2022 Big Ten
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (10th title)
Winning coachErik Bakich (2nd title)
MVPClark Elliott (Michigan)
TelevisionBTN
2022 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Maryland  ‍†‍‍y 18–5 .78348–13 .787
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 17–7 .70844–15 .746
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17–7 .70836–19 .655
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 17–7 .70831–22 .585
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 12–12 .50034–28 .548
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45826–29 .473
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–12 .42929–21 .580
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41727–32 .458
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41724–27 .471
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41723–30 .434
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 8–14 .36421–30 .412
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33324–30 .444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25016–36 .308
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten 2021–2022 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Big Ten Releases 2022 Baseball Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Schedule". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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