2021 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2021 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions UConn  (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Penders  (2nd title)
MVPKyler Fedko (UConn)
TelevisionBig East DN
FS2 (final)
2021 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UConn  y134 .765  3419 .642
Creighton  156 .714  2415 .615
Seton Hall  1611 .593  2325 .479
Xavier  1511 .577  2826 .519
Villanova  912 .429  2114 .600
St. John's  1016 .385  1921 .475
Butler  813 .381  1423 .378
Georgetown  619 .240  625 .194
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 6, 2021 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 27 through May 30. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2021 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams. They will be seeded by conference winning percentage.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
UConn 134.7651
Creighton 156.7142
Seton Hall 1611.59323
Xavier 1511.57734
Villanova 912.4296
St. John's 1016.3856.5
Butler 813.3817
Georgetown 619.24011

Tournament

Bracket

 First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
               
1 UConn 11 
4 Xavier 1 
 1UConn2 
 2Creighton0 
3 Seton Hall 7
2 Creighton 8 
 1UConn410
 4Xavier56
4Xavier4 
3Seton Hall2 
 2Creighton1
 4Xavier2 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 27Game 1(2) Creighton 8–7(3) Seton Hall
Game 2(1) UConn 11–1(4) Xavier
May 28Game 3(4) Xavier4–2(3) Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
May 29Game 4(1) UConn2–0(2) Creighton
Game 5(4) Xavier2–1(2) CreightonCreighton eliminated
May 30Game 6(4) Xavier5–4(1) UConn
Game 7(1) UConn10–6(4) XavierXavier eliminated

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