ROSEMONT, Ill. – The sixth-seeded Maryland baseball team will face off with third-seeded Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament, held May 25-29 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., the conference office announced Saturday night.
The Terps and Hoosiers will play the opening game of the tournament Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. The game, along with every contest of the tournament will be broadcast live on BTN. Fans can also listen to the game on the Maryland Baseball Network.
Maryland has advanced to postseason play for the third consecutive season under head coach John Szefc. The Terps and Hoosiers have not played this season, but faced off in last year's Big Ten Tournament semifinals, with Maryland taking a 4-2 victory in Minneapolis.
The Terrapins advanced to the final of last season's Big Ten Tournament before falling to Michigan.
The tournament's double-elimination format will culminate with a single championship game on Sunday, with the winner earning the tournament title and the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. All eight teams will begin play in one of two brackets, with the No. 1, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 8 seeds appearing in one bracket and the No. 2, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds appearing in the other bracket.
The tournament begins with four contests on Wednesday and Thursday and two games slated for Friday. Saturday will feature the winners of each bracket facing the remaining one-loss team from the opposite bracket in the semifinals. As many as four games are scheduled for Saturday, with the opportunity for two if necessary games to be played to determine Sunday's championship game participants.
For more information on the Big Ten Tournament, go to bigten.org or umterps.com.
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