# 2017 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer tournament was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Maryland entered the tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions Wisconsin.
This was the second Big Ten Tournament title for the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers defeated Indiana in penalty kicks in the championship game.

## Seeds

All nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record |
| Seed | School | Pld. | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| 1 | Michigan | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 19 |
| 2 | Indiana | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 18 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 |
| 4 | Maryland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 17 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 13 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 9 |
| 7 | Penn State | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
| 8 | Northwestern | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 0 |

## Bracket

| First Round November 4 | First Round November 4 | First Round November 4 | Quarterfinals November 5 | Quarterfinals November 5 | Quarterfinals November 5 | Semifinals November 10 | Semifinals November 10 | Semifinals November 10 | Championship November 12 | Championship November 12 | Championship November 12 |
| | | | 1 | Michigan | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | Northwestern | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Rutgers | 2 | | | | 1 | Michigan | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Maryland | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Wisconsin | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Wisconsin (pen.) | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Indiana | 0 (2) |
| | | | 3 | Michigan State | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Ohio State | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Ohio State | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Indiana | 4 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Indiana (OT) | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Penn State | 0 | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | College | Goals |
| 1 | Tommy Katsiyiannis | Northwestern | 3 |
| 2 | Jack Hallahan | Michigan | 2 |
| 3 | Sebastian Elney | Maryland | 1 |
| 3 | John Freitag | Michigan State | 1 |
| 3 | Neil Guzman | Rutgers | 1 |
| 3 | Noah Leibold | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 3 | Mac Mazzola | Northwestern | 1 |
| 3 | Ryan Peterson | Rutgers | 1 |
| 3 | Michael Prosuk | Ohio State | 1 |
| 3 | Mark Segbers | Wisconsin | 1 |

## All-Tournament team

* Tommy Katsiyiannis, Northwestern
* Sebastian Elney, Maryland
* Josh Levine, Penn State
* John Freitag, Michigan State
* Ivo Cerda, Michigan
* Abdi Mohamed, Ohio State
* Francesco Moore, Indiana
* Grant Lillard, Indiana
* Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin
* Alex Masbruch, Wisconsin
* Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
* Offensive Player of the Tournament: Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
* Defensive Player of the Tournament: Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin