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
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMaryland (1st title)
Winning coachRob Vaughn (1st title)
TelevisionBTN
2023 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Maryland ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70842–19–0 .689
Indiana ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .66741–18–0 .695
Iowa ‍‍‍y 15–8–0 .65243–14–0 .754
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62533–23–1 .588
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58333–23–0 .589
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54228–28–0 .500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50033–22–0 .600
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50025–27–0 .481
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45824–29–0 .453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41718–34–0 .346
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37531–25–0 .554
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 7–16–0 .30425–25–0 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 4–20–0 .16710–40–0 .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 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
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]

References
  1. "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  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. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. "2023 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Schedule". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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