2007 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2007 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	KeySpan Park Brooklyn, New York
Champions	Rutgers (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fred Hill (3rd title)
MVP	Todd Frazier (Rutgers)

2007 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	7		.741			41	–	19		.683
No. 30 Rutgers  ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	7		.741			42	–	21		.667
Louisville  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	8		.704			47	–	24		.662
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			27	–	27		.500
South Florida  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			34	–	26		.567
Villanova  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			29	–	25		.537
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	11	–	15		.423			28	–	28		.500
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			34	–	27		.557
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			29	–	22		.569
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			28	–	28		.500
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			25	–	25		.500
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			21	–	34		.382
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, NY. This was the twenty third annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their third tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2007. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
St. John's	20	7	.741	–	1
Rutgers	20	7	.741	–	2
Louisville	19	8	.704	1	3
Pittsburgh	15	11	.577	4.5	4
South Florida	13	14	.481	7	5
Villanova	12	15	.444	8	6
Notre Dame	11	15	.423	8.5	7
Connecticut	10	14	.417	8.5	8
West Virginia	10	16	.417	9.5	–
Cincinnati	10	16	.385	9.5	–
Seton Hall	9	15	.375	9.5	–
Georgetown	8	19	.296	12	–

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	St. John's	2
	8	Connecticut	1
						1	St. John's	0
						5	South Florida	2
	4	Pittsburgh	1
	5	South Florida	2
											5	South Florida	0	0
											8	Connecticut	3	2
	8	Connecticut	5
	4	Pittsburgh	2			1	St. John's	7
						8	Connecticut	8
																	8	Connecticut	6
	2	Rutgers	13
																	2	Rutgers	7
	7	Notre Dame	2
						2	Rutgers	1
						3	Louisville	8
	3	Louisville	3
	6	Villanova	1
											3	Louisville	7	1
											2	Rutgers	10	3
	7	Notre Dame	2
	6	Villanova	3			2	Rutgers	11
						6	Villanova	0

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Todd Frazier was the winner of the 2007 Jack Kaiser Award. Frazier was a junior shortstop for Rutgers.[3]

References

1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.