The 2018 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at

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, from May 23 through 27. The event aired on the

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. The event was held in Bloomington for one year before returning to Omaha, Nebraska, site of the

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Format and seeding

The 2018 tournament was an 8 team

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. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.

Bracket

References

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