2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York from May 21 through May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2013 season. Xavier won the event for the first time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

2014 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	MCU Park Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY
Champions	Xavier (1st title)
Winning coach	Scott Googins (1st title)
MVP	Mitch Elliott, Xavier
Television	Fox Sports 1 (final)

2014 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 30 Creighton  ‍†‍‍	14	–	4	–	0		.778			32	–	17	–	1		.650
St. John's  ‍‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			35	–	20	–	0		.636
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	11	–	7	–	0		.611			38	–	15	–	0		.717
Xavier  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	10	–	0		.444			30	–	29	–	0		.508
Butler  ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0		.389			20	–	30	–	0		.400
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			19	–	29	–	0		.396
Villanova  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			16	–	34	–	0		.320
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The tournament used a modified double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.[5][6]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Creighton	14	4	.778	–	1
St. John's	13	5	.722	1	2
Seton Hall	11	7	.611	3	3
Xavier	8	10	.444	6	4
Butler	7	11	.389	7	–
Georgetown	5	13	.278	9	–
Villanova	5	13	.278	9	–

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Creighton	9
	4	Xavier	2
						1	Creighton	2
						3	Seton Hall	1
	2	St. John's	0
	3	Seton Hall	1
											1	Creighton	0	—
										4	Xavier	5	—
	4	Xavier	8
	2	St. John's	2
						4	Xavier	5
						3	Seton Hall	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Pos	Name	School
C	Dan Rizzie	Xavier
IF	Reagan Fowler	Creighton
IF	Robbie Knightes	St. John's
IF	Joe Forney	Xavier
IF	Jake Peter	Creighton
OF	Mike Gerber	Creighton
OF	Mitch Elliott	Xavier
OF	Zach Weigel	Seton Hall
DH	Derek Hasenbeck	Xavier
P	Trent Astle	Xavier
P	Sean Campbell	Xavier

Most Outstanding Player

Mitch Elliott was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Elliott was an outfielder for Xavier.[4]

References

1. "Standings & Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
2. "2013-14 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
3. "Creighton Baseball Releases 2014 Schedule". Creighton Bluejays. December 5, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
4. "Xavier Shuts Out Creighton to Win BIG EAST Baseball Championship". Big East Conference. May 25, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
5. "2014 Big East Baseball Championship Presented by New York Life Returns to Brooklyn and Celebrated MCU Park". Big East Conference. May 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
6. "Seeds, First-Day Tournament Matchups Set in BIG EAST Baseball". Big East Conference. May 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.