2022 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUConn (5th title)
Winning coachJim Penders (3rd title)
MVPLuke Franzoni (Xavier)
TelevisionBig East DN
FS2 (final)
2022 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 UConn  ‍†‍‡‍y 16–5–0 .76250–16–0 .758
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 15–5–0 .75031–18–0 .633
Xavier  ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .61933–27–0 .550
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 11–10–0 .52432–24–0 .571
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 8–12–0 .40019–29–1 .398
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 7–12–1 .37522–32–1 .409
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 7–13–0 .35018–35–0 .340
Butler  ‍‍‍ 4–16–1 .21420–35–1 .366
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, from May 26 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2022 season. For the fifth time, UConn won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

Format and seeding

The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams.

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
UConn1650.762—1
Creighton1550.750.52
Xavier1380.61933
Georgetown11100.52454
Villanova8120.4007.5—
St. John's7121.3758—
Seton Hall7130.3508.5—
Butler4161.21412—

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1UConn4
4Georgetown0
1UConn7
2Creighton1
3Xavier5
2Creighton6
1UConn7–
3Xavier2–
Lower round 1Lower final
2Creighton8
4Georgetown83Xavier27
3Xavier16

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 26Game 1(1) UConn4–0(4) Georgetown
May 27Game 2(2) Creighton6–5(3) Xavier
May 28Game 3(3) Xavier16–8(4) GeorgetownGeorgetown eliminated
Game 4(1) UConn7–1(2) Creighton
Game 5(3) Xavier27–8(2) CreightonCreighton eliminated
May 29Game 6(1) UConn7–2(3) XavierUConn wins Big East Tournament

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

PositionNameSchoolClass
PPat GallagherUConnSo
Austin PetersonUConnJr
CJerry HuntzingerXavierGrad
IFAndrew CiufoGeorgetownJr
Luke FranzoniXavierSr
Jack HousingerXavierSr
Ben HuberUConnGrad
OFCasey DanaUConnGrad
Alan RodenCreightonSo
Andrew WalkerXavierSr
DHKorey MortonUConnSo

Most Valuable Player

Luke Franzoni was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Franzoni was a senior first baseman for Xavier.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2022 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2021-22 BIG EAST Championships". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2022 BIG EAST Baseball Championship Presented by JEEP". Big East Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Connecticut Repeats as #BIGEASTbase Champions". Big East Conference. May 29, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
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