Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Xavier (1st title) |
Winning coach | Scott Googins (1st title) |
MVP | Mitch Elliott (Xavier) |
Television | Fox Sports 1 (final) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 30 Creighton † | 14 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .778 | 32 | – | 17 | – | 1 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 13 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .722 | 35 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 38 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier ‡y | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 30 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 7 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .389 | 20 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 19 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 16 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2014 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2014 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York from May 21 through 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Xavier won the event for the first time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3] [4]
The tournament used a modified double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams. [5] [6]
Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
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Creighton | 14 | 4 | .778 | – | 1 |
St. John's | 13 | 5 | .722 | 1 | 2 |
Seton Hall | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3 | 3 |
Xavier | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6 | 4 |
Butler | 7 | 11 | .389 | 7 | – |
Georgetown | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | – |
Villanova | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9 | – |
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
1 | Creighton | 9 | |||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Creighton | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | St. John's | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Creighton | ||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 8 | 3 | Seton Hall | 3 | ||||||||
2 | St. John's | 2 | |||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]
Pos | Name | School |
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C | Dan Rizzie | Xavier |
IF | Reagan Fowler | Creighton |
IF | Robbie Knightes | St. John's |
IF | Joe Forney | Xavier |
IF | Jake Peter | Creighton |
OF | Mike Gerber | Creighton |
OF | Mitch Elliott | Xavier |
OF | Zach Weigel | Seton Hall |
DH | Derek Hasenbeck | Xavier |
P | Trent Astle | Xavier |
P | Sean Campbell | Xavier |
Mitch Elliott was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Elliott was an outfielder for Xavier. [4]
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