1998 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1998 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Rutgers  (1st title)
Winning coach Fred Hill  (1st title)
MVPDave Marciniak (Rutgers)
1998 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 30 Rutgers  ‍†‍‡‍y17–3–0 .85033–16–0 .673
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍15–4–0 .78941–17–0 .707
St. John's  ‍‍‍14–7–0 .66728–17–1 .620
Providence  ‍‍‍14–8–1 .63031–22–1 .583
West Virginia  ‍‍‍13–9–0 .59137–17–1 .682
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍12–10–0 .54525–23–0 .521
Connecticut  ‍‍‍12–11–0 .52225–17–0 .595
Villanova  ‍‍‍6–15–0 .28626–21–1 .552
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍5–16–0 .23812–27–1 .313
Boston College  ‍‍‍4–15–1 .22517–23–1 .427
Georgetown  ‍‍‍5–19–0 .20822–34–0 .393
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT. This was the fourteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Rutgers joined the Big East prior to the 1996 season. [3]

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Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1998. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The division used the previous two seasons were discontinued, with all 11 teams competing in a single division. [3]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
Rutgers 1730.850
–
1
Notre Dame 1540.789
1.5
2
St. John's 1470.667
3.5
3
Providence 1481.630
5
4
West Virginia 1390.591
5
5
Seton Hall 12100.545
6
6
Connecticut 12110.522
6.5
–
Villanova 6150.286
10
–
Pittsburgh 5160.238
11
–
Boston College 4151.225
11.5
–
Georgetown 5190.208
14
–

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Rutgers2
4Providence3
1 Rutgers 9*4Providence10
6 Seton Hall 7*5West Virginia14Providence7
5West Virginia7
2Notre Dame9
6Seton Hall2
2 Notre Dame 5
2Notre Dame0
5 West Virginia 4
2Notre Dame31Rutgers12
3St. John's2
3 St. John's 72Notre Dame6
4 Providence 21Rutgers7
1Rutgers14
3St. John's10

* - Indicates game required 17 innings. [3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Dave Marciniak was the winner of the 1998 Jack Kaiser Award. Marciniak was a shortstop for Rutgers. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
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