2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to May 27, 2012 at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. The winner, St. John's, received the league's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This marked the Red Storm's seventh tournament championship, the most of any Big East team.

2012 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bright House Field Clearwater, FL
Champions	St. John's (7th title)
Winning coach	Ed Blankmeyer (3rd title)
MVP	Matt Carasiti, St. John's
Television	ESPNU (championship game)

2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#25 Louisville †^y  ‍‍‍	18	–	9	–	0		.667			42	–	22	–	0		.656
St. John's  ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	9	–	0		.667			40	–	23	–	0		.635
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			34	–	24	–	0		.586
South Florida  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			38	–	22	–	0		.633
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	27	–	1		.534
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			31	–	27	–	0		.534
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Villanova  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	27	–	0		.509
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			23	–	32	–	0		.418
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	7	–	20	–	0		.259			18	–	38	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 15, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Format and Seeding

The top eight teams in the Big East were seeded one through eight based on their regular season finish.[2] St. John's was the first to clinch a spot in the tournament.[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Louisville	18	9	.667	–	1
St. John's	18	9	.667	–	2
Seton Hall	17	10	.630	1	3
South Florida	17	10	.630	1	4
Connecticut	16	11	.593	2	5
Rutgers	16	11	.593	2	6
Notre Dame	14	13	.519	4	7
Pittsburgh	10	17	.370	8	8
Georgetown	10	17	.370	8	–
Villanova	10	17	.370	8	–
West Virginia	9	18	.333	9	–
Cincinnati	7	20	.259	11	–

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Rutgers	1
	3	Seton Hall	6
						3	Seton Hall	3
						2	St. John's	6
	7	Notre Dame	2
	2	St. John's	12
											2	St. John's	2	—
										7	Notre Dame	1	—
	7	Notre Dame	9
	6	Rutgers	0
						3	Seton Hall	3
						7	Notre Dame	4
																4	South Florida	3
																2	St. John's	7
	8	Pittsburgh	4
	1	Louisville	8
						1	Louisville	1
						5	Connecticut	4
	5	Connecticut	7
	4	South Florida	2
											5	Connecticut	0	1
										4	South Florida	1	2
	4	South Florida	12
	8	Pittsburgh	5
						1	Louisville	1
						4	South Florida	6

[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team[5]

Pos	Name	School
P	Matt Carasiti	St. John's
P	Derrick Stultz	USF
C	Danny Bethea	St. John's
IF	L. J. Mazzilli	Connecticut
IF	Trey Mancini	Notre Dame
IF	Frank Schwindel	St. John's
IF	Matt Wessinger	St. John's
OF	Jeremy Baltz	St. John's
OF	Jimmy Falla	USF
OF	James Ramsay	USF
DH	Zach Lauricella	St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Carasiti earned the Jack Kaiser Award for the tournament most outstanding player. Carasiti, a pitcher for St. John's, earned the win in two of the Red Storm's four games, including the championship game.[5]

References

1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
2. "2012 Baseball Championship Central". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
3. "O'Hare, Barbosa Earn BIG EAST Weekly Baseball Awards". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
4. "2012 Big East Conference Baseball 8-Team Official Championship Bracket" (PDF). bigeast.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
5. "St. John's Wins 2012 Big East with 7-3 win over USF". BigEast.org. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.