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2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Indiana (4th title)
Winning coach Tracy Smith (3rd title)
MVP Kyle Schwarber (Indiana)
Television BTN
2014 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#8 Indiana y 21 3 0   .875     42 13 0   .764
#26 Nebraska y 18 6 0   .750     40 19 0   .678
Illinois 17 7 0   .708     32 21 0   .604
Minnesota 13 11 0   .542     27 24 0   .529
Michigan 13 11 0   .542     30 29 1   .508
Michigan State 11 13 0   .458     31 26 0   .544
Iowa 10 14 0   .417     30 23 0   .566
Ohio State 10 14 0   .417     30 28 0   .517
Northwestern 7 16 0   .304     19 33 0   .365
Purdue 6 18 0   .250     13 37 0   .260
Penn State 5 18 0   .217     18 32 0   .360
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2014; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE from May 21 through 25. The eight team, double-elimination tournament determined the league champion for the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Indiana won their second consecutive, and fourth overall, tournament championship and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the first time the event was held in Omaha and the first time it featured eight teams.

The 2014 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invitations to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. This was the first year of this format in the Big Ten.

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Kyle Schwarber, an outfielder for Indiana, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.


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