The 2016 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 25 through 29. Ohio State claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event aired on the Big Ten Network.
Format and seeding The 2016 tournament will be an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earn invites to the tournament. The teams will then play a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. Ties were broken, first, on the basis of head-to-head play (when the tied teams played each other) and, after that, on the basis of record against common opponents. Because Penn State, Illinois, and Iowa did not all play each other, the tie was broken first on common opponents, and, once Penn State was eliminated from the 3-way tie, on the head-to-head series between Iowa and Illinois. Seed Team W L Pct GB 1st Tiebreak 2nd Tiebreak 3rd Tiebreak1 16 7 — 2 16 8 .5 3Indiana 15 9 1.5 0–0 vs. OSU 10–5 vs. comm. opp. 4 15 9 1.5 0–0 vs. IND 9–6 vs. comm. opp. 5 13 10 3 6 13 11 3.5 2–1 vs. MSU 7 13 11 3.5 1–2 vs. UMD 8 12 12 4.5 (did not play PSU) 2–1 vs. comm. opp. 2–1 vs. ILL— 12 12 4.5 — 2–1 vs. comm. opp. 1–2 vs. IA— 12 12 4.5 (did not play IA) 1-2 vs. comm. opp. —— 9 15 7.5 — 7 17 9.5 — 2 22 14.5
Tournament
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television Attendance Wednesday, May 25 1 10:00 a.m. #3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland Big Ten Network — 2 2:00 p.m. #2 Nebraska vs. #7 Michigan State — 3 6:00 p.m. #1 Minnesota vs. #8 Iowa — 4 10:00 p.m. #4 Ohio State vs. #5 Michigan 9,866 Thursday, May 26 5 10:00 a.m. #3 Indiana vs. #2 Nebraska Big Ten Network — 6 2:00 p.m. #1 Minnesota vs. #5 Michigan — Friday, May 27 7 10:00 a.m. #6 Maryland vs. #7 Michigan State Big Ten Network — 8 2:00 p.m. #8 Iowa vs. #4 Ohio State — 9 6:00 p.m. #3 Indiana vs. #6 Maryland — 10 10:00 p.m. #5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State — Saturday, May 28 11 10:00 a.m. #8 Iowa vs. #6 Maryland Big Ten Network — 10 (cont) 2:00 p.m. #5 Michigan vs. #4 Ohio State — 12 6:00 p.m.#7 Michigan State vs. #4 Ohio State 4,810 14^ 10:00 a.m. (5/29) #4 Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan State — Championship – Sunday, May 29 15 2:00 p.m. #8 Iowa vs. #4 Ohio State Big Ten Network — *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ^If necessary
Games 7 and 8, originally scheduled for May 26, were postponed to May 27 due to inclement weather. Games 9 and 10 were moved to later start times on May 27. Game 10 postponed in-game on May 27 due to inclement weather, moved to May 28.
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