2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament
The 2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland from May 26 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2016 season. Xavier won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Xavier (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Scott Googins (2nd title) |
MVP | Daniel Rizzie (Xavier) |
Television | Fox Sports 1 (final) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Xavier †‡y | 14 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .778 | 30 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 38 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .691 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 38 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 9 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .500 | 28 | – | 26 | – | 1 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 25 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 20 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 4 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .222 | 14 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format and seeding
The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.
Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Xavier | 14 | 4 | .778 | — | 1 |
Creighton | 13 | 5 | .722 | 1 | 2 |
Seton Hall | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4 | 3 |
St. John's | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5 | 4 |
Georgetown | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6 | — |
Villanova | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | — |
Butler | 4 | 14 | .222 | 10 | — |
Bracket
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 9 | |||||||||||
4 | St. John's | 8 | |||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 5 | |||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 5 | |||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 6 | |||||||||||
1 | Xavier | ||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
4 | St. John's | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | St. John's | 4 | 2 | Creighton | 4 | ||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 1 | |||||||||||
References
- "Big East Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- "2015-16 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- "BIG EAST Conference Baseball Championships 2016". Maryland Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
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