2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to May 27, 2012 at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. The winner, St. John's, received the league's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This marked the Red Storm's seventh tournament championship, the most of any Big East team.

2012 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
  • Bright House Field
  • Clearwater, FL
ChampionsSt. John's (7th title)
Winning coachEd Blankmeyer (3rd title)
MVPMatt Carasiti, St. John's
TelevisionESPNU (championship game)
2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#25 Louisville y   1890 .667  42220 .656
St. John's  y 1890 .667  40230 .635
Seton Hall   17100 .630  34240 .586
South Florida   17100 .630  38220 .633
Connecticut   16110 .593  31271 .534
Rutgers   16110 .593  31250 .554
Notre Dame   14130 .519  31270 .534
Pittsburgh   10170 .370  28280 .500
Georgetown   10170 .370  24290 .453
Villanova   10170 .370  28270 .509
West Virginia   9180 .333  23320 .418
Cincinnati   7200 .259  18380 .321
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 15, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Format and Seeding

The top eight teams in the Big East were seeded one through eight based on their regular season finish.[2] St. John's was the first to clinch a spot in the tournament.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Louisville189.667
1
St. John's189.667
2
Seton Hall1710.630
1
3
South Florida1710.630
1
4
Connecticut1611.593
2
5
Rutgers1611.593
2
6
Notre Dame1413.519
4
7
Pittsburgh1017.370
8
8
Georgetown1017.370
8
Villanova1017.370
8
West Virginia918.333
9
Cincinnati720.259
11

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
6 Rutgers 1  
3 Seton Hall 6  
  3 Seton Hall 3  
  2 St. John's 6  
7 Notre Dame 2
2 St. John's 12  
  2 St. John's 2  
  7 Notre Dame 1  
7 Notre Dame 9  
6 Rutgers 0  
  3 Seton Hall 3
  7 Notre Dame 4  
  4 South Florida 3
  2 St. John's 7
8 Pittsburgh 4  
1 Louisville 8  
  1 Louisville 1
  5 Connecticut 4  
5 Connecticut 7
4 South Florida 2  
  5 Connecticut 0 1
  4 South Florida 1 2  
4 South Florida 12  
8 Pittsburgh 5  
  1 Louisville 1
  4 South Florida 6  

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[5]

PosNameSchool
PMatt CarasitiSt. John's
PDerrick StultzUSF
CDanny BetheaSt. John's
IFL. J. MazzilliConnecticut
IFTrey ManciniNotre Dame
IFFrank SchwindelSt. John's
IFMatt WessingerSt. John's
OFJeremy BaltzSt. John's
OFJimmy FallaUSF
OFJames RamsayUSF
DHZach LauricellaSt. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Carasiti earned the Jack Kaiser Award for the tournament most outstanding player. Carasiti, a pitcher for St. John's, earned the win in two of the Red Storm's four games, including the championship game.[5]

References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  2. "2012 Baseball Championship Central". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. "O'Hare, Barbosa Earn BIG EAST Weekly Baseball Awards". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  4. "2012 Big East Conference Baseball 8-Team Official Championship Bracket" (PDF). bigeast.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  5. "St. John's Wins 2012 Big East with 7-3 win over USF". BigEast.org. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
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