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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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
#13 Connecticut †y ‍‍‍ 22 – 5 – 0   .815 45 – 20 – 1   .689
St. John's  ‍‍‍y 18 – 8 – 0   .692 35 – 22 – 0   .614
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 33 – 23 – 0   .589
Seton Hall  ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 13 – 0   .519 34 – 25 – 0   .576
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 30 – 27 – 0   .526
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 32 – 29 – 0   .525
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 28 – 27 – 0   .509
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 23 – 29 – 0   .442
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 25 – 29 – 0   .463
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16 – 0   .407 20 – 30 – 0   .400
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 20 – 32 – 0   .385
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22 – 0   .185 23 – 33 – 0   .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 May 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]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Connecticut 22 5 .815
–
1
St. John's 18 8 .692
3.5
2
Pittsburgh 16 11 .593
6
3
West Virginia 14 13 .519
8
4
Seton Hall 14 13 .519
8
5
Louisville 14 13 .519
8
6
Cincinnati 14 13 .519
8
7
Notre Dame 13 13 .500
8.5
8
South Florida 13 14 .481
9
–
Rutgers 11 16 .407
11
–
Villanova 7 20 .259
15
–
Georgetown 5 22 .185
17
–

Bracket

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  • ~ 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. ^ a b c d 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
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