2012 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2012 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
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
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
#25 Louisville †y  ‍‍‍ 18 – 9 – 0   .667 42 – 22 – 0   .656
St. John's  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 9 – 0   .667 40 – 23 – 0   .635
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10 – 0   .630 34 – 24 – 0   .586
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10 – 0   .630 38 – 22 – 0   .633
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 31 – 27 – 1   .534
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 31 – 25 – 0   .554
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519 31 – 27 – 0   .534
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 28 – 28 – 0   .500
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 24 – 29 – 0   .453
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 28 – 27 – 0   .509
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333 23 – 32 – 0   .418
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 18 – 38 – 0   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 15, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


The 2012 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 to May 27 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.

Format and seeding

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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]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Louisville 18 9 .667 – 1
St. John's 18 9 .667 – 2
Seton Hall 17 10 .630 1 3
South Florida 17 10 .630 1 4
Connecticut 16 11 .593 2 5
Rutgers 16 11 .593 2 6
Notre Dame 14 13 .519 4 7
Pittsburgh 10 17 .370 8 8
Georgetown 10 17 .370 8 –
Villanova 10 17 .370 8 –
West Virginia 9 18 .333 9 –
Cincinnati 7 20 .259 11 –

Bracket

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
6Rutgers1
3Seton Hall6
3Seton Hall3
2St. John's6
7Notre Dame2
2St. John's12
2St. John's2—
7Notre Dame1—
7Notre Dame9
6Rutgers03Seton Hall3
7Notre Dame4
4South Florida3
8Pittsburgh4
2St. John's7
1Louisville8
1Louisville1
5Connecticut4
5Connecticut7
4South Florida2
5Connecticut01
4South Florida12
4South Florida12
8Pittsburgh51Louisville1
4South Florida6

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All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
P Matt Carasiti St. John's
P Derrick Stultz USF
C Danny Bethea St. John's
IF L. J. Mazzilli Connecticut
IF Trey Mancini Notre Dame
IF Frank Schwindel St. John's
IF Matt Wessinger St. John's
OF Jeremy Baltz St. John's
OF Jimmy Falla USF
OF James Ramsay USF
DH Zach Lauricella St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

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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

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "2012 Baseball Championship Central". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "O'Hare, Barbosa Earn BIG EAST Weekly Baseball Awards". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Big East Conference Baseball 8-Team Official Championship Bracket" (PDF). bigeast.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "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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