2006 Big East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2006 Big East Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Bright House Field
* Clearwater, Florida

Champions| Notre Dame (5th title)
Winning coach| Paul Mainieri (5th title)
MVP| Wade Corpi (Notre Dame)

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* Big East Conference baseball tournament
* 2007 →

2006 Big East Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
Notre Dame ‍†‍‡‍y | 21 | - | 5 | - | 1 |  | .796 |  |  | 45 | - | 17 | - | 1 |  | .722
Connecticut ‍‍‍ | 18 | - | 6 | - | 1 |  | .740 |  |  | 39 | - | 18 | - | 1 |  | .681
Louisville ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .630 |  |  | 31 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .517
St. John's ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 10 | - | 0 |  | .615 |  |  | 40 | - | 19 | - | 0 |  | .678
West Virginia ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .519 |  |  | 36 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .621
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .481 |  |  | 29 | - | 28 | - | 1 |  | .509
Cincinnati ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .481 |  |  | 32 | - | 26 | - | 0 |  | .552
South Florida ‍‍‍ | 12 | - | 15 | - | 0 |  | .444 |  |  | 23 | - | 35 | - | 0 |  | .397
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .370 |  |  | 23 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .442
Georgetown ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 17 | - | 0 |  | .370 |  |  | 24 | - | 32 | - | 0 |  | .429
Villanova ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 18 | - | 0 |  | .308 |  |  | 27 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .500
Seton Hall ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 20 | - | 0 |  | .259 |  |  | 17 | - | 34 | - | 0 |  | .333
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. This was the twenty second annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fifth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

## Format and seeding

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The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2006. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game. This was the first time that eight teams were included in the field.[3]

Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Notre Dame | 21 | 5 | 1 | .796 |

Connecticut | 18 | 6 | 1 | .740 |

Louisville | 17 | 10 | 0 | .630 |

4.5

St. John's | 16 | 10 | 0 | .615 |

West Virginia | 14 | 13 | 0 | .519 |

7.5

Rutgers | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 |

7.5

Cincinnati | 13 | 14 | 0 | .481 |

8.5

South Florida | 12 | 15 | 0 | .444 |

9.5

Pittsburgh | 10 | 17 | 0 | .370 |

11.5

Georgetown | 10 | 17 | 0 | .370 |

11.5

Villanova | 8 | 18 | 0 | .308 |

Seton Hall | 7 | 20 | 0 | .259 |

14.5

## Tournament

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 1| Notre Dame| 3
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| 8| South Florida| 1| |
| | | 1| Notre Dame| 12
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| | | 5| West Virginia| 4| |
| 4| St. John's| 3| | | |
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| 5| West Virginia| 5| |
| | | 1| Notre Dame| 1| 5
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| | | 4| St. John's| 10| 3| |
| 8| South Florida| 4| | | | | | |
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| 4| St. John's| 6| | | 5| West Virginia| 7
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| | | | 4| St. John's| 12| |
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| 1| Notre Dame| 7
| 2| Connecticut| 6| | |
| | | | | 3| Louisville| 0
| 7| Cincinnati| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | 2| Connecticut| 10|
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| | | 3| Louisville| 12| |
| 3| Louisville| 9| | | |
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| 6| Rutgers| 8| |
| | | 3| Louisville| 13| —
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| | | 6| Rutgers| 3| —| |
| 7| Cincinnati| 7| | | | | | |
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| 6| Rutgers| 13| | | 2| Connecticut| 5
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| | | | 6| Rutgers| 9| |
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## Jack Kaiser Award

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Wade Corpi was the winner of the 2006 Jack Kaiser Award. Carpi was a sophomore pitcher for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[3]

## References

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1. ^ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61\. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2006". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66\. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

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