2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2017 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (3rd title)
Winning coach Scott Googins  (3rd title)
MVPConor Grammes (Xavier)
Television Fox Sports 1 (final)
2017 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Creighton  114 .733  2425 .490
St. John's  y135 .722  4213 .764
Xavier  y106 .625  3427 .557
Seton Hall  108 .556  2924 .547
Butler  710 .412  3120 .608
Villanova  513 .278  1433 .298
Georgetown  414 .222  2728 .491
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska from May 25 through May 28, 2017. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The tournament used a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.

Bracket

 First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
               
1Creighton4 
4Seton Hall1 
 3Xavier7 
 1Creighton6 
2St. John's3
3Xavier13 
 3Xavier7-
 2St. John's6-
2St. John's3 
4Seton Hall2 
 2St. John's10
 1Creighton2 

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References

  1. "2016-17 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.