The Big Ten Baseball tournament gets underway tomorrow and for the first time in five years, Purdue is in it! For a long time only the top 6 teams in the standings qualified for the conference tournament. That dates back to the days when there were only 10 baseball schools too. Even once Nebraska joined it was a 6-team affair, but once Maryland and Rutgers were added it expanded to 8 teams. This seems like a good amount, as the bloated 12-team ACC Tournament is a freaking nightmare to follow.
But this is now like a mini-CWS.