2017 Big Ten softball tournament

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Collegiate softball tournament

2017 Big Ten
softball tournamentTeams| 12

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Format| Single-elimination
Finals site|

* Wilpon Complex
* Ann Arbor, Michigan

Champions| Minnesota (4th title)
Runner-up| Ohio State (3rd title game)
Winning coach| Jessica Allister (3rd title)
MVP| Sara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
Television| Big Ten Network

* ← 2016
* Softball Tournament
* 2018 →

The 2017 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

## Tournament

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2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
No. 2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍ | 22 | - | 1 | - | 0 |  | .957 |  |  | 51 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .944
No. 17 Michigan ‍‍‍ | 20 | - | 3 | - | 0 |  | .870 |  |  | 41 | - | 10 | - | 1 |  | .798
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .652 |  |  | 33 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .688
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .636 |  |  | 36 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .679
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .565 |  |  | 24 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .453
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 33 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .702
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 12 | - | 0 |  | .478 |  |  | 30 | - | 21 | - | 0 |  | .588
Northwestern ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .435 |  |  | 25 | - | 28 | - | 0 |  | .472
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .391 |  |  | 23 | - | 31 | - | 0 |  | .426
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .391 |  |  | 19 | - | 32 | - | 0 |  | .373
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .391 |  |  | 20 | - | 36 | - | 0 |  | .357
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .348 |  |  | 23 | - | 32 | - | 0 |  | .418
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 18 | - | 0 |  | .217 |  |  | 14 | - | 37 | - | 0 |  | .275
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .174 |  |  | 11 | - | 39 | - | 1 |  | .225
‡ - Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2017[1]
Rankings from NFCA
| 1st Round
May 11th
BTN | | | Quarterfinals
May 12th
BTN | | | Semifinals
May 13th
BTN | | | Finals
May 13th
BTN |

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| | | | 1 | Minnesota | 5 | | |
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| | | 8 | Northwestern | 1 |
| 8 | Northwestern | 6 |

| 9 | Purdue | 1 |
| | 1 | Minnesota | 6 |
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| | | 4 | Illinois | 5 |
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| | 4 | Illinois | 3 |
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| | | 12 | Penn State | 0 |
| 5 | Nebraska | 0 |

| 12 | Penn State | 5 |
| | 1 | Minnesota | 6 |
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| | 2 | Michigan | 4 |
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| | | 7 | Michigan State | 5 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 8 |

| 10 | Indiana | 7 |
| | 7 | Michigan State | 3 |
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| | 3 | Ohio State | 3 |
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| | | 6 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 |

| 11 | Iowa | 0 |

* Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Maryland were not eligible to play.

## References

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1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

* http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/17sballbracket.pdf Archived 2017-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
* http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/big-ten-2017.html Archived 2017-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170511184758/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050817aab.html

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