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1989 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

1989 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Villanova (1st title)
Winning coach George Bennett (1st title)
MVP Rafael Novoa (Villanova)
1989 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
North Division
Providence x 12 6 0   .667     27 16 0   .628
Connecticut 9 9 0   .500     27 16 0   .628
Boston College 9 9 0   .500     20 17 0   .541
St. John's 6 12 0   .333     19 19 0   .500
South Division
Seton Hall x 16 2 0   .889     33 19 1   .632
Villanova y 12 5 0   .706     42 13 0   .764
Georgetown 7 11 0   .389     17 26 0   .395
Pittsburgh 0 17 0   .000     6 25 0   .194
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1989; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the fifth Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the Villanova Wildcats. As a result, Villanova earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the Wildcat's first tournament championship.

The 1989 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. Connecticut earned the second seed from the North by winning the season series against Boston College.

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

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

Rafael Novoa was the winner of the 1989 Jack Kaiser Award. Novoa was a pitcher for Villanova.


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