1997 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1997 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions St. John's  (5th title)
Winning coach Ed Blankmeyer  (1st title)
MVPMike Dzurilla (St. John's)
1997 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
American Division
West Virginia  x1770 .70836190 .655
St. John's  y1670 .69635170 .673
Connecticut  11130 .45827200 .574
Providence  10150 .40026231 .530
Boston College  8170 .32020230 .465
Pittsburgh  8170 .32019260 .422
National Division
Notre Dame  1560 .71441190 .683
Rutgers  13110 .54228240 .538
Seton Hall  13110 .54232220 .593
Villanova  12120 .50029270 .518
Georgetown  8150 .34819371 .342
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT. This was the thirteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The St. John's Red Storm won their fifth tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1997. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division. [3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
American Division
West Virginia 177.708
2
St. John's 167.696
.5
3
Connecticut 1113.458
6
Providence 1015.400
7.5
Boston College 817.320
9.5
Pittsburgh 817.320
8.5
National Division
Notre Dame 156.714
1
Rutgers 1311.542
3.5
4
Seton Hall 1311.542
3.5
5
Villanova 1212.500
5.5
6
Georgetown 815.348
8

Bracket

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
                         
 1 Notre Dame 5 
 6 Villanova 10  4Rutgers5 
  6Villanova12  
 2 West Virginia 6    6Villanova5      
 5 Seton Hall 4     3St. John's6       
   2West Virginia4     3St. John's9
   3St. John's11    6Villanova7
 3 St. John's 3    6Villanova5*  
 4 Rutgers 0   1West Virginia1  1Notre Dame4* 
 1Notre Dame4  1Notre Dame8 
 5Seton Hall3 

* - Indicates game required 11 innings. [3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Mike Dzurilla was the winner of the 1997 Jack Kaiser Award. Dzurilla was a third baseman for St. John's. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1997". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
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