2011 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsSeton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coachRob Sheppard (2nd title)
MVPJoe DiRocco (Seton Hall)
TelevisionESPNU (championship game)
2011 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
#13 Connecticuty  2250 .81545201 .689
St. John's  y 1880 .69235220 .614
Pittsburgh   16110 .59333230 .589
Seton Hall  y 14130 .51934250 .576
Cincinnati   14130 .51930270 .526
Louisville   14130 .51932290 .525
West Virginia   14130 .51928270 .509
Notre Dame   13130 .50023290 .442
South Florida   13140 .48125290 .463
Rutgers   11160 .40720300 .400
Villanova   7200 .25920320 .385
Georgetown   5220 .18523330 .411
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Big East baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Seton Hall was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Connecticut225.8151
St. John's188.6923.52
Pittsburgh1611.59363
West Virginia1413.51984
Seton Hall1413.51985
Louisville1413.51986
Cincinnati1413.51987
Notre Dame1313.5008.58
South Florida1314.4819
Rutgers1116.40711
Villanova720.25915
Georgetown522.18517

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
3Pittsburgh7
6Louisville2
3Pittsburgh4
2St. John's6
2St. John's8
7Cincinnati3
2St. John's55
6Louisville71
7Cincinnati3
6Louisville53Pittsburgh2
6Louisville12^
2St. John's2
1Connecticut4
5Seton Hall4
8Notre Dame2
1Connecticut3~
5Seton Hall4~
4West Virginia4
5Seton Hall10
5Seton Hall12^
1Connecticut2^
4West Virginia0
8Notre Dame11Connecticut9
4Notre Dame3
  • ~ Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 8 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[2]

Position Player School
P Cole Johnson Notre Dame
P Joe DiRocco Seton Hall
C Kevan Smith Pittsburgh
IF Mike Nemeth Connecticut
IF Ryan Wright Louisville
IF Joe Panik St. John's
IF Mike Genovese Seton Hall
OF Kevin Grove St. John's
OF Zach Granite Seton Hall
OF Will Walsh Seton Hall
DH Jeff Gardner Louisville

Jack Kaiser Award

Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.[2]

References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
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