The 2004

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was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the

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, from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the

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, the twenty third annual tournament sponsored by the

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to determine the league champion. won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the

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Format and seeding

The 2004 tournament was a 6-team

, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan claimed the third seed over Michigan State by tiebreaker. As in the previous two years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.

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. Perkins was a pitcher for Minnesota.

References

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