2013 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2013 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsConnecticut (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Penders (1st title)
MVPBilly Ferriter (Connecticut)
TelevisionESPNU (Championship game)
2013 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 51 – 14   .785
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 42 – 17   .712
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 18 – 6   .750 37 – 19   .661
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 17 – 7   .708 36 – 22   .621
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 28 – 30   .483
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 23 – 35   .397
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 34 – 24   .586
Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 15   .375 35 – 28   .556
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 24 – 32   .429
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 25 – 28   .472
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 14 – 39   .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 18, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 22 through 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Eight seeded Connecticut won their third tournament championship to claim the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

It was also the last tournament for the original Big East Conference. Following several years of instability, culminating in a split of the conference along football lines, the seven member schools that did not sponsor Division I FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and formed a new Big East in July 2013. The FBS schools that had not moved to other conferences by that time joined with several new members and reorganized as the American Athletic Conference, retaining the charter of the original Big East.

Format and seeding

The tournament used a double-elimination format, with the field divided into two brackets. The winners of each bracket faced off in a single championship game. Seton Hall claimed the second seed over Pittsburgh and St. John's took the sixth seed over Notre Dame by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Louisville 20 4 .833 – 1
Seton Hall 18 6 .750 2 2
Pittsburgh 18 6 .750 2 3
South Florida 17 7 .708 3 4
Rutgers 14 10 .583 6 5
St. John's 10 14 .417 10 6
Notre Dame 10 14 .417 10 7
Connecticut 9 15 .375 11 8
Cincinnati 6 18 .250 14 –
Villanova 5 19 .208 15 –
Georgetown 5 19 .208 15 –

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Louisville2*
8Connecticut3*
8Connecticut8
4South Florida7
4South Florida5
5Rutgers2
8Connecticut2—
5Rutgers1—
1Louisville1
5Rutgers95Rutgers2
4South Florida1
8Connecticut8
3Pittsburgh10
7Notre Dame1
6St. John's2
3Pittsburgh3
7Notre Dame5
2Seton Hall0
7Notre Dame5
7Notre Dame3†—
3Pittsburgh2†—
6St. John's2
2Seton Hall72Seton Hall6*
3Pittsburgh7*

*Indicates game required 12 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P David Mahoney Connecticut
P Anthony Marzi Connecticut
C Elvin Soto Pittsburgh
IF Charlie Law Rutgers
IF Frank DeSico Notre Dame
IF Eric Jagielo Notre Dame
IF Tom Verdi Connecticut
OF Billy Ferriter Connecticut
OF Steven Vranka Pittsburgh
OF Brian O’Grady Rutgers
DH Ryan Sullivan Seton Hall

Most Valuable Player

Billy Ferriter was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ferriter was an outfielder for Connecticut.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "2012-13 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 Big East Baseball Championship Central". Big East Conference. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "UConn Wins 2013 Big East Baseball". Big East Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.