 mins after Game 5	No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 2 Rutgers	4–510
7	40 mins after Game 6	No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 4 Illinois	8–1
8	40 mins after Game 7	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 5 Michigan	8–15
Semifinals - Saturday, May 28
9	9:00 a.m.	No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 3 Iowa	3–11	BTN
10	1:50 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana	4–611
11	5:00 p.m.	No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 3 Iowa	3–7
12	9:00 p.m	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 8 Indiana	14–27
Championship – Sunday, May 29
13	1:00 p.m	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan	1–137	BTN
14	5:00 p.m	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 5 Michigan	4–10
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[5]