2011 Big East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2011 Big East Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Bright House Field
* Clearwater, FL

Champions| Seton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coach| Rob Sheppard (2nd title)
MVP| Joe DiRocco (Seton Hall)
Television| ESPNU (championship game)

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* Big East Conference baseball tournament
* 2012 →

2011 Big East Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
#13 Connecticut †y ‍‍‍ | 22 | - | 5 | - | 0 |  | .815 |  |  | 45 | - | 20 | - | 1 |  | .689
St. John's ‍‍‍y | 18 | - | 8 | - | 0 |  | .692 |  |  | 35 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .614
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 11 | - | 0 |  | .593 |  |  | 33 | - | 23 | - | 0 |  | .589
Seton Hall ‍‍‡‍y | 14 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .519 |  |  | 34 | - | 25 | - | 0 |  | .576
Cincinnati ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .519 |  |  | 30 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .526
Louisville ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .519 |  |  | 32 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .525
West Virginia ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .519 |  |  | 28 | - | 27 | - | 0 |  | .509
Notre Dame ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 13 | - | 0 |  | .500 |  |  | 23 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .442
South Florida ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 14 | - | 0 |  | .481 |  |  | 25 | - | 29 | - | 0 |  | .463
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 16 | - | 0 |  | .407 |  |  | 20 | - | 30 | - | 0 |  | .400
Villanova ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 20 | - | 0 |  | .259 |  |  | 20 | - | 32 | - | 0 |  | .385
Georgetown ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 22 | - | 0 |  | .185 |  |  | 23 | - | 33 | - | 0 |  | .411
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 30, 2011[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 Big East baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Seton Hall was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

## Format and seeding

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The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. 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.[2]

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

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Connecticut | 22 | 5 | .815 | – | 1
St. John's | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.5 | 2
Pittsburgh | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6 | 3
West Virginia | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 4
Seton Hall | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 5
Louisville | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 6
Cincinnati | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 7
Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | .500 | 8.5 | 8
South Florida | 13 | 14 | .481 | 9 | –
Rutgers | 11 | 16 | .407 | 11 | –
Villanova | 7 | 20 | .259 | 15 | –
Georgetown | 5 | 22 | .185 | 17 | –

### Bracket

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 3| Pittsburgh| 7
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| 6| Louisville| 2| |
| | | 3| Pittsburgh| 4
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| | | 2| St. John's| 6| |
| 2| St. John's| 8| | | |
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| 7| Cincinnati| 3| |
| | | 2| St. John's| 5| 5
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| | | 6| Louisville| 7| 1| |
| 7| Cincinnati| 3| | | | | | |
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| 6| Louisville| 5| | | 3| Pittsburgh| 2
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| | | | 6| Louisville| 12^| |
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| 2| St. John's| 2
| 1| Connecticut| 4| | |
| | | | | 5| Seton Hall| 4
| 8| Notre Dame| 2| | | | | | | |
| | | 1| Connecticut| 3~|
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| | | 5| Seton Hall| 4~| |
| 4| West Virginia| 4| | | |
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| 5| Seton Hall| 10| |
| | | 5| Seton Hall| 12^| —
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| | | 1| Connecticut| 2^| —| |
| 4| West Virginia| 0| | | | | | |
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| 8| Notre Dame| 1| | | 1| Connecticut| 9
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| | | | 4| Notre Dame| 3| |
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* ~ Game went to extra innings
* ^ Game ended after 8 innings because of mercy rule

## All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[2]

Position  | Player  | School

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P  | Cole Johnson  | Notre Dame
P  | Joe DiRocco  | Seton Hall
C  | Kevan Smith | Pittsburgh
IF  | Mike Nemeth  | Connecticut
IF  | Ryan Wright  | Louisville
IF  | Joe Panik | St. John's
IF  | Mike Genovese  | Seton Hall
OF  | Kevin Grove  | St. John's
OF  | Zach Granite  | Seton Hall
OF  | Will Walsh  | Seton Hall
DH  | Jeff Gardner  | Louisville

## Jack Kaiser Award

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Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
2. ^ 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 3, 2013.

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