1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1992 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the eighth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The fourth seeded Providence Friars won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

1992 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsProvidence (1st title)
Winning coachPaul Kostacopoulos (1st title)
MVPJim Foster, Providence
1992 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍ 14–5–0 .737  30–13–0 .698
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14–7–0 .667  28–27–0 .509
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 13–7–0 .650  25–20–1 .554
Providence  ‍‍‡‍y 12–8–0 .600  29–23–0 .558
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 9–10–0 .474  22–21–0 .512
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 6–15–0 .286  12–30–1 .291
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .278  23–21–0 .523
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .278  18–17–1 .514
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 1992. The top four teams were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
St. John's145.737
–
1
Seton Hall147.667
1
2
Connecticut137.650
1.5
3
Providence128.600
2.5
4
Villanova910.474
5
–
Georgetown615.286
9
–
Pittsburgh513.278
9.5
–
Boston College513.278
9.5
–

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 St. John's 4  
4 Providence 6  
  4 Providence 13  
  3 Connecticut 2  
2 Seton Hall 2
3 Connecticut 14  
  4 Providence 8 5
  3 Connecticut 11 3
1 St. John's 3  
2 Seton Hall 4  
  3 Connecticut 4
  2 Seton Hall 3  

Jack Kaiser Award

Jim Foster was the winner of the 1992 Jack Kaiser Award. Foster was a catcher for Providence.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1992". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
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