The Big East Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the

Big East Conference The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...

. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular-season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the

NCAA Division I baseball tournament The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Neb ...

. The Big East Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular-season record. From 1985 to 2013, the tournament was sponsored by the old Big East Conference. Starting with the 2014 tournament, it has been sponsored by the newly formed, non-football

Tournament

The Big East Conference baseball tournament is a four-team

double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...

, held annually at various locations in the

region. The four teams with the best conference record at the end of the regular season earn berths in the tournament. The winner earns the Big East's automatic bid to the

. The remaining Big East teams can also qualify for the 64-team NCAA Tournament by receiving an at-large bid.

History

The tournament was first held in 1985.

1985–1995

The tournament consisted of four teams competing in a double-elimination tournament.

1996–2000

The tournament was expanded to a six-team, double-elimination tournament.

2001–2005

The tournament returned to a four-team, double-elimination format.

2006–2013

The tournament was expanded to become an eight-team, double-elimination tournament.

2014

In the 2012–2013 academic year, the old Big East Conference had 15 members. In its inaugural 2013–2014 academic year, the new Big East Conference had only 10 members. With only seven baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference, the top four teams participate.

Champions

By year

All championship information, including tournament results, all-tournament teams, and Jack Kaiser award winners, can be found on pages 64–66 of the 2009 Big East Baseball Media Guide.

By school

*''Italics'' indicate that the program is no longer a Big East member.

References

External links

2008 Big East Baseball Media Guide
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