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B1G announcement Nov. 11, 2014Rosemont, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced that TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., will once again serve as the host venue for the Big Ten Baseball Tournament in 2016 and 2018 after setting record attendance numbers last season. The annual event will return to the site of the NCAA Division I Men's College World Series from May 18-22, 2016, and May 23-27, 2018. "We are very excited to return to TD Ameritrade Park for the 2016 and 2018 Big Ten Baseball Tournaments," Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delany said. "It was amazing to see so many passionate fans at the Big Ten Baseball Tournament this past May, and we look forward to coming back to Omaha." "The 2014 Big Ten Baseball Tournament far exceeded expectations," Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority President and CEO Roger Dixon said. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the tournament again in 2016 and 2018 and look forward to working with the Big Ten and Nebraska to build on the success." The Big Ten Baseball Tournament was held in Omaha for the first time in 2014 and established multiple attendance records. The attendance of 19,965 for the championship game on Sunday, May 25, ranked as the largest single-game conference tournament attendance in NCAA history. The five-day total tournament attendance of 62,020 marked the largest in the history of the event. Four days of the tournament featured attendance of more than 10,000, including Wednesday (10,400), Thursday (11,756), Saturday (12,319) and Sunday. The Big Ten Baseball Tournament has been played annually since 1981, with a four-team field through 1999 and a six-team event from 2000-2013 before moving to its current eight-team format in 2014. Six different schools have won the Big Ten Baseball Tournament, with Minnesota leading all conference programs with nine titles. Michigan and Ohio State have each won eight conference tournaments, followed by Illinois and Indiana with four tournament crowns and Purdue with one. The 2015 Big Ten baseball season begins in February and culminates with the Big Ten Baseball Tournament returning to Target Field in Minneapolis, the home of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The site of the 2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament will be announced at a later date. About TD Ameritrade Park Home to the NCAA Division I Men's College World Series and Creighton Bluejays baseball, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha seats approximately 24,000, including luxury suites and club seats, and features a 360-degree walk-around concourse for a perfect view of the field. TD Ameritrade Park Omaha opened in April 2011. It is managed by the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority. For more information about TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, visit www.tdameritradeparkomaha.com.

It's about as ridiculous as his cover 0 idea You're going to be disappointed come Saturday.

Feeling real good about Abdullah, hope I'm not getting trolled.

Instead of Gordon or Clement beating us four times?! Talk about brilliant...

That's exactly what I expect, make Stave beat us with their below average (outside of RB) skill players.

You may be the first person ever to call me a homer. Congrats. Instead of calling my quick response crap, why don't you tell everyone how good Wisconsin is, what skill players outside of RB impress you and why we wouldn't run zero coverage against them. I look forward to your analytical breakdown.

Thursday will be the biggest day for Abdullah with a status of his knee.

Wisconsin is an average team at best. Sure, they have a dynamic RB but they also have a poor QB and no WR/TE that we can't zero coverage for an entire game. This game sets up very well for us, and I fully expect a 14+ point victory, with a 90% Abdullah.

My bad Tom, scrolled right by it without noticing. I'll check all next time.

Not sure where to put this, Rosenthal tweeted the game will be 2:30 on ABC.

This isn't recent news for NU and the NCAA plus, I believe the statue of limitations is 4 years.

Actually, it would be nice if people actually quote what an article claims instead of making sh#t up to further express the same damn agenda. Your feeling is about as accurate as polo is of quoting an article.

There is no argument. He claims something came from the article and it didn't. He made up his own reference, tells two of us to read the article - which we did - and he still comes back for more. polo, there's no "nitpicking" if you actually quote the article for what it states. You made it out to be something it wasn't, don't blame others for your blatant lie and misdirection.

You really need help understanding what people state, on a message board and also in an article. The internet shouldn't be this difficult for you.

There's no mention in the article about a road game either. So not only did you fail to quote it properly, you flat out lied about what it stated.

Shows you're full of it but I'll quote the entire paragraph this time... 10th paragraph Your false claim

Quit lying dude. You didn't quote the article, you made your own reference. I'll quote the article for ya... Nowhere in the article do I see your claim of "the last B1G team to beat a top ten team on the road".

Read the last 4 words of my initial response, this isn't rocket science.

Those would be neutral site games. Any game not at home, or even in the home state, is considered on the road. Neutral, or not. Michigan State beat Stanford, at the Rose Bowl which is located in California, 2,200 miles from East Lansing.

Link me to your UGA high pre-season rating explanation. TIA!

We really used last years teams to discuss a team this year? ******* No different than you claiming something and not backing it up when called on it.

Random final note, I found it very odd that the last B1G team to beat a top ten team on the road was Northwestern. Against Nebraska. Weird. ******* Never knew bowl games were played at B1G stadiums, how convenient and interesting.

As I expected, you don't defend your stance on Georgia's pre-season ranking and utilize a straw-man type response. Matter of fact, you reference what the media stated about 2014 Georgia, once again, further proving my point. As I said before, you're exactly what ESPN targets, someone that can't think for themself and instead, take what they have to say as absolute truth. Have a nice day.

You're not defending your Georgia claim, and now you admit announcers were stroking Arkansas. As the world turns... I'll give you one more try.