1985 Big East Conference baseball tournament

1985 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Muzzy Field Bristol, CT
Champions	St. John's  (1st title)
Winning coach	Joe Russo  (1st title)
MVP	Joe Armeni (St. John's)
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1985 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Connecticut  x‍‍‍	11	–	7	–	0		.611			20	–	24	–	1		.456
St. John's  ‍‍‡‍y	10	–	7	–	0		.588			32	–	21	–	0		.604
Providence  ‍‍‍	8	–	9	–	0		.471			22	–	24	–	1		.479
Boston College  ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0		.333			12	–	22	–	0		.353
South Division
Seton Hall  x‍‍‍	15	–	3	–	0		.833			44	–	19	–	1		.695
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0		.444			27	–	25	–	0		.519
Villanova  ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0		.389			20	–	24	–	1		.456
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0		.333			16	–	18	–	0		.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, Connecticut. 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]

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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
North Division
Connecticut	11	7	.611	–	1N
St. John's	10	7	.588	.5	2N
Providence	8	9	.471	2.5	–
Boston College	6	12	.333	5	–
South Division
Seton Hall	15	3	.833	–	1S
Georgetown	8	10	.444	7	2S
Villanova	7	11	.389	8	–
Pittsburgh	6	12	.333	9	–

Tournament

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

Connecticut

11*

2S

Georgetown

9*

1N

Connecticut

5

2N

St. John's

6

1S

Seton Hall

3

2N

St. John's

5

2N

St. John's

4

7*

1S

Seton Hall

5

6*

Lower round 1

Lower final

1N

Connecticut

5

2S

Georgetown

1

1S

Seton Hall

8

1S

Seton Hall

6

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
1B	Jerry LaPenta	Connecticut
2B	Tony Bonura	St. John's
3B	Jeff Riggs	Seton Hall
SS	Joe Armeni	Seton Hall
C	Lou Bianco	St. John's
OF	Bob Bellini	St. John's
OF	Bob Schepis	Seton Hall
OF	Steve Carvello	Seton Hall
DH	Pete Petrone	Seton Hall
P	John Tanner	St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

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

References

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