The 2018 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Goodman Softball Complex on the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from May 10 through May 12, 2018. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.
Tournament
Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Penn State were not eligible to play.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV Announcers Attendance First Round – Thursday, May 10 1 12:00 p.m. #7 Wisconsin vs. #10 Purdue Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman 2 2:30 p.m. #6 Illinois vs. #11 Maryland 3 5:30 p.m. #8 Michigan State vs. #9 Nebraska Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter 4 8:00 p.m. #5 Ohio State vs. #12 Iowa Quarterfinals – Friday, May 11 5 12:00 p.m. #2 Minnesota vs. #7 Wisconsin Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman – 6 8:45 p.m. #3 Indiana vs. #6 Illinois 7 11 p.m. #1 Michigan vs. #8 Michigan State Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter – Quarterfinals – Saturday, May 12 8 11:30 a.m. #4 Northwestern vs. #12 Iowa Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman – Semifinals – Saturday, May 12 9 2:00 p.m. #2 Minnesota vs. #3 Indiana Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman – 10 4:30 p.m. #4 Northwestern vs. #8 Michigan State Championship – Sunday, May 13 11 11:00 a.m. #2 Minnesota vs. #4 Northwestern Big Ten Network Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman – *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20180510092108/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050618aad.html http://uwbadgers.com/sports/2018/3/5/softball-tournament-central.aspx