2012 Big Ten Conference Tournament

The 2012 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held in Columbus, OH. #1 Purdue University defeated #2 Indiana University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Purdue University	17-7	Doug Schreiber
2	Indiana University	16-8	Tracy Smith
3	Pennsylvania State University	15-9	Robbie Wine
4	University of Nebraska	14-10	Darin Erstad
5	Michigan State University	13-11	Jake Boss, Jr.
6	Ohio State University	11-13	Greg Beals

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Purdue	5
	3	Penn State	5			6	Ohio State	4
	6	Ohio State	12								1	Purdue	3
											2	Indiana	0
						2	Indiana	6
	4	Nebraska	9			5	Michigan State	4
	5	Michigan State	10													1	Purdue	6	x
																2	Indiana	5	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	6	Ohio State	5
	4	Nebraska	2								2	Indiana	4
						5	Michigan State	6			5	Michigan State	3
						6	Ohio State	2
	3	Penn State	3
	4	Nebraska	12

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Michigan State University	10-9	University of Nebraska
Game 2	Ohio State University	12-5	Pennsylvania State University
May 24
Game 3	University of Nebraska	12-3	Pennsylvania State University	Penn State eliminated
Game 4	Indiana University	6-4	Michigan State University
Game 5	Purdue University	5-4	Ohio State University
May 25
Game 6	Ohio State University	5-2	University of Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
Game 7	Michigan State University	6-2	Ohio State University	Ohio state eliminated
Game 8	Purdue University	3-0	Indiana University
May 26
Game 9	Indiana University	4-3 (11)	Michigan State University	Michigan State eliminated
Game 10	Purdue University	6-5	Indiana University	Purdue advances to NCAA tournament