2016 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2016 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Beard Field on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 12 through May 14, 2016. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All tournament games aired on BTN.

2016 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Beard Field State College, Pennsylvania
Champions	Minnesota (3rd title)
Runner-up	Michigan (14th title game)
Winning coach	Jessica Allister (2nd title)
MVP	Sara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
Television	BTN

Tournament

2016 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	2		.913			52	–	7		.881
No. 20 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	3		.864			43	–	14		.754
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y	15	–	8		.652			27	–	28		.491
Penn State  ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			30	–	24		.556
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	13	–	9		.591			35	–	21		.625
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	9		.591			34	–	20		.630
Illinois  ‍‍‍y	12	–	11		.522			36	–	23		.610
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	11	–	11		.500			28	–	24		.538
Indiana  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			29	–	25		.537
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			27	–	28		.491
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			27	–	28		.491
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			24	–	33		.421
Maryland  ‍‍‍	4	–	19		.174			12	–	40		.231
Iowa  ‍‍‍	3	–	20		.130			13	–	39		.250
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2016 Rankings from NFCA

	1st Round May 12th BTN					Quarterfinals May 13th BTN					Semifinals May 14th BTN					Finals May 14th BTN
						1	Michigan	10
						9	Indiana	0
	8	Wisconsin	0
	9	Indiana	4
											1	Michigan	6
											4	Penn State	1
						4	Penn State	8
						5	Nebraska	7
	5	Nebraska	8
	12	Purdue	0(5)
																1	Michigan	3
																2	Minnesota	4(10)
						2	Minnesota	2
						7	Illinois	0
	7	Illinois	3
	10	Michigan State	2
											2	Minnesota	8
											3	Northwestern	4
						3	Northwestern	3
						6	Ohio State	1
	6	Ohio State	5
	11	Rutgers	0

• All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.
• Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Maryland and Iowa were not eligible to play.

Announcers

• Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman (Early- Thurs, Fri & All Sat)
• Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter (Late- Thurs, Fri)