2003 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2003 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the nineteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their second tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

2003 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNotre Dame (2nd title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (2nd title)
MVPJavi Sanchez, Notre Dame
2003 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Rutgers  ‍†‍‍y 19–6 .760  37–22 .627
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 18–6 .750  36–19 .655
No. 28 Notre Dame  ‍‍‡‍y 16–7 .696  45–18 .714
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 15–10 .600  34–23 .596
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  33–21 .611
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 13–13 .500  36–20 .643
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 12–14 .462  29–27 .518
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 11–14 .440  23–24 .489
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10–15 .400  24–23 .511
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 6–19 .240  14–32 .304
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4–22 .154  14–33 .298
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2003. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Rutgers196.760
–
1
West Virginia186.750
.5
2
Notre Dame167.696
2
3
Virginia Tech1510.600
4
4
Boston College1311.542
5.5
–
Pittsburgh1313.500
5.5
–
St. John's1214.462
7.5
–
Seton Hall1114.440
8
–
Connecticut1015.400
9
–
Villanova619.240
13
–
Georgetown422.154
15.5
–

Bracket
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Rutgers 6  
4 Virginia Tech 0  
  1 Rutgers 3  
  3 Notre Dame 9  
2 West Virginia 1
3 Notre Dame 9  
  3 Notre Dame 11 11
  1 Rutgers 15 3
4 Virginia Tech 0  
2 West Virginia 10  
  1 Rutgers 8
  2 West Virginia 7  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Javi Sanchez was the winner of the 2003 Jack Kaiser Award. Sanchez was a junior catcher for Notre Dame.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2003". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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