The 1981

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was held at

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on the campus of the

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, from May 15 through 17. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the

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, the first such event sponsored by the

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to determine the league champion.

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won the first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the

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Format and seeding

The 1981 tournament was a 4-team

, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Most Outstanding Player

Gerry Hool was named Most Outstanding Player. Hool was a catcher for Michigan.

References

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