2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2014 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site MCU Park
Brooklyn, NY
Champions Xavier (1st title)
Winning coach Scott Googins (1st title)
MVP Mitch Elliott (Xavier)
Television Fox Sports 1 (final)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2013  2015»
2014 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#30 Creighton † 14 – 4 – 0   .778     32 – 17 – 1   .650
St. John's 13 – 5 – 0   .722     35 – 20 – 0   .636
Seton Hall 11 – 7 – 0   .611     38 – 15 – 0   .717
Xavier ‡y 8 – 10 – 0   .444     30 – 29 – 0   .508
Butler 7 – 11 – 0   .389     20 – 30 – 0   .400
Georgetown 5 – 13 – 0   .278     19 – 29 – 0   .396
Villanova 5 – 13 – 0   .278     16 – 34 – 0   .320
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York from May 21 through May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Xavier won the event for the first time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

Format and seeding

The tournament used a modified double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.[5][6]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Creighton 14 4 .778
–
1
St. John's 13 5 .722
1
2
Seton Hall 11 7 .611
3
3
Xavier 8 10 .444
6
4
Butler 7 11 .389
7
–
Georgetown 5 13 .278
9
–
Villanova 5 13 .278
9
–

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  Creighton 9  
4  Xavier 2  
  1  Creighton 2  
  3  Seton Hall 1  
2  St. John's 0
3  Seton Hall 1  
  1  Creighton 0 —
  4  Xavier 5 —
4  Xavier 8  
2  St. John's 2  
  4  Xavier 5
  3  Seton Hall 3  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos Name School
C Dan Rizzie Xavier
IF Reagan Fowler Creighton
IF Robbie Knightes St. John's
IF Joe Forney Xavier
IF Jake Peter Creighton
OF Mike Gerber Creighton
OF Mitch Elliott Xavier
OF Zach Weigel Seton Hall
DH Derek Hasenbeck Xavier
P Trent Astle Xavier
P Sean Campbell Xavier

Most Outstanding Player

Mitch Elliott was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Elliott was an outfielder for Xavier.[4]

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