2006 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2006 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2006
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Bright House Field
Clearwater, Florida
Champions Notre Dame (5th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri (5th title)
MVP Wade Corpi (Notre Dame)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2005  2007»
2006 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Notre Dame †‡y 21 – 5 – 1   .796     45 – 17 – 1   .722
Connecticut 18 – 6 – 1   .740     39 – 18 – 1   .681
Louisville 17 – 10 – 0   .630     31 – 29 – 0   .517
St. John's 16 – 10 – 0   .615     40 – 19 – 0   .678
West Virginia 14 – 13 – 0   .519     36 – 22 – 0   .621
Rutgers 13 – 14 – 0   .481     29 – 28 – 1   .509
Cincinnati 13 – 14 – 0   .481     32 – 26 – 0   .552
South Florida 12 – 15 – 0   .444     23 – 35 – 0   .397
Pittsburgh 10 – 17 – 0   .370     23 – 29 – 0   .442
Georgetown 10 – 17 – 0   .370     24 – 32 – 0   .429
Villanova 8 – 18 – 0   .308     27 – 27 – 0   .500
Seton Hall 7 – 20 – 0   .259     17 – 34 – 0   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. This was the twenty second annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fifth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2006. 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. This was the first time that eight teams were included in the field.[3]

Team W L T Pct. GB Seed
Notre Dame 21 5 1 .796
–
1
Connecticut 18 6 1 .740
2
2
Louisville 17 10 0 .630
4.5
3
St. John's 16 10 0 .615
5
4
West Virginia 14 13 0 .519
7.5
5
Rutgers 12 12 0 .500
7.5
6
Cincinnati 13 14 0 .481
8.5
7
South Florida 12 15 0 .444
9.5
8
Pittsburgh 10 17 0 .370
11.5
–
Georgetown 10 17 0 .370
11.5
–
Villanova 8 18 0 .308
13
–
Seton Hall 7 20 0 .259
14.5
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Notre Dame 3  
8  South Florida 1  
  1  Notre Dame 12  
  5  West Virginia 4  
4  St. John's 3
5  West Virginia 5  
  1  Notre Dame 1 5  
  4  St. John's 10 3  
8  South Florida 4  
4  St. John's 6  
  5  West Virginia 7
  4  St. John's 12  
  1  Notre Dame 7
  3  Louisville 0
2  Connecticut 6  
7  Cincinnati 2  
  2  Connecticut 10
  3  Louisville 12  
3  Louisville 9
6  Rutgers 8  
  3  Louisville 13 —
  6  Rutgers 3 —  
7  Cincinnati 7  
6  Rutgers 13  
  2  Connecticut 5
  6  Rutgers 9  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Wade Corpi was the winner of the 2006 Jack Kaiser Award. Carpi was a sophomore pitcher for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2006". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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