2014 Big East Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Xavier (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Googins (1st title) |
| MVP | Mitch Elliott (Xavier) |
| Television | Fox Sports 1 (final) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 30 Creighton † | 14 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .778 | 32 | – | 17 | – | 1 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 35 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 38 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier ‡y | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 30 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 7 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .389 | 20 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 19 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 16 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2014[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York from May 21 through 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Xavier won the event for the first time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]
Format and seeding
The tournament used a modified double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.[5][6]
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton | 14 | 4 | .778 | – | 1 |
| St. John's | 13 | 5 | .722 | 1 | 2 |
| Seton Hall | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3 | 3 |
| Xavier | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6 | 4 |
| Butler | 7 | 11 | .389 | 7 | – |
| Georgetown | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | – |
| Villanova | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | – |
Bracket
| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Seton Hall | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | St. John's | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Seton Hall | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Creighton | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Xavier | 8 | 3 | Seton Hall | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | St. John's | 2 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Pos | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Dan Rizzie | Xavier |
| IF | Reagan Fowler | Creighton |
| IF | Robbie Knightes | St. John's |
| IF | Joe Forney | Xavier |
| IF | Jake Peter | Creighton |
| OF | Mike Gerber | Creighton |
| OF | Mitch Elliott | Xavier |
| OF | Zach Weigel | Seton Hall |
| DH | Derek Hasenbeck | Xavier |
| P | Trent Astle | Xavier |
| P | Sean Campbell | Xavier |
Most Outstanding Player
Mitch Elliott was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Elliott was an outfielder for Xavier.[4]
References
- ^ "Standings & Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ "2013-14 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ "Creighton Baseball Releases 2014 Schedule". Creighton Bluejays. December 5, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Xavier Shuts Out Creighton to Win BIG EAST Baseball Championship". Big East Conference. May 25, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ "2014 Big East Baseball Championship Presented by New York Life Returns to Brooklyn and Celebrated MCU Park". Big East Conference. May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ "Seeds, First-Day Tournament Matchups Set in BIG EAST Baseball". Big East Conference. May 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.