2011 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2011 Big East Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Seton Hall was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2011 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsSeton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coachRob Sheppard (2nd title)
MVPJoe DiRocco, Seton Hall
TelevisionESPNU (championship game)
2011 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#13 Connecticut †y ‍‍‍ 22–5–0 .815  45–20–1 .689
St. John's  ‍‍‍y 18–8–0 .692  35–22–0 .614
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16–11–0 .593  33–23–0 .589
Seton Hall  ‍‍‡‍y 14–13–0 .519  34–25–0 .576
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  30–27–0 .526
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  32–29–0 .525
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .519  28–27–0 .509
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 13–13–0 .500  23–29–0 .442
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 13–14–0 .481  25–29–0 .463
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .407  20–30–0 .400
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7–20–0 .259  20–32–0 .385
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5–22–0 .185  23–33–0 .411
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Connecticut225.815
–
1
St. John's188.692
3.5
2
Pittsburgh1611.593
6
3
West Virginia1413.519
8
4
Seton Hall1413.519
8
5
Louisville1413.519
8
6
Cincinnati1413.519
8
7
Notre Dame1313.500
8.5
8
South Florida1314.481
9
–
Rutgers1116.407
11
–
Villanova720.259
15
–
Georgetown522.185
17
–

Bracket
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
3 Pittsburgh 7  
6 Louisville 2  
  3 Pittsburgh 4  
  2 St. John's 6  
2 St. John's 8
7 Cincinnati 3  
  2 St. John's 5 5  
  6 Louisville 7 1  
7 Cincinnati 3  
6 Louisville 5  
  3 Pittsburgh 2
  6 Louisville 12^  
  2 St. John's 2
  5 Seton Hall 4
1 Connecticut 4  
8 Notre Dame 2  
  1 Connecticut 3~
  5 Seton Hall 4~  
4 West Virginia 4
5 Seton Hall 10  
  5 Seton Hall 12^ —
  1 Connecticut 2^ —  
4 West Virginia 0  
8 Notre Dame 1  
  1 Connecticut 9
  4 Notre Dame 3  
  • ~ Game went to extra innings
  • ^ Game ended after 8 innings because of mercy rule

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[2]

Position Player School
P Cole Johnson Notre Dame
P Joe DiRocco Seton Hall
C Kevan Smith Pittsburgh
IF Mike Nemeth Connecticut
IF Ryan Wright Louisville
IF Joe Panik St. John's
IF Mike Genovese Seton Hall
OF Kevin Grove St. John's
OF Zach Granite Seton Hall
OF Will Walsh Seton Hall
DH Jeff Gardner Louisville

Jack Kaiser Award

Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.[2]

References
  1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
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