2011 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2011 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		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

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]

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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Connecticut	22	5	.815	–	1
St. John's	18	8	.692	3.5	2
Pittsburgh	16	11	.593	6	3
West Virginia	14	13	.519	8	4
Seton Hall	14	13	.519	8	5
Louisville	14	13	.519	8	6
Cincinnati	14	13	.519	8	7
Notre Dame	13	13	.500	8.5	8
South Florida	13	14	.481	9	–
Rutgers	11	16	.407	11	–
Villanova	7	20	.259	15	–
Georgetown	5	22	.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

↑ "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
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 3, 2013.

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