Hawkeye baseball gets second chance today (with updated bracket)

After suffering a humiliating 18-4 loss on Thursday to Michigan, the Iowa baseball team has new life today in the Big Ten Tournament.

No. 4 seed Iowa (28-27) faces the Indiana-Purdue winner at 2:30 p.m. in an elimination game. The winner then plays the Michigan-Minnesota loser at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Michigan's 18 runs were the second-most scored in Big Ten Tournament history. Iowa had won eight of its last nine games entering Thursday's debacle.

“Hats off to Michigan," Iowa baseball coach Jack Dahm said after the game. "I thought they did an outstanding job. There has been a lot of crazy baseball throughout the Big Ten all year long. I told our guys we still have a lot of baseball ahead of us. We are not going to let one bad game ruin the season. It seemed like every time we got two strikes on them we couldn't put them away. We are going to bounce back (today).”

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No. 6 seed Indiana and No. 5 seed Purdue play at 11 a.m. in an elimination game. Iowa swept Purdue last weekend in Iowa City and beat the Boilermakers in the tournament opener. Purdue eliminated third-seeded Northwestern on Thursday.

No. 1 seed Minnesota plays No. 2 seed Michigan at 6 tonight. Both teams are unbeaten in Big Ten Tournament play.

The Big Ten Network televises every game live. Iowa City radio station KXIC (800-AM) also will carry the game.

Big Ten Tournament bracket