1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1999 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Providence  (2nd title)
Winning coach Charlie Hickey  (1st title)
MVPMarc DesRoches (Providence)
1999 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍y20–5–0 .80043–18–0 .705
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y19–7–0 .73137–21–0 .638
Providence  ‍‍‡‍y18–8–0 .69249–16–0 .754
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍14–11–0 .56032–19–1 .625
St. John's  ‍‍‍13–11–1 .54032–22–2 .589
West Virginia  ‍‍‍12–13–0 .48029–28–0 .509
Villanova  ‍‍‍11–15–0 .42327–26–1 .509
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍11–15–0 .42327–27–0 .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍10–15–1 .40426–21–1 .552
Connecticut  ‍‍‍10–16–0 .38527–24–0 .529
Georgetown  ‍‍‍2–24–0 .07718–34–0 .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, NJ. This was the fifteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, and first to be held outside the state of Connecticut. The Providence Friars won the tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1999. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
Notre Dame 2050.800
–
1
Rutgers 1970.731
1.5
2
Providence 1880.692
2.5
3
Seton Hall 14110.560
6
4
St. John's 13111.540
7
5
West Virginia 12130.480
8
6
Villanova 11150.423
9.5
–
Pittsburgh 11150.423
9.5
–
Boston College 10151.404
10
–
Connecticut 10160.385
11.5
–
Georgetown 2240.077
18.5
–

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Notre Dame3
4Seton Hall11
1 Notre Dame 74Seton Hall2
6 West Virginia 25St. John's75St. John's6
5St. John's9
2Rutgers4
6West Virginia6
2 Rutgers 13
5St. John's1
5 St. John's 9
2Rutgers113Providence6
3Providence4
3 Providence 102Rutgers2
4 Seton Hall 93Providence9
3Providence8
1Notre Dame4

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Marc DesRoches was the winner of the 1999 Jack Kaiser Award. DesRoches was a senior pitcher for Providence. [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 -- 1999". 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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