2024 Big Ten baseball tournament

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2024 Big Ten
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
TelevisionBTN
2024 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois ‍‍‍ 18 6   .750 33 17   .660
Nebraska ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 34 19   .642
Indiana ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 30 22   .577
Iowa ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 31 21   .596
Michigan ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 30 26   .536
Purdue ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 33 22   .600
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 28 24   .538
Penn State ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 26 23   .531
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 23   .521
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 24 27   .471
Maryland ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 34 22   .607
Rutgers ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 28 25   .528
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 18 34   .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 18, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Big Ten baseball tournament will be held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 21 through 26. The tournament winner will earn the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament will air on the Big Ten Network.[2]

Format and seeding[edit]

The 2024 tournament will be an eight 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. The tournament will use 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[edit]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Illinois  
8 Penn State  
   
   
4 Iowa  
5 Michigan  
     
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
2 Nebraska  
7 Ohio State
   
   
3 Indiana  
6 Purdue  
     
     
   
   
   
   

Schedule[edit]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Tuesday, May 21
1 10:00 a.m. No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Purdue BTN
2 2:00 p.m. No. 2 Nebraska vs. No. 7 Ohio State
3 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Illinois vs. No. 8 Penn State
Wednesday, May 22
4 2:00 p.m. No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan BTN
5 7:00 p.m. Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser
Thursday, May 23
6 10:00 a.m. Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser BTN
7 2:00 p.m. Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner
8 6:00 p.m. Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner
Friday, May 24
9 2:00 p.m. Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser BTN
10 7:00 p.m. Game 6 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser
Semifinals - Saturday, May 25
11 9:00 a.m. Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner BTN
12 1:00 p.m. Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner
Championship – Sunday, May 26
13 2:00 p.m. Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner BTN
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Big Ten 2022–2023 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Schedule". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 20, 2023. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.