1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT. This was the twelfth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The West Virginia Mountaineers won their only tournament championship in their first year in the league, and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3] West Virginia joined the Big 12 Conference after the 2012 season.

1996 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsWest Virginia (1st title)
Winning coachGreg Van Zant (1st title)
MVPChris Enochs, West Virginia
1996 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
American Division
West Virginia  x‍‍‡‍y 15–10–0 .600  33–25–0 .569
Providence  x‍‍‍ 15–10–0 .600  32–17–1 .650
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .583  26–18–0 .591
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13–12–0 .520  24–23–0 .511
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 9–13–0 .409  24–20–2 .543
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .250  15–27–0 .357
National Division
Villanova  x‍‍‍ 16–5–0 .762  25–20–0 .556
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 15–7–1 .674  32–21–1 .602
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 13–7–0 .650  44–18–0 .710
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .250  18–34–0 .346
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 5–17–1 .239  18–27–1 .402
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1996. The top three regular season finishers in each division were seeded one through three based on conference winning percentage only. West Virginia claimed the top seed from the American Division by winning the season series over Providence. The top team in each division played the third seed from the opposite division and the second seeds played each other in the first round. This was the first season of divisional play, resulting from the addition of Notre Dame, Rutgers and West Virginia to the league beginning with the 1996 season.[3]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
American Division
West Virginia15100.600
–
1A
Providence15100.600
–
2A
St. John's14100.583
.5
3A
Connecticut13120.520
2
–
Pittsburgh9130.409
4.5
–
Boston College6180.250
8.5
–
National Division
Villanova1650.762
–
1N
Rutgers1571.674
2
2N
Notre Dame1370.650
2.5
3N
Georgetown6180.250
11.5
–
Seton Hall5171.239
12
–

Bracket
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1A West Virginia 10  
  3N Notre Dame 5     1A West Virginia 5  
    2N Rutgers 0    
  1N Villanova 1         1A West Virginia 6            
  3A St. John's 4           3A St. John's 5              
      3A St. John's 3           1A West Virginia 2 7
      2A Providence 2         3N Notre Dame 5 4
  2A Providence 4         3A St. John's 0    
  2N Rutgers 1       2A Providence 2     3N Notre Dame 4  
  3N Notre Dame 4     3N Notre Dame 4  
  1N Villanova 3  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Chris Enochs was the winner of the 1996 Jack Kaiser Award. Enochs was a pitcher for West Virginia.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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