The 1990

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was held at

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on the campus of the

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from May 15 through 19. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the

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, the tenth annual tournament sponsored by the

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to determine the league champion. won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the

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Format and seeding

The 1990 tournament was a 4-team

, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Iowa claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Illinois

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Most Outstanding Player

Bob Christensen was named Most Outstanding Player. Christensen was a shortstop for Illinois.

References

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