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2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
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2012 Big East baseball tournament logo
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
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; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

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.

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

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team

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.


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