2022 Big Ten baseball tournament

2022 Big Ten
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Michigan (10th title)
Winning coach	Erik Bakich (2nd title)
MVP	Clark Elliott (Michigan)
Television	BTN

2022 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Maryland  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			48	–	13		.787
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			44	–	15		.746
Iowa  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			36	–	19		.655
Illinois  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			31	–	22		.585
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	28		.548
Penn State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			26	–	29		.473
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			29	–	21		.580
Indiana  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	32		.458
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			24	–	27		.471
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			23	–	30		.434
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			21	–	30		.412
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			24	–	30		.444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			16	–	36		.308
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 26 through 29. As the tournament champion, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament aired on the Big Ten Network. This was the first tournament since 2019 after the previous two tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format and seeding

The 2022 tournament was an eight team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Maryland	611
	8	Indiana	5
						1	Maryland	8
						5	Michigan	15
	4	Illinois	5
	5	Michigan	7
											5	Michigan	3	137
											3	Iowa	7	1
	8	Indiana	8
	4	Illinois	1
						8	Indiana	611
						1	Maryland	4
																	5	Michigan	10
																	2	Rutgers	4
	2	Rutgers	10
	7	Purdue	3
						2	Rutgers	510
						6	Penn State	4
	3	Iowa	2
	6	Penn State	5
											2	Rutgers	147	—
											8	Indiana	2	—
	7	Purdue	4
	3	Iowa	5
						3	Iowa	11
						6	Penn State	3

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Thursday, May 26
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 6 Penn State	2–5	BTN
2	40 mins after Game 1	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 7 Purdue	10–3
3	40 mins after Game 2	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana	6–511
4	40 mins after Game 3	No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 5 Michigan	5–7
Friday, May 27
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 7 Purdue	5–4	BTN
6	40 mins after Game 5	No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 2 Rutgers	4–510
7	40 mins after Game 6	No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 4 Illinois	8–1
8	40 mins after Game 7	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 5 Michigan	8–15
Semifinals - Saturday, May 28
9	9:00 a.m.	No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 3 Iowa	3–11	BTN
10	1:50 p.m.	No. 1 Maryland vs. No. 8 Indiana	4–611
11	5:00 p.m.	No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 3 Iowa	3–7
12	9:00 p.m	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 8 Indiana	14–27
Championship – Sunday, May 29
13	1:00 p.m	No. 3 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan	1–137	BTN
14	5:00 p.m	No. 2 Rutgers vs. No. 5 Michigan	4–10
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.