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Collegiate softball tournament
1996 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (2nd title)
Runner-upMinnesota (1st title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (2nd title)
1996 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 7 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍ 20 – 4 – 0   .833 51 – 14 – 0   .785
No. 19 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 17 – 6 – 0   .739 43 – 18 – 0   .705
No. 4 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7 – 0   .708 49 – 19 – 0   .721
No. 23 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7 – 0   .696 37 – 24 – 0   .607
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 37 – 19 – 0   .661
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 36 – 21 – 0   .632
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 19 – 33 – 0   .365
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 19 – 43 – 0   .306
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 24 – 26 – 0   .480
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21 – 0   .125 14 – 39 – 1   .269
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament


As of June 1996
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 1996 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the second of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998.

Format and seeding

The 1996 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Michigan 3
4 Indiana 1
1 Michigan 3
2 Minnesota 2
3 Iowa 6
2 Minnesota 8
1 Michigan 6 —
2 Minnesota 4 —
3 Iowa 2
4 Indiana 0
3 Iowa 0
2 Minnesota 3

References

  1. 1996 IND Season
  2. 1996 IA Season
  3. 1996 MICH Season
  4. 1996 MSU Season
  5. 1996 MINN Season
  6. 1996 NOR Season
  7. 1996 OSU Season
  8. 1996 PSU Season
  9. 1996 PUR Season
  10. 1996 WIS Season
  11. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
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