2014 Big East Conference baseball tournament

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]

2014 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (1st title)
Winning coachScott Googins (1st title)
MVPMitch Elliott (Xavier)
TelevisionFox Sports 1 (final)
2014 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 30 Creighton  ‍†‍‍ 14–4–0 .77832–17–1 .650
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 13–5–0 .72235–20–0 .636
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 11–7–0 .61138–15–0 .717
Xavier  ‍‍‡‍y 8–10–0 .44430–29–0 .508
Butler  ‍‍‍ 7–11–0 .38920–30–0 .400
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27819–29–0 .396
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5–13–0 .27816–34–0 .320
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2014[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Creighton144.778–1
St. John's135.72212
Seton Hall117.61133
Xavier810.44464
Butler711.3897–
Georgetown513.2789–
Villanova513.2789–

Bracket
First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Creighton9
4Xavier2
1Creighton2
3Seton Hall1
2St. John's0
3Seton Hall1
1Creighton
4Xavier
Lower round 1Lower final
4Xavier5
4Xavier83Seton Hall3
2St. John's2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

PosNameSchool
CDan RizzieXavier
IFReagan FowlerCreighton
IFRobbie KnightesSt. John's
IFJoe ForneyXavier
IFJake PeterCreighton
OFMike GerberCreighton
OFMitch ElliottXavier
OFZach WeigelSeton Hall
DHDerek HasenbeckXavier
PTrent AstleXavier
PSean CampbellXavier

Most Outstanding Player

Mitch Elliott was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Elliott was an outfielder for Xavier.[4]

References
  1. "Standings & Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  2. "2013-14 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  3. "Creighton Baseball Releases 2014 Schedule". Creighton Bluejays. December 5, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
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