The Big Ten announced the bracket for the league tournament in Iowa City, Iowa, this week. NU is the No. 4 seed, earning a bye to the quarterfinals along with the other top four seeds. Northwestern is the No. 1 seed and on the same side of the bracket as Nebraska. Top seeds on the other side are No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 Rutgers.

If Nebraska softball wants to win its second Big Ten Tournament in three years, here's the path it'll have to take starting Thursday.

The Big Ten softball title came down to the final day of the regular season. Michigan entered Sunday needing a win over Ohio State and Northwestern to lose to Indiana, but the Wolverines (38-16, 18-5) lost 2-1 at Alumni Field to finish second in the conference.

Nebraska fell short of completing its second series sweep on the road in Big Ten play, as the Huskers fell 6-2 at Minnesota on Sunday afternoon at Siebert Field in Minneapolis.

Nebraska improves to 28-21 on the season and 11-8 in conference, moving up to third place in the Big Ten standings.