2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals Site
Champions Xavier (2nd title)
Winning coach Scott Googins (2nd title)
MVP Daniel Rizzie Xavier
Television Fox Sports 1 (final)
2016 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#21 Xavier  ‍†‍‡‍y 14–4–0 .778  30–28–0 .517
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 13–5–0 .722  38–17–0 .691
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 10–8–0 .556  38–20–0 .655
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 9–9–0 .500  28–26–1 .518
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 8–10–0 .444  25–29–0 .463
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .278  20–32–0 .385
Butler  ‍‍‍ 4–14–0 .222  14–40–0 .259
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland from May 26 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2016 season. Xavier won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding

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

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Xavier144.778
—
1
Creighton135.722
1
2
Seton Hall108.556
4
3
St. John's99.500
5
4
Georgetown810.444
6
—
Villanova513.278
9
—
Butler414.222
10
—

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Xavier 9  
4 St. John's 8  
  1 Xavier 5  
  2 Creighton 3  
3 Seton Hall 5
2 Creighton 6  
  1 Xavier 8
  2 Creighton 7
4 St. John's 4  
3 Seton Hall 1  
  4 St. John's 3
  2 Creighton 4  

References

  1. ↑ "Big East Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "BIG EAST Conference Baseball Championships 2016". Maryland Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
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