2003 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2003 Big Ten softball tournament was held at the Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. As the tournament winner, Iowa earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

2003 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIowa (2nd title)
Runner-upNorthwestern (2nd title game)
Winning coachGayle Blevins (2nd title)
2003 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 Iowa y 1340 .76555150 .786
No. 12 Michigan y 1350 .72244160 .733
No. 24 Michigan State y 1360 .68440190 .678
Illinois y 1170 .61139171 .693
Minnesota y 1280 .60037211 .636
Northwestern y 1190 .55036190 .655
Penn State y 990 .50032220 .593
Wisconsin   7130 .35019260 .422
Ohio State   5110 .31326230 .531
Purdue   5130 .27834270 .557
Indiana   2160 .11119310 .380
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of May 2003[12]
Rankings from NFCA

Format and seeding

The 2003 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament.[13] 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 3
4 Illinois 2
4 Illinois 1
5 Minnesota 0
1 Iowa 2
6 Northwestern 1
2 Michigan 6
6 Northwestern 8(12)
3 Michigan State 0
6 Northwestern 1(18)
1 Iowa 2
6 Northwestern 0
6 Northwestern 6(8)
3 Michigan State 3
3 Michigan State 6
4 Illinois 5
3 Michigan State 2
2 Michigan 0
2 Michigan 3(8)
5 Minnesota 2

References


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