Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | UConn (5th title) |
Winning coach | Jim Penders (3rd title) |
MVP | Luke Franzoni (Xavier) |
Television | Big East DN FS2 (final) |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 UConn †‡y | 16 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .762 | 50 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 31 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 13 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .619 | 33 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 32 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 8 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .400 | 19 | – | 29 | – | 1 | .398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 7 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .375 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 1 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | 18 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 4 | – | 16 | – | 1 | .214 | 20 | – | 35 | – | 1 | .366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 27, 2022 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2022 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 26 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2022 season. For the fifth time, UConn won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3] [4]
The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams.
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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UConn | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | — | 1 |
Creighton | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | .5 | 2 |
Xavier | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 3 | 3 |
Georgetown | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 5 | 4 |
Villanova | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | 7.5 | — |
St. John's | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | 8 | — |
Seton Hall | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 8.5 | — |
Butler | 4 | 16 | 1 | .214 | 12 | — |
First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | UConn | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Georgetown | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | UConn | 7 | ||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | UConn | 7 | – | |||||||||||
3 | Xavier | 2 | – | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 8 | ||||||||||||
4 | Georgetown | 8 | 3 | Xavier | 27 | |||||||||
3 | Xavier | 16 | ||||||||||||
Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
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May 26 | Game 1 | (1) UConn | 4–0 | (4) Georgetown | |
May 27 | Game 2 | (2) Creighton | 6–5 | (3) Xavier | |
May 28 | Game 3 | (3) Xavier | 16–8 | (4) Georgetown | Georgetown eliminated |
Game 4 | (1) UConn | 7–1 | (2) Creighton | ||
Game 5 | (3) Xavier | 27–8 | (2) Creighton | Creighton eliminated | |
May 29 | Game 6 | (1) UConn | 7–2 | (3) Xavier | UConn wins Big East Tournament |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]
Position | Name | School | Class |
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P | Pat Gallagher | UConn | So |
Austin Peterson | UConn | Jr | |
C | Jerry Huntzinger | Xavier | Grad |
IF | Andrew Ciufo | Georgetown | Jr |
Luke Franzoni | Xavier | Sr | |
Jack Housinger | Xavier | Sr | |
Ben Huber | UConn | Grad | |
OF | Casey Dana | UConn | Grad |
Alan Roden | Creighton | So | |
Andrew Walker | Xavier | Sr | |
DH | Korey Morton | UConn | So |
Luke Franzoni was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Franzoni was a senior first baseman for Xavier. [4]
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