2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the twenty first annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament and last to be held at Commerce Bank Ballpark. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fourth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

2005 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
  • Commerce Bank Ballpark
  • Bridgewater, New Jersey
ChampionsNotre Dame (4th title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (4th title)
MVPMatt Edwards, Notre Dame
2005 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 30 St. John's  ‍†‍‍y 19–4–0 .826  41–18–0 .695
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 17–8–0 .680  37–20–0 .649
Notre Dame  ‍‍‡‍y 14–9–1 .604  38–24–1 .611
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 15–10–0 .600  33–22–0 .600
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  32–21–0 .604
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .478  24–22–0 .522
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10–15–0 .400  25–30–0 .455
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 8–16–1 .340  28–21–2 .569
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 8–17–0 .320  17–35–0 .327
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 7–18–0 .280  25–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2005. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
St. John's1940.826
–
1
Boston College1780.680
3
2
Notre Dame1491.604
5
3
Pittsburgh15100.600
5
4
Rutgers12120.500
7.5
–
Connecticut11120.478
8
–
West Virginia10150.400
10
–
Villanova8161.340
11.5
–
Seton Hall8170.320
12
–
Georgetown7180.280
13
–

Tournament
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 St. John's 1  
4 Pittsburgh 4  
  4 Pittsburgh 2  
  3 Notre Dame 4  
2 Boston College 5
3 Notre Dame 6  
  3 Notre Dame 11 —
  4 Pittsburgh 4 —
1 St. John's 5  
2 Boston College 7  
  4 Pittsburgh 3*
  2 Boston College 2*  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Edwards was the winner of the 2005 Jack Kaiser Award. Edwards was a senior first baseman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2005". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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