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1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions St. John's (2nd title)
Winning coach Joe Russo (2nd title)
MVP Tom Finke (St. John's)
1986 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Providence x 11 7 0   .611     28 23 0   .549
#30 St. John's xy 11 7 0   .611     35 15 1   .696
Connecticut 10 8 0   .556     18 21 0   .462
Boston College 4 14 0   .222     14 23 0   .378
South Division
Seton Hall x 13 5 0   .722     32 26 0   .552
Georgetown 12 6 0   .667     23 22 0   .511
Villanova 8 10 0   .444     21 20 1   .512
Pittsburgh 3 15 0   .167     10 22 0   .313
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the second annual Big East baseball tournament. The St. John's Redmen won their second consecutive tournament. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament, the same as the previous year. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage, earned berths in the field. Each division winner faced the runner up from the opposite division in the first round. Providence claimed the top seed from the North by defeating St. John's in the regular season series.


The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.

Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award. Finke was a left fielder for St. John's.


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