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1987 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

1987 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Seton Hall (1st title)
Winning coach Mike Sheppard (1st title)
MVP Mo Vaughn (Seton Hall)
1987 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Division
St. John's x 12 6   .667     24 21   .533
Connecticut 11 7   .611     23 16   .590
Boston College 8 10   .444     13 21   .382
Providence 5 13   .278     15 25   .375
South Division
#22 Seton Hall xy 16 2   .889     45 10   .818
Villanova 11 7   .611     35 18   .660
Pittsburgh 5 13   .278     13 18   .419
Georgetown 4 14   .222     14 30   .318
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the third Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the Seton Hall Pirates. As a result, Seton Hall earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The 1987 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.

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

Mo Vaughn was the winner of the 1987 Jack Kaiser Award. Vaughn was a designated hitter for Seton Hall.


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