2012 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsSt. John's (7th title)
Winning coachEd Blankmeyer (3rd title)
MVPMatt Carasiti (St. John's)
TelevisionESPNU (championship game)
2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
#25 Louisville y   1890 .66742220 .656
St. John's  y 1890 .66740230 .635
Seton Hall   17100 .63034240 .586
South Florida   17100 .63038220 .633
Connecticut   16110 .59331271 .534
Rutgers   16110 .59331250 .554
Notre Dame   14130 .51931270 .534
Pittsburgh   10170 .37028280 .500
Georgetown   10170 .37024290 .453
Villanova   10170 .37028270 .509
West Virginia   9180 .33323320 .418
Cincinnati   7200 .25918380 .321
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 15, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 to May 27 at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. The winner, St. John's, received the league's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This marked the Red Storm's seventh tournament championship, the most of any Big East team.

Format and seeding

The top eight teams in the Big East were seeded one through eight based on their regular season finish.[2] St. John's was the first to clinch a spot in the tournament.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Louisville189.6671
St. John's189.6672
Seton Hall1710.63013
South Florida1710.63014
Connecticut1611.59325
Rutgers1611.59326
Notre Dame1413.51947
Pittsburgh1017.37088
Georgetown1017.3708
Villanova1017.3708
West Virginia918.3339
Cincinnati720.25911

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
6Rutgers1
3Seton Hall6
3Seton Hall3
2St. John's6
7Notre Dame2
2St. John's12
2St. John's2
7Notre Dame1
7Notre Dame9
6Rutgers03Seton Hall3
7Notre Dame4
4South Florida3
8Pittsburgh4
2St. John's7
1Louisville8
1Louisville1
5Connecticut4
5Connecticut7
4South Florida2
5Connecticut01
4South Florida12
4South Florida12
8Pittsburgh51Louisville1
4South Florida6

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[5]

PosNameSchool
PMatt CarasitiSt. John's
PDerrick StultzUSF
CDanny BetheaSt. John's
IFL. J. MazzilliConnecticut
IFTrey ManciniNotre Dame
IFFrank SchwindelSt. John's
IFMatt WessingerSt. John's
OFJeremy BaltzSt. John's
OFJimmy FallaUSF
OFJames RamsayUSF
DHZach LauricellaSt. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Carasiti earned the Jack Kaiser Award for the tournament most outstanding player. Carasiti, a pitcher for St. John's, earned the win in two of the Red Storm's four games, including the championship game.[5]

References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  2. "2012 Baseball Championship Central". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  3. "O'Hare, Barbosa Earn BIG EAST Weekly Baseball Awards". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  4. "2012 Big East Conference Baseball 8-Team Official Championship Bracket" (PDF). bigeast.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "St. John's Wins 2012 Big East with 7–3 win over USF". BigEast.org. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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