2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 22 through May 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]

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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Louisville  y 204 .833  5114 .785
Pittsburgh   186 .750  4217 .712
Seton Hall   186 .750  3719 .661
South Florida   177 .708  3622 .621
Rutgers   1410 .583  2830 .483
St. John's   1014 .417  2335 .397
Notre Dame   1014 .417  3424 .586
Connecticut  y 915 .375  3528 .556
Cincinnati   618 .250  2432 .429
Georgetown   519 .208  2528 .472
Villanova   519 .208  1439 .264
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 18, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Louisville204.833
1
Seton Hall186.750
2
2
Pittsburgh186.750
2
3
South Florida177.708
3
4
Rutgers1410.583
6
5
St. John's1014.417
10
6
Notre Dame1014.417
10
7
Connecticut915.375
11
8
Cincinnati618.250
14
Villanova519.208
15
Georgetown519.208
15

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Louisville 2*  
8 Connecticut 3*  
  8 Connecticut 8  
  4 South Florida 7  
4 South Florida 5
5 Rutgers 2  
  8 Connecticut 2  
  5 Rutgers 1  
1 Louisville 1  
5 Rutgers 9  
  5 Rutgers 2
  4 South Florida 1  
  8 Connecticut 8
  7 Notre Dame 1
3 Pittsburgh 10  
6 St. John's 2  
  3 Pittsburgh 3
  7 Notre Dame 5  
2 Seton Hall 0
7 Notre Dame 5  
  7 Notre Dame 3
  3 Pittsburgh 2†  
6 St. John's 2  
2 Seton Hall 7  
  2 Seton Hall 6*
  3 Pittsburgh 7*  

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

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
PDavid MahoneyConnecticut
PAnthony MarziConnecticut
CElvin SotoPittsburgh
IFCharlie LawRutgers
IFFrank DeSicoNotre Dame
IFEric JagieloNotre Dame
IFTom VerdiConnecticut
OFBilly FerriterConnecticut
OFSteven VrankaPittsburgh
OFBrian O’GradyRutgers
DHRyan SullivanSeton 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 2, 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. "UConn Wins 2013 Big East Baseball". Big East Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
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