1999 Big East Conference baseball tournament

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1999 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Providence (2nd title)
Winning coach Charlie Hickey (1st title)
MVP Marc DesRoches (Providence)
1999 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 5 – 0   .800 43 – 18 – 0   .705
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y 19 – 7 – 0   .731 37 – 21 – 0   .638
Providence  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 8 – 0   .692 49 – 16 – 0   .754
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11 – 0   .560 32 – 19 – 1   .625
St. John’s  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 1   .540 32 – 22 – 2   .589
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13 – 0   .480 29 – 28 – 0   .509
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 26 – 1   .509
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 1   .404 26 – 21 – 1   .552
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16 – 0   .385 27 – 24 – 0   .529
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 2 – 24 – 0   .077 18 – 34 – 0   .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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The 1999 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. This was the fifteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament, and first to be held outside the state of Connecticut. The Providence Friars won the tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference’s automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3]

Format and seeding[edit]

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1999. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

Bracket[edit]

First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final
1 Notre Dame 3
4 Seton Hall 11
1 Notre Dame 7 4 Seton Hall 2
6 West Virginia 2 5 St. John’s 7 5 St. John’s 6
5 St. John’s 9
2 Rutgers 4
6 West Virginia 6
2 Rutgers 13
5 St. John’s 1
5 St. John’s 9
2 Rutgers 11 3 Providence 6
3 Providence 4
3 Providence 10 2 Rutgers 2
4 Seton Hall 9 3 Providence 9
3 Providence 8
1 Notre Dame 4

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Jack Kaiser Award[edit]

Marc DesRoches was the winner of the 1999 Jack Kaiser Award. DesRoches was a senior pitcher for Providence.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^

    2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.

  2. ^ “College Baseball Conference Standings – 1999”. boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.



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