2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, NY. This was the twenty third annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their third tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2007 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRutgers (3rd title)
Winning coachFred Hill (3rd title)
MVPTodd Frazier, Rutgers
2007 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .741  41–19 .683
No. 30 Rutgers  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–7 .741  42–21 .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍y 19–8 .704  47–24 .662
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .577  27–27 .500
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  34–26 .567
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  29–25 .537
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 11–15 .423  28–28 .500
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  34–27 .557
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  29–22 .569
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  28–28 .500
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  25–25 .500
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  21–34 .382
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2007. 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.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
St. John's207.741
–
1
Rutgers207.741
–
2
Louisville198.704
1
3
Pittsburgh1511.577
4.5
4
South Florida1314.481
7
5
Villanova1215.444
8
6
Notre Dame1115.423
8.5
7
Connecticut1014.417
8.5
8
West Virginia1016.417
9.5
–
Cincinnati1016.385
9.5
–
Seton Hall915.375
9.5
–
Georgetown819.296
12
–

Tournament
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 St. John's 2  
8 Connecticut 1  
  1 St. John's 0  
  5 South Florida 2  
4 Pittsburgh 1
5 South Florida 2  
  5 South Florida 0 0  
  8 Connecticut 3 2  
8 Connecticut 5  
4 Pittsburgh 2  
  1 St. John's 7
  8 Connecticut 8  
  8 Connecticut 6
  2 Rutgers 7
2 Rutgers 13  
7 Notre Dame 2  
  2 Rutgers 1
  3 Louisville 8  
3 Louisville 3
6 Villanova 1  
  3 Louisville 7 1
  2 Rutgers 10 3  
7 Notre Dame 2  
6 Villanova 3  
  2 Rutgers 11
  6 Villanova 0  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Todd Frazier was the winner of the 2007 Jack Kaiser Award. Frazier was a junior shortstop for Rutgers.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. 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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