Michigan Baseball: 3 takeaways on winning the Big Ten tournament title
By Nick Popio
2. They beat the top four seeds for the first time in tourney history
According to the Big Ten Network, this is the first time ever that a club has beaten the overall one-four seeds in the tournament’s 40-year history. That’s an astounding stat that is almost not believable. With the exception of Illinois, the other three schools have a realistic shot at joining the Wolverines in the regionals next weekend.
They jumped on Illinois late Thursday night and never retreated from then on. That was the only meeting between the two foes this season. Moving on to Friday they stomped Maryland after getting swept by the regular-season champs in College Park just two weeks prior and people were starting to believe something special could be on the horizon.
Michigan baseball out of nowhere beats the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 seeds in four days to win the Big Ten Tournament title and get back to the dance.
— Derick Hutchinson (@Derick_Hutch) May 30, 2022
Saturday brought Iowa to the table and Michigan lost its lone affair in the tournament. It set up the elimination game on Sunday afternoon which Michigan baseball repaid the Hawkeyes with a 12-run trouncing.
It was on to the finale to take out Rutgers for the third time in a week’s time by winning in the second matchup of the day.