2000 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2000 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[13]

2000 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (5th title)
Runner-upIowa (4th title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (5th title)
2000 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 15 Iowa ‍‍‍y 14 4 0   .778 46 15 0   .754
No. 13 Michigan ‍‍y 13 4 0   .765 45 16 1   .734
Penn State ‍‍‍y 12 5 0   .706 38 19 0   .667
Northwestern ‍‍‍y 12 6 0   .667 30 26 0   .536
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 9 6 0   .600 34 25 0   .576
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 6 10 0   .375 34 24 1   .585
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 5 10 0   .333 30 23 0   .566
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 5 13 0   .278 33 28 0   .541
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 4 13 0   .235 31 28 0   .525
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 13 0   .235 28 26 0   .519
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As of June 2000[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


Format and seeding

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The 2000 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

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First round Second round Semi-Finals Finals
            
1 Iowa 2
4 Northwestern 0
4 Northwestern 2
5 Wisconsin 1
1 Iowa 3
2 Michigan 1
2 Michigan 2
3 Penn State 0
3 Penn State 4
6 Purdue 3
1 Iowa 0
2 Michigan 2
2 Michigan 2
3 Penn State 0
5 Wisconsin 1
3 Penn State 14
3 Penn State 3
4 Northwestern 1
6 Purdue 1
4 Northwestern 2

References

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  1. ^ 2000 IND Season
  2. ^ 2000 IA Season
  3. ^ 2000 MICH Season
  4. ^ 2000 MSU Season
  5. ^ 2000 MINN Season
  6. ^ 2000 NOR Season
  7. ^ 2000 OSU Season
  8. ^ 2000 PSU Season
  9. ^ 2000 PUR Season
  10. ^ 2000 WIS Season
  11. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "2000 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.