2021 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2021 Big East Conference baseball tournament will be held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, from May 27 through 30. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2021 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2021 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUConn (4th title)
Winning coachJim Penders (2nd title)
MVPKyler Fedko (UConn)
TelevisionBig East DN
FS2 (final)
2021 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UConn  y 134 .7653419 .642
Creighton   156 .7142415 .615
Seton Hall   1611 .5932325 .479
Xavier   1511 .5772826 .519
Villanova   912 .4292114 .600
St. John's   1016 .3851921 .475
Butler   813 .3811423 .378
Georgetown   619 .240625 .194
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams. They will be seeded by conference winning percentage.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
UConn134.7651
Creighton156.7142
Seton Hall1611.59323
Xavier1511.57734
Villanova912.4296
St. John's1016.3856.5
Butler813.3817
Georgetown619.24011

Tournament

Bracket

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1UConn11
4Xavier1
1UConn2
2Creighton0
3Seton Hall7
2Creighton8
1UConn
4Xavier
Lower round 1Lower final
2Creighton1
4Xavier44Xavier2
3Seton Hall2

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 27Game 1(2) Creighton8–7(3) Seton Hall
Game 2(1) UConn11–1(4) Xavier
May 28Game 3(4) Xavier4–2(3) Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
May 29Game 4(1) UConn2–0(2) Creighton
Game 5(4) Xavier2–1(2) CreightonCreighton eliminated
May 30Game 6(4) Xavier5–4(1) UConn
Game 7(1) UConn10–6(4) XavierXavier eliminated

References

  1. "2021 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. "BIG EAST Announces Spring 2021 Championships And Schedules". Big East Conference. January 19, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. "BIG EAST Spring Television, BEDN Slate Announced". Big East Conference. March 12, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
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