2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska from May 25 through May 28, 2017. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1][2]

2017 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (3rd title)
Winning coachScott Googins (3rd title)
MVPConor Grammes, Xavier
TelevisionFox Sports 1 (final)
2017 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Creighton   114 .733  2425 .490
St. John's  y 135 .722  4213 .764
Xavier  y 106 .625  3427 .557
Seton Hall   108 .556  2924 .547
Butler   710 .412  3120 .608
Villanova   513 .278  1433 .298
Georgetown   414 .222  2728 .491
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The tournament used a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Creighton 4  
4 Seton Hall 1  
  3 Xavier 7  
  1 Creighton 6  
2 St. John's 3
3 Xavier 13  
  3 Xavier 7 -
  2 St. John's 6 -
2 St. John's 3  
4 Seton Hall 2  
  2 St. John's 10
  1 Creighton 2  

References

  1. "2016-17 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.


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