2013 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2013 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bright House Field Clearwater, FL
Champions	Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jim Penders (1st title)
MVP	Billy Ferriter, Connecticut
Television	ESPNU (Championship game)

2013 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 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

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. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
3. "2013 Big East Baseball Championship Central". Big East Conference. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
4. "UConn Wins 2013 Big East Baseball". Big East Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.