The 1983

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was held at

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on the campus of the

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, from May 20 through 22. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the

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, the third annual tournament sponsored by the

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to determine the league champion.

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won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Format and seeding

The 1983 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

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was named Most Outstanding Player. Larkin was a shortstop for Michigan.

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