Big Ten Baseball Tournament
| Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament | |
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| Conference Baseball Championship | |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Double elimination |
| Current stadium | Bart Kaufman Field |
| Current location | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Played | 1981–present |
| Last contest | 2017 |
| Current champion | Iowa |
| Most championships | Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State (9) |
| TV partner(s) | BTN |
| Host stadiums | |
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Bart Kaufman Field (2017) TD Ameritrade Park (2014, 2016, 2018-22) Target Field (2013, 2015) Huntington Park (2009, 2011-12) Ray Fisher Stadium (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987-89, 1997, 2006-08) Illinois Field (1998, 2005) Siebert Field (1984, 1986, 2000, 2002-04) Bill Davis Stadium (1999, 2001, 2010) Beaver Field (1996) Trautman Field (1991-92, 1995) C. O. Brown Stadium (1993-94) Duane Banks Field (1990) Old Illinois Field (1982) |
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| Host locations | |
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Bloomington, IN (2017) Omaha, NE (2014, 2016, 2018-22) Minneapolis, MN (1984, 1986, 2000, 2002-04, 2013, 2015) Columbus, Ohio (1991-92, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009-12) Ann Arbor, MI (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987-89, 1997, 2006-08) Champaign, IL (1982, 1998, 2005) State College, PA (1996) Battle Creek, MI (1993-94) Iowa City, IA (1990) |
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The Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The Big Ten baseball tournament began in 1981. From 1981 to 1999, the tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament. In 2000, the tournament expanded to a 6-team double elimination format. Beginning in 2014, it will be an 8-team double elimination tournament.
From 1981 until 1987, the Big Ten Conference was split into two divisions, named the 'East' and the 'West'. The top two teams in each division at the end of the regular season participated in the tournament. In 1988, the conference eliminated the divisions, and the top four teams in the conference played in the tournament, until 2000 when it was expanded to 6 teams. Beginning in 2014, the field expanded to eight teams.
Updated as of 2016 season
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