2019 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2019 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsCreighton (1st title)
Winning coachEd Servais (1st title)
MVP()
TelevisionBig East DN
FS2 (final)
2019 Big East Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Creighton  ‍†‍‡‍y 14 – 4   .778 41 – 13   .759
Xavier  ‍‍‍ 12 – 4   .750 27 – 31   .466
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 31 – 23   .574
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 25 – 28   .472
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 22 – 34   .393
Butler  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 26 – 26   .500
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 4 – 13   .235 13 – 38   .255
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 23 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2019 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, Creighton, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Format and seeding[]

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

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Creighton 14 4 .778 — 1
Xavier 12 4 .722 2 2
St. John's 9 9 .500 5 3
Seton Hall 9 9 .500 5 4
Georgetown 7 11 .389 7 —
Butler 6 11 .353 8 —
Villanova 4 13 .235 10 —

Bracket[]

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Creighton 10  
4 Seton Hall 9  
  1 Creighton 17  
  3 St. John's 13  
2 Xavier 0
3 St. John's 2  
  1 Creighton 9 –
  2 Xavier 8 –
4 Seton Hall 1  
2 Xavier 2  
  2 Xavier 11
  3 St. John's 3  

Conference championship[]

Big East Championship
(2) Xavier Musketeers vs. (1) Creighton Bluejays
May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2) Xavier 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 8 10 1
(1) Creighton 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 X 9 17 1
WP: John Sakowski (7–0)   LP: Nick Zwack (4–3)   Sv: None
Home runs:
XAV: Conor Grammes (8); Allbry Major (7)
CREI: None

References[]

  1. ^ "Big East Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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