The 2014

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was held at

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from May 21 through 25. The eight team,

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determined the league champion for the

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won their second consecutive, and fourth overall, tournament championship and claimed the

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's automatic bid to the

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. The event was aired on the

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. This was the first time the event was held in Omaha and the first time it featured eight teams.

Format and seeding

The 2014 tournament was an 8 team

. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invitations to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. This was the first year of this format in the Big Ten.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

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

Most Outstanding Player

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, an outfielder for Indiana, was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.

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