2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2016 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium
Aberdeen, MD
Television Fox Sports 1 (final)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2016 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Xavier y 14 4 0   .778     30 28 0   .517
Creighton 13 5 0   .722     38 17 0   .691
Seton Hall 10 8 0   .556     38 20 0   .655
St. John's 9 9 0   .500     28 26 1   .518
Georgetown 8 10 0   .444     25 29 0   .463
Villanova 5 13 0   .278     20 32 0   .385
Butler 4 14 0   .222     14 40 0   .259
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland from May 26 through May 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2016 season. Xavier won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Xavier 14 4 .778
1
Creighton 13 5 .722
1
2
Seton Hall 10 8 .556
4
3
St. John's 9 9 .500
5
4
Georgetown 8 10 .444
6
Villanova 5 13 .278
9
Butler 4 14 .222
10

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  Xavier 9  
4  St. John's 8  
  1  Xavier 5  
  2  Creighton 3  
3  Seton Hall 5
2  Creighton 6  
  1  Xavier 8
  2  Creighton 7
4  St. John's 4  
3  Seton Hall 1  
  4  St. John's 3
  2  Creighton 4  

References

  1. "Big East Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. "BIG EAST Conference Baseball Championships 2016". Maryland Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
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