2010 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2010 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination with single bye for top two teams
Site	Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) Columbus, OH
Champions	Minnesota (9th title)
Television	BTN
Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament «2009  2011»

2010 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota †	15	–	9		.625			32	–	30		.516
Michigan	14	–	10		.583			35	–	22		.614
Iowa	13	–	11		.542			30	–	28		.517
Northwestern	13	–	11		.542			24	–	32		.429
Purdue	12	–	12		.500			33	–	24		.579
Indiana	12	–	12		.500			28	–	27		.509
Michigan State	11	–	13		.458			34	–	19		.642
Ohio State	11	–	13		.458			28	–	23		.549
Illinois	10	–	14		.417			26	–	26		.500
Penn State	9	–	15		.375			22	–	30		.423
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 2010[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2010 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Minnesota won their ninth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Regular season results

The top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Minnesota	15	9	.625	–	1
Michigan	14	10	.583	1	2
Iowa	13	11	.542	2	3
Northwestern	13	11	.542	2	4
Purdue	12	12	.500	4	5
Indiana	12	12	.500	4	6
Michigan State	11	13	.458	5	–
Ohio State	11	13	.458	5	–
Illinois	10	14	.417	5	–
Penn State	9	15	.375	6	–

Format

The 2010 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	4	Iowa	7			2	Michigan	18
	5	Purdue	5			4	Iowa	4
											2	Michigan	3
											1	Minnesota	4
	3	Northwestern	0			1	Minnesota	10
	6	Indiana	5			6	Indiana	8
																					1	Minnesota	15
Loser's Bracket																					4	Iowa	5
	5	Purdue	11
	3	Northwestern	1
						6	Indiana	5
						5	Purdue	15
											4	Iowa	8
											5	Purdue	3
																2	Michigan	8
																4	Iowa	11

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References

1. "2010 Big Ten Baseball Standings". bigten.org. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
2. 2011-12 Big Ten Records Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 107. Retrieved 2012-06-29.