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

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

. 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

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

. The Big East Tournament champion is separate from the conference champion. The conference championship is determined solely by regular season record.

Tournament

The Big East Baseball Tournament is an eight team double-elimination tournament

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...

 held annually at various location in the Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

 region. The eight 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 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....

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

2006–present

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

Future

It was announced on July 30, 2009 that Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, US, nearly due west of Tampa and northwest of St. Petersburg. In the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and in the east lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787. It is the county seat of...

 would host 2010 and 2011 tournaments. They will be the fourth and fifth tournaments, respectively, that Bright House Field has hosted.

By year

Year	School	Site	Jack Kaiser Award (Most Outstanding Player)
1985 1985 Big East baseball tournament The 1985 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the inaugural Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the St. John's Red Storm. As a result, St...	St. John's	Muzzy Field Muzzy Field Muzzy Field is a stadium in Bristol, Connecticut. The ballpark, which is adjacent to the city's Rockwell Park, was built in 1939 and has a capacity of 4,900 people. In 2010 it was the home to the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. It is also used for... , Bristol, CT	Joe Armeni, Seton Hall
1986 1986 Big East baseball tournament The 1986 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the second annual Big East baseball tournament. The St. John's Red Storm won their second consecutive tournament. As a result, St...	St. John's	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Tom Finke, St. John's
1987	Seton Hall	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Mo Vaughn Mo Vaughn Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn , nicknamed "The Hit Dog", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1991 to 2003... , Seton Hall
1988	St. John's	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Mike Weinberg Mike Weinberg Michael Andrew Weinberg is an American former child actor.-Biography:Weinberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the second son of Dana and Larry Weinberg, a public relations executive. He is the younger brother of actor Matt Weinberg... , St. John's
1989	Villanova	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Rafael Novoa Rafael Novoa Rafael Angel Novoa is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers. He was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft... , Villanova
1990	Connecticut	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Craig MacDonald Craig MacDonald James Craig MacDonald is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:... , Connecticut
1991	Villanova	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Mike Neill Mike Neill Michael Robert "Mike" Neill is a former Major League Baseball and Olympic baseball player. His baseball career included a stint with the Oakland Athletics and ended with the Olympic Gold Medal team in the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia. He was named Delaware Athlete of the Year in 2000... , Villanova
1992	Providence	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Jim Foster, Providence
1993	St. John's	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Mike Maerten, St. John's
1994	Connecticut	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Chris Bisson Chris Bisson Christopher Paul "Chris" Bisson is a British actor.-Career:Born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Chris Bisson first appeared on television as J.J. in Children's Ward in 1990... , Connecticut
1995	Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers baseball Pittsburgh Panthers baseball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate baseball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt baseball team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games at Charles L. Cost Field in...	Muzzy Field, Bristol, CT	Jon DeBernardis, Pittsburgh
1996	West Virginia	Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT	Chris Enochs, West Virginia
1997	St. John's	Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT	Mike Dzurilla, St. John's
1998	Rutgers	Dodd Stadium, Norwich, CT	Dave Marciniak, Rutgers
1999	Providence	Waterfront Park Mercer County Waterfront Park Samuel J. Plumeri, Sr. Field at Mercer County Waterfront Park is a stadium in Trenton, New Jersey. It is the home baseball park for the Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League... , Trenton, NJ	Marc DesRoches, Providence
2000	Rutgers	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Bobby Brownlie, Rutgers
2001	Seton Hall	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Isaac Pavlik, Seton Hall
2002	Notre Dame	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Steve Stanley, Notre Dame
2003	Notre Dame	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Javi Sanchez, Notre Dame
2004	Notre Dame	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Matt Macri Matt Macri Matthew Michael Macri is a Major League Baseball player who plays third base.Macri graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 2001 and went to the University of Notre Dame. He played ball there briefly his Freshman year before undergoing Tommy John surgery... , Notre Dame
2005 2005 Big East baseball tournament The 2005 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the twenty-first annual Big East Baseball Tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their fourth consecutive tournament...	Notre Dame	Commerce Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, NJ	Matt Edwards, Notre Dame
2006	Notre Dame	Bright House Field, Clearwater, FL	Wade Corpi, Notre Dame
2007	Rutgers	KeySpan Park KeySpan Park MCU Park is a minor league baseball stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City, USA. The home team is the New York Mets-affiliated Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York - Penn League... , Brooklyn, NY	Todd Frazier Todd Frazier Todd B. Frazier is an infielder/outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Frazier is 6'4, 220 lb, right-handed, was a shortstop in college, and was converted to outfield in 2009. His older brother Jeff Frazier is currently on the Washington Nationals 40-man roster... , Rutgers
2008	Louisville	Bright House Field, Clearwater, FL	Chris Dominguez, Louisville
2009	Louisville	Bright House Field, Clearwater, FL	Andrew Clark, Louisville
2010	St. John's	Bright House Field, Clearwater, FL	Kyle Hansen, St. John's
2011 2011 Big East Baseball Tournament -See also:*College World Series*NCAA Division I Baseball Championship*Big East Baseball Tournament...	Seton Hall	Bright House Field, Clearwater, FL	Joe DiRocco, Seton Hall

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 https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf5/378949.pdf?ATCLID=3672995&SPSID=332750&SPID=11225&DB_OEM_ID=19400

By school

School	Tourney Titles	Title Years
St. John's	6	1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2010
Notre Dame	5	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Seton Hall	3	1987, 2001, 2011
Rutgers	3	1998, 2000, 2007
Connecticut	2	1990, 1994
Providence	2	1992, 1999
Villanova	2	1989, 1991
Louisville	2	2008, 2009
Pittsburgh	1	1995
West Virginia	1	1996

External links

• 2008 Big East Baseball Media Guide