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

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bob Pearl Softball Field Iowa City, Iowa
Champions	Iowa (2nd title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (2nd title game)
Winning coach	Gayle Blevins (2nd title)

2003 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 16 Iowa ‍†‍‡‍y	13	–	4	–	0		.765			55	–	15	–	0		.786
No. 12 Michigan ‍‍‍y	13	–	5	–	0		.722			44	–	16	–	0		.733
No. 24 Michigan State ‍‍‍y	13	–	6	–	0		.684			40	–	19	–	0		.678
Illinois ‍‍‍y	11	–	7	–	0		.611			39	–	17	–	1		.693
Minnesota ‍‍‍y	12	–	8	–	0		.600			37	–	21	–	1		.636
Northwestern ‍‍‍y	11	–	9	–	0		.550			36	–	19	–	0		.655
Penn State ‍‍‍y	9	–	9	–	0		.500			32	–	22	–	0		.593
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	7	–	13	–	0		.350			19	–	26	–	0		.422
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0		.313			26	–	23	–	0		.531
Purdue  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			34	–	27	–	0		.557
Indiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	16	–	0		.111			19	–	31	–	0		.380
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 2003 Rankings from NFCA

Format and seeding

The 2003 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	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