2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2005 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Notre Dame  (4th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri  (4th title)
MVP Matt Edwards (Notre Dame)
2005 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 30 St. John's  y1940 .82641180 .695
Boston College  1780 .68037200 .649
Notre Dame  y1491 .60438241 .611
Pittsburgh  15100 .60033220 .600
Rutgers  12120 .50032210 .604
Connecticut  11120 .47824220 .522
West Virginia  10150 .40025300 .455
Villanova  8161 .34028212 .569
Seton Hall  8170 .32017350 .327
Georgetown  7180 .28025310 .446
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2005 [1] [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the twenty first annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament and last to be held at Commerce Bank Ballpark. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fourth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row. [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2005. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. [3]

TeamWLTPct.GBSeed
St. John's 1940.826
1
Boston College 1780.680
3
2
Notre Dame 1491.604
5
3
Pittsburgh 15100.600
5
4
Rutgers 12120.500
7.5
Connecticut 11120.478
8
West Virginia 10150.400
10
Villanova 8161.340
11.5
Seton Hall 8170.320
12
Georgetown 7180.280
13

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 St. John's 1
4 Pittsburgh 4
4Pittsburgh2
3Notre Dame4
2 Boston College 5
3 Notre Dame 6
3Notre Dame11
4Pittsburgh4
Lower round 1Lower final
4Pittsburgh3*
1St. John's52Boston College2*
2Boston College7

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Edwards was the winner of the 2005 Jack Kaiser Award. Edwards was a senior first baseman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. [3]

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References

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  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2005". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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