2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Bright House Field
Clearwater, FL
Champions Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Penders (1st title)
MVP Billy Ferriter (Connecticut)
Television ESPNU (Championship game)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2012  2014»
2013 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Louisville y 20 4   .833     51 14   .785
Pittsburgh 18 6   .750     42 17   .712
Seton Hall 18 6   .750     37 19   .661
South Florida 17 7   .708     36 22   .621
Rutgers 14 10   .583     28 30   .483
St. John's 10 14   .417     23 35   .397
Notre Dame 10 14   .417     34 24   .586
Connecticut y 9 15   .375     35 28   .556
Cincinnati 6 18   .250     24 32   .429
Georgetown 5 19   .208     25 28   .472
Villanova 5 19   .208     14 39   .264
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 18, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 22 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Eight seeded Connecticut won their third tournament championship to claim the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

It was also the last tournament for the original Big East Conference. Following several years of instability, culminating in a split of the conference along football lines, the seven member schools that did not sponsor Division I FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and formed a new Big East in July 2013. The FBS schools that had not moved to other conferences by that time joined with several new members and reorganized as the American Athletic Conference, retaining the charter of the original Big East.

Format and seeding

The tournament used a double-elimination format, with the field divided into two brackets. The winners of each bracket faced off in a single championship game. Seton Hall claimed the second seed over Pittsburgh and St. John's took the sixth seed over Notre Dame by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Louisville 20 4 .833
1
Seton Hall 18 6 .750
2
2
Pittsburgh 18 6 .750
2
3
South Florida 17 7 .708
3
4
Rutgers 14 10 .583
6
5
St. John's 10 14 .417
10
6
Notre Dame 10 14 .417
10
7
Connecticut 9 15 .375
11
8
Cincinnati 6 18 .250
14
Villanova 5 19 .208
15
Georgetown 5 19 .208
15

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Louisville 2*  
8  Connecticut 3*  
  8  Connecticut 8  
  4  South Florida 7  
4  South Florida 5
5  Rutgers 2  
  8  Connecticut 2  
  5  Rutgers 1  
1  Louisville 1  
5  Rutgers 9  
  5  Rutgers 2
  4  South Florida 1  
  8  Connecticut 8
  7  Notre Dame 1
3  Pittsburgh 10  
6  St. John's 2  
  3  Pittsburgh 3
  7  Notre Dame 5  
2  Seton Hall 0
7  Notre Dame 5  
  7  Notre Dame 3
  3  Pittsburgh 2†  
6  St. John's 2  
2  Seton Hall 7  
  2  Seton Hall 6*
  3  Pittsburgh 7*  

*Indicates game required 12 innings. † - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos Name School
P David Mahoney Connecticut
P Anthony Marzi Connecticut
C Elvin Soto Pittsburgh
IF Charlie Law Rutgers
IF Frank DeSico Notre Dame
IF Eric Jagielo Notre Dame
IF Tom Verdi Connecticut
OF Billy Ferriter Connecticut
OF Steven Vranka Pittsburgh
OF Brian O’Grady Rutgers
DH Ryan Sullivan Seton Hall

Most Valuable Player

Billy Ferriter was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ferriter was an outfielder for Connecticut.[4]

References

  1. "Standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. "2012-13 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. "2013 Big East Baseball Championship Central". Big East Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "UConn Wins 2013 Big East Baseball". Big East Conference. May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
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