2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2007
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site KeySpan Park
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Rutgers (3rd title)
Winning coach Fred Hill (3rd title)
MVP Todd Frazier (Rutgers)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2006  2008»
2007 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
St. John's †y 20 – 7   .741     41 – 19   .683
#30 Rutgers †‡y 20 – 7   .741     42 – 21   .667
Louisville y 19 – 8   .704     47 – 24   .662
Pittsburgh 15 – 11   .577     27 – 27   .500
South Florida 13 – 14   .481     34 – 26   .567
Villanova 12 – 15   .444     29 – 25   .537
Notre Dame 11 – 15   .423     28 – 28   .500
Connecticut 10 – 14   .417     34 – 27   .557
West Virginia 10 – 16   .385     29 – 22   .569
Cincinnati 10 – 16   .385     28 – 28   .500
Seton Hall 9 – 15   .375     25 – 25   .500
Georgetown 8 – 19   .296     21 – 34   .382
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, NY. This was the twenty third annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their third tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2007. 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.[3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
St. John's 20 7 .741
–
1
Rutgers 20 7 .741
–
2
Louisville 19 8 .704
1
3
Pittsburgh 15 11 .577
4.5
4
South Florida 13 14 .481
7
5
Villanova 12 15 .444
8
6
Notre Dame 11 15 .423
8.5
7
Connecticut 10 14 .417
8.5
8
West Virginia 10 16 .417
9.5
–
Cincinnati 10 16 .385
9.5
–
Seton Hall 9 15 .375
9.5
–
Georgetown 8 19 .296
12
–

Tournament

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  St. John's 2  
8  Connecticut 1  
  1  St. John's 0  
  5  South Florida 2  
4  Pittsburgh 1
5  South Florida 2  
  5  South Florida 0 0  
  8  Connecticut 3 2  
8  Connecticut 5  
4  Pittsburgh 2  
  1  St. John's 7
  8  Connecticut 8  
  8  Connecticut 6
  2  Rutgers 7
2  Rutgers 13  
7  Notre Dame 2  
  2  Rutgers 1
  3  Louisville 8  
3  Louisville 3
6  Villanova 1  
  3  Louisville 7 1
  2  Rutgers 10 3  
7  Notre Dame 2  
6  Villanova 3  
  2  Rutgers 11
  6  Villanova 0  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Todd Frazier was the winner of the 2007 Jack Kaiser Award. Frazier was a junior shortstop for Rutgers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 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 3, 2013.
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