1985 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1985 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions St. John's  (1st title)
Winning coach Joe Russo  (1st title)
MVPJoe Armeni (St. John's)
1985 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
Connecticut  x1170 .61120241 .456
St. John's  y1070 .58832210 .604
Providence  890 .47122241 .479
Boston College  6120 .33312220 .353
South Division
Seton Hall  x1530 .83344191 .695
Georgetown  8100 .44427250 .519
Villanova  7110 .38920241 .456
Pittsburgh  6120 .33316180 .471
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the inaugural Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the St. John's Redmen. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1985 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round. [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Connecticut 117.611
1N
St. John's 107.588
.5
2N
Providence 89.471
2.5
Boston College 612.333
5
South Division
Seton Hall 153.833
1S
Georgetown 810.444
7
2S
Villanova 711.389
8
Pittsburgh 612.333
9

Tournament

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
1N Connecticut 11*
2S Georgetown 9*
1N Connecticut 5
Winner's bracket
2NSt. John's6
1S Seton Hall 3
2N St. John's 5
2NSt. John's4 7*
1S Seton Hall 56*
2S Georgetown 1
1SSeton Hall6
1N Connecticut 5
Loser's bracket
1SSeton Hall8

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team. [3]

PositionPlayerSchool
1BJerry LaPentaConnecticut
2BTony BonuraSt. John's
3BJeff RiggsSeton Hall
SSJoe ArmeniSeton Hall
CLou BiancoSt. John's
OFBob BelliniSt. John's
OFBob SchepisSeton Hall
OFSteve CarvelloSeton Hall
DHPete PetroneSeton Hall
PJohn TannerSt. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Joe Armeni was the winner of the 1985 Jack Kaiser Award. Armeni was a shortstop for Seton Hall. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.