Big Ten Baseball Scores, Final Standings & Tournament Matchups (5/20)

[Alum-Ni]

#23 Nebraska 21, Penn State 3
#16 Michigan 2, Michigan State 1 (10 inn)
Indiana 4, Ohio State 3
Maryland 9, High Point 2

Standings
1. Nebraska (34-18-1, 16-7-1)
2. Michigan (42-13, 16-8)
3. Minnesota (33-19, 15-8)
4. Iowa (34-19, 15-9)
4. Maryland (34-19, 15-9)
6. Indiana (32-20-2, 14-9-1)
7. Northwestern (24-28, 13-11)
8. Purdue (29-25, 12-12)
9. Michigan State (29-23, 10-14)
10. Illinois (23-28, 9-15)
11. Ohio State (21-34-1, 8-16)
12. Rutgers (19-34, 7-16)
13. Penn State (18-37, 4-20)

Nebraska is the 2017 Big Ten Regular Season Champion

2017 Big Ten Tournament - Bloomington, Indiana

(all times Central)

First Round - Wednesday, May 24
#3 Minnesota vs. #6 Indiana (9:00 a.m. - BTN)
#2 Michigan vs. #7 Northwestern (12:30 p.m. - BTN)

#1 Nebraska vs. #8 Purdue (4:00 p.m. - BTN)
#4 Maryland vs. #5 Iowa (7:30 p.m. - BTN)

 

[Alum-Ni]

Looking at the first-round matchups:

- Nebraska and Purdue did not play in the regular season
- Iowa and Maryland did not play in the regular season
- Michigan and Northwestern did not play in the regular season
- Indiana and Minnesota did meet, with the Hoosiers winning two of three

 

[saluno22]

@k9_r, can you adjust your conference RPI calcs to account for only the tournament participants?

 

[k9_r]

@k9_r, can you adjust your conference RPI calcs to account for only the tournament participants?

Here they are..

RPI... TEAM.... SOS
1.... Nebraska... 8
2.... Indiana....... 4
3.... Maryland.... 9
4.... Minnesota.. 11
5.... Michigan... 12
7.... Purdue........7
8.... Iowa.......... 13
9.... NW........... 10

 

[k9_r]

Here they are..

RPI... TEAM.... SOS
1.... Nebraska... 8
2.... Indiana....... 4
3.... Maryland.... 9
4.... Minnesota.. 11
5.... Michigan... 12
7.... Purdue........7
8.... Iowa.......... 13
9.... NW........... 10

BTW, MSU is the missing team, the one with RPI 6. They also have the top SOS.

 

[saluno22]

In order of winning percentage, here are each tournament participant's record against other tourney teams:

#1 Nebraska (7-4-1, .625)
#6 Indiana (10-7-1, .583)
#2 Michigan (5-4, .556)
#5 Iowa (5-4, .556)
#7 Northwestern (6-6, .500)
#4 Maryland (5-7, .417)
#8 Purdue (6-9, .400)
#3 Minnesota (3-6, .333)

6 of Indiana's 8 conference series were against one of the other 7 tournament participants. They did not play Iowa.

Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota each only played 3 other tournament participants.

Team by team records...

#1 NEBRASKA (7-4-1, .625)
Indiana: 2-0-1
Maryland: 2-1
Iowa: 1-2
Minnesota: 2-1

#6 INDIANA (10-7-1, .583)
Northwestern: 3-0
Nebraska: 0-2-1
Purdue: 1-2
Minnesota: 2-1
Michigan: 2-1
Maryland: 2-1

#2 MICHIGAN (5-4, .556)
Maryland: 1-2
Indiana: 1-2
Purdue: 3-0

#5 IOWA (5-4, .556)
Purdue: 2-1
Northwestern: 1-2
Nebraska: 2-1

#7 NORTHWESTERN (6-6, .500)
Indiana: 0-3
Iowa: 2-1
Purdue: 2-1
Maryland: 2-1

#4 MARYLAND (5-7, .417)
Michigan: 2-1
Nebraska: 1-2
Indiana: 1-2
Northwestern: 1-2

#8 PURDUE (6-9, .400)
Iowa: 1-2
Indiana: 2-1
Northwestern: 1-2
Michigan: 0-3
Minnesota: 2-1

#3 MINNESOTA (3-6, .333)
Indiana: 1-2
Nebraska: 1-2
Purdue: 1-2