1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1986 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions St. John's  (2nd title)
Winning coach Joe Russo  (2nd title)
MVPTom Finke (St. John's)
1986 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
Providence  x1170 .61128230 .549
No. 30 St. John's  xy1170 .61135151 .696
Connecticut  1080 .55618210 .462
Boston College  4140 .22214230 .378
South Division
Seton Hall  x1350 .72232260 .552
Georgetown  1260 .66723220 .511
Villanova  8100 .44421201 .512
Pittsburgh  3150 .16710220 .313
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the second annual Big East baseball tournament. The St. John's Redmen won their second consecutive tournament. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament, the same as the previous year. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage, earned berths in the field. Each division winner faced the runner up from the opposite division in the first round. Providence claimed the top seed from the North by defeating St. John's in the regular season series. [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Providence 117.611
1N
St. John's 117.611
2N
Connecticut 108.556
1
Boston College 414.222
7
South Division
Seton Hall 135.722
1S
Georgetown 126.667
1
2S
Villanova 810.444
5
Pittsburgh 315.167
10

Tournament

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
1N Providence 2
2S Georgetown 1
1NProvidence5
Winner's bracket
2N St. John's 3
1S Seton Hall 6
2N St. John's 11
1N Providence 5 4
2NSt. John's1513
2S Georgetown 4
1SSeton Hall8
2NSt. John's11
Loser's bracket
1S Seton Hall 10

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
1BJerry KellySt. John's
2BTony BonuraSt. John's
3BFrank CaccavalleSt. John's
SSJohn ValentineSeton Hall
CScott deMarraisSt. John's
OFTom FinkeSt. John's
OFVic DiPasqualeSeton Hall
OFJerry CarrollProvidence
DHPat MurraySt. John's
P Wayne Rosenthal St. John's
PJim BiscegliaSt. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award. Finke was a left fielder for St. John's. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". 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.