1996 Big Ten softball tournament

The 1996 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the second of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998.

1996 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (2nd title)
Runner-upMinnesota (1st title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (2nd title)
1996 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 7 Michigan  y 2040 .83351140 .785
No. 19 Minnesota  y 1760 .73943180 .705
No. 4 Iowa  y 1770 .70849190 .721
No. 23 Indiana  y 1670 .69637240 .607
Michigan State   14100 .58337190 .661
Purdue   12110 .52236210 .632
Northwestern   8160 .33319330 .365
Ohio State   6180 .25019430 .306
Penn State   5180 .21724260 .480
Wisconsin   3210 .12514391 .269
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of June 1996[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format and seeding

The 1996 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Michigan 3
4 Indiana 1
1 Michigan 3
2 Minnesota 2
3 Iowa 6
2 Minnesota 8
1 Michigan 6
2 Minnesota 4
3 Iowa 2
4 Indiana 0
3 Iowa 0
2 Minnesota 3

References


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