2004 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2004 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2004
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Commerce Bank Ballpark
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions Notre Dame (3rd title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri (3rd title)
MVP Matt Macri (Notre Dame)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2003  2005»
2004 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#19 Notre Dame †‡y 20 – 6 – 0   .769     51 – 12 – 0   .810
St. John's y 17 – 9 – 0   .654     37 – 23 – 0   .617
Pittsburgh 17 – 9 – 0   .654     38 – 18 – 0   .679
Boston College 15 – 9 – 0   .625     32 – 27 – 0   .542
Rutgers 13 – 11 – 0   .542     30 – 23 – 0   .566
Villanova 11 – 14 – 0   .440     31 – 20 – 1   .606
Virginia Tech 11 – 15 – 0   .423     29 – 27 – 0   .518
West Virginia 10 – 16 – 0   .385     23 – 29 – 0   .442
Connecticut 9 – 17 – 0   .346     26 – 29 – 1   .473
Seton Hall 9 – 17 – 0   .346     17 – 33 – 1   .343
Georgetown 8 – 17 – 0   .320     25 – 30 – 0   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the twentieth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their third tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2004. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Notre Dame 20 6 .769
–
1
St. John's 17 9 .654
3
2
Pittsburgh 17 9 .654
3
3
Boston College 15 9 .625
4
4
Rutgers 13 11 .542
6
–
Villanova 11 14 .440
8.5
–
Virginia Tech 11 15 .423
9
–
West Virginia 10 16 .385
10
–
Connecticut 9 17 .346
11
–
Seton Hall 9 17 .346
11
–
Georgetown 8 17 .320
11.5
–

Bracket

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Notre Dame 3  
4  Boston College 2  
  1  Notre Dame 9  
  2  St. John's 2  
2  St. John's 4
3  Pittsburgh 2  
  1  Notre Dame 11 —
  4  Boston College 5 —
4  Boston College 8  
3  Pittsburgh 4  
  2  St. John's 4
  4  Boston College 6  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Macri was the winner of the 2004 Jack Kaiser Award. Macri was a junior third baseman for Notre Dame.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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