2023 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2023 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 23 through 28. As the tournament winner, Maryland earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament aired on the Big Ten Network.^[2]

2023 Big Ten
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Maryland (1st title)
Winning coach	Rob Vaughn (1st title)
Television	BTN
← 2022 baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Maryland ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			42	–	19	–	0		.689
Indiana ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			41	–	18	–	0		.695
Iowa ‍‍‍y	15	–	8	–	0		.652			43	–	14	–	0		.754
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			33	–	23	–	1		.588
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Purdue  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			18	–	34	–	0		.346
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Penn State  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			25	–	25	–	0		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0		.167			10	–	40	–	0		.200
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2023 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 tournament used a 3-2-3-2-4-1 format in terms of games played per day with competition beginning one day earlier than in past years to allow for flexibility in case of inclement weather.^[3]

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Maryland	3
	8	Michigan State	2
						1	Maryland	210
						4	Nebraska	1
	4	Nebraska	9
	5	Rutgers	7
											1	Maryland	4	—
											4	Nebraska	2	—
	5	Rutgers	4
	8	Michigan State	6
						4	Nebraska	4
						8	Michigan State	0
																	1	Maryland	4
																	3	Iowa	0
	2	Indiana	4
	7	Illinois	3
						2	Indiana	4
						3	Iowa	9
	3	Iowa	138
	6	Michigan	3
											3	Iowa	5	—
											6	Michigan	0	—
	6	Michigan	6
	7	Illinois	3
						2	Indiana	6
						6	Michigan	13

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Tuesday, May 23
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan	13–38	BTN
2	3:22 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana vs. No. 7 Illinois	4–3
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Michigan State	3–2
Wednesday, May 24
4	3:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Rutgers	9–7	BTN
5	8:00 p.m.	No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 7 Illinois	6–3
Thursday, May 25
6	11:00 a.m.	No. 5 Rutgers vs. No. 8 Michigan State	4–6	BTN
7	3:25 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana vs. No. 3 Iowa	4–9
8	7:40 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 4 Nebraska	2–110
Friday, May 26
9	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana vs. No. 6 Michigan	6–13	BTN
10	8:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 8 Michigan State	4–0
Semifinals - Saturday, May 27
11	10:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 6 Michigan	5–0	BTN
12	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 4 Nebraska	4–2
Championship – Sunday, May 28
13	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 3 Iowa	4–0	BTN
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4]