2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2005 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Commerce Bank Ballpark
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions Notre Dame (4th title)
Winning coach Paul Mainieri (4th title)
MVP Matt Edwards (Notre Dame)
Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2004  2006»
2005 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#30 St. John's †y 19 – 4 – 0   .826     41 – 18 – 0   .695
Boston College 17 – 8 – 0   .680     37 – 20 – 0   .649
Notre Dame ‡y 14 – 9 – 1   .604     38 – 24 – 1   .611
Pittsburgh 15 – 10 – 0   .600     33 – 22 – 0   .600
Rutgers 12 – 12 – 0   .500     32 – 21 – 0   .604
Connecticut 11 – 12 – 0   .478     24 – 22 – 0   .522
West Virginia 10 – 15 – 0   .400     25 – 30 – 0   .455
Villanova 8 – 16 – 1   .340     28 – 21 – 2   .569
Seton Hall 8 – 17 – 0   .320     17 – 35 – 0   .327
Georgetown 7 – 18 – 0   .280     25 – 31 – 0   .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2005 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the twenty first annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament and last to be held at Commerce Bank Ballpark. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fourth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2005. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

Team W L T Pct. GB Seed
St. John's 19 4 0 .826
–
1
Boston College 17 8 0 .680
3
2
Notre Dame 14 9 1 .604
5
3
Pittsburgh 15 10 0 .600
5
4
Rutgers 12 12 0 .500
7.5
–
Connecticut 11 12 0 .478
8
–
West Virginia 10 15 0 .400
10
–
Villanova 8 16 1 .340
11.5
–
Seton Hall 8 17 0 .320
12
–
Georgetown 7 18 0 .280
13
–

Tournament

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  St. John's 1  
4  Pittsburgh 4  
  4  Pittsburgh 2  
  3  Notre Dame 4  
2  Boston College 5
3  Notre Dame 6  
  3  Notre Dame 11 —
  4  Pittsburgh 4 —
1  St. John's 5  
2  Boston College 7  
  4  Pittsburgh 3*
  2  Boston College 2*  

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Edwards was the winner of the 2005 Jack Kaiser Award. Edwards was a senior first baseman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2005". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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