1985 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1985 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the inaugural Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the St. John's Redmen. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

1985 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSt. John's (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Russo (1st title)
MVPJoe Armeni, St. John's
1985 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
North Division
Connecticut  x‍‍‍ 11–7–0 .611  20–24–1 .456
St. John's  ‍‍‡‍y 10–7–0 .588  32–21–0 .604
Providence  ‍‍‍ 8–9–0 .471  22–24–1 .479
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 6–12–0 .333  12–22–0 .353
South Division
Seton Hall  x‍‍‍ 15–3–0 .833  44–19–1 .695
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 8–10–0 .444  27–25–0 .519
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7–11–0 .389  20–24–1 .456
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 6–12–0 .333  16–18–0 .471
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1985 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Connecticut117.611
–
1N
St. John's107.588
.5
2N
Providence89.471
2.5
–
Boston College612.333
5
–
South Division
Seton Hall153.833
–
1S
Georgetown810.444
7
2S
Villanova711.389
8
–
Pittsburgh612.333
9
–

Tournament
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N Connecticut 11*  
2S Georgetown 9*  
  1N Connecticut 5  
  2N St. John's 6  
1S Seton Hall 3
2N St. John's 5  
  2N St. John's 4 7*
  1S Seton Hall 5 6*
2S Georgetown 1  
1S Seton Hall 6  
  1N Connecticut 5
  1S Seton Hall 8  

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]

Position Player School
1B Jerry LaPenta Connecticut
2B Tony Bonura St. John's
3B Jeff Rigos Seton Hall
SS Joe Armeni Seton Hall
C Lou Bianco St. John's
OF Bob Bellini St. John's
OF Bob Schepis Seton Hall
OF Steve Carvello Seton Hall
DH Pete Petrone Seton Hall
P John Tanner St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Joe Armeni was the winner of the 1985 Jack Kaiser Award. Armeni was a shortstop for Seton Hall.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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