2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions St. John's (7th title)
Winning coach Ed Blankmeyer (3rd title)
MVP Matt Carasiti (St. John's)
Television ESPNU (championship game)
2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#25 Louisville †y 18 – 9 – 0   .667     42 – 22 – 0   .656
St. John's †‡y 18 – 9 – 0   .667     40 – 23 – 0   .635
Seton Hall 17 – 10 – 0   .630     34 – 24 – 0   .586
South Florida 17 – 10 – 0   .630     38 – 22 – 0   .633
Connecticut 16 – 11 – 0   .593     31 – 27 – 1   .534
Rutgers 16 – 11 – 0   .593     31 – 25 – 0   .554
Notre Dame 14 – 13 – 0   .519     31 – 27 – 0   .534
Pittsburgh 10 – 17 – 0   .370     28 – 28 – 0   .500
Georgetown 10 – 17 – 0   .370     24 – 29 – 0   .453
Villanova 10 – 17 – 0   .370     28 – 27 – 0   .509
West Virginia 9 – 18 – 0   .333     23 – 32 – 0   .418
Cincinnati 7 – 20 – 0   .259     18 – 38 – 0   .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, 2012 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]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Louisville 18 9 .667
–
1
St. John's 18 9 .667
–
2
Seton Hall 17 10 .630
1
3
South Florida 17 10 .630
1
4
Connecticut 16 11 .593
2
5
Rutgers 16 11 .593
2
6
Notre Dame 14 13 .519
4
7
Pittsburgh 10 17 .370
8
8
Georgetown 10 17 .370
8
–
Villanova 10 17 .370
8
–
West Virginia 9 18 .333
9
–
Cincinnati 7 20 .259
11
–

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Rutgers 1  
3 Seton Hall 6  
  3 Seton Hall 3  
  2 St. John's 6  
7 Notre Dame 2
2 St. John's 12  
  2 St. John's 2 —  
  7 Notre Dame 1 —  
7 Notre Dame 9  
6 Rutgers 0  
  3 Seton Hall 3
  7 Notre Dame 4  
  4 South Florida 3
  2 St. John's 7
8 Pittsburgh 4  
1 Louisville 8  
  1 Louisville 1
  5 Connecticut 4  
5 Connecticut 7
4 South Florida 2  
  5 Connecticut 0 1
  4 South Florida 1 2  
4 South Florida 12  
8 Pittsburgh 5  
  1 Louisville 1
  4 South Florida 6  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Matt Carasiti St. John’s
P Derrick Stultz USF
C Danny Bethea St. John’s
IF L. J. Mazzilli Connecticut
IF Trey Mancini Notre Dame
IF Frank Schwindel St. John’s
IF Matt Wessinger St. John’s
OF Jeremy Baltz St. John’s
OF Jimmy Falla USF
OF James Ramsay USF
DH Zach Lauricella St. 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 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ "O’Hare, Barbosa Earn BIG EAST Weekly Baseball Awards". bigeast.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  4. ↑ "2012 Big East Conference Baseball 8-Team Official Championship Bracket" (PDF). bigeast.org. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  5. 1 2 "St. John's Wins 2012 Big East with 7-3 win over USF". BigEast.org. May 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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