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2000 Big Ten softball tournament winner

Collegiate softball tournament
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 ‍†‍‍ 14 – 4 – 0   .778 46 – 15 – 0   .754
No. 13 Michigan ‍‍‡‍ 13 – 4 – 0   .765 45 – 16 – 1   .734
Penn State ‍‍‍ 12 – 5 – 0   .706 38 – 19 – 0   .667
Northwestern ‍‍‍ 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


As of June 2000
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


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. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Format and seeding

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

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

  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.
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