2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#29 St. John's †^y	20	–	7	–	0	.741	41	–	19	–	0	.683
Cincinnati	19	–	8	–	0	.704	39	–	20	–	0	.661
Notre Dame	16	–	10	–	0	.615	33	–	21	–	1	.609
Louisville ‡^y	16	–	11	–	0	.593	41	–	21	–	0	.661
Seton Hall	15	–	12	–	0	.556	31	–	25	–	0	.554
South Florida	14	–	13	–	0	.519	31	–	27	–	0	.534
West Virginia	13	–	14	–	0	.481	31	–	27	–	0	.534
Villanova	12	–	15	–	0	.444	30	–	28	–	0	.517
Connecticut	11	–	16	–	0	.407	27	–	28	–	0	.491
Rutgers	11	–	16	–	0	.407	23	–	29	–	1	.443
Pittsburgh	7	–	19	–	0	.269	19	–	34	–	0	.358
Georgetown	7	–	20	–	0	.259	18	–	32	–	0	.360

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1]^[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. This was the twenty fourth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, and second to be held at Bright House Field. The Louisville Cardinals won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Louisville joined the league prior to the 2006 season.^[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2008. 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
Cincinnati	19	8	.704	1	2
Notre Dame	16	10	.615	3.5	3
Louisville	16	11	.593	4	4
Seton Hall	15	12	.556	5	5
South Florida	14	13	.519	6	6
West Virginia	13	14	.481	7	7
Villanova	12	15	.444	8	8
Connecticut	11	16	.407	9	–
Rutgers	11	16	.407	9	–
Pittsburgh	7	19	.269	12.5	–
Georgetown	7	20	.259	13	–

Tournament

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	St. John's	0†
8	Villanova	12†
			8	Villanova	3†

			4	Louisville	14†
4	Louisville	12

5	Seton Hall	3
						4	Louisville	13	—

						8	Villanova	6	—
1	St. John's	6

5	Seton Hall	12
			8	Villanova	10

			5	Seton Hall	0



										4	Louisville	6

										2	Cincinnati	3
2	Cincinnati	11

7	West Virginia	5
			2	Cincinnati	11†

			6	South Florida	1†
3	Notre Dame	3

6	South Florida	9
						2	Cincinnati	13‡	—

						6	South Florida	2‡	—
7	West Virginia	13

3	Notre Dame	6
			6	South Florida	12

			7	West Virginia	5

† - Indicates game was suspended after seven innings due to 10 run mercy rule. ‡ - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to 10 run mercy rule.^[3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.^[3]

Position	Player	School
P	Justin Marks	Louisville
P	Bill Hoffman	Villanova
C	Ryan Baker	Cincinnati
IF	Josh Harrison	Cincinnati
IF	Mike Spina	Cincinnati
IF	Justin McClanahan	Louisville
IF	Chris Dominguez	Louisville
OF	Austin Markel	West Virginia
OF	Jamel Scott	Cincinnati
OF	Josh Richmond	Louisville
DH	Stephen Hunt	South Florida

Jack Kaiser Award

Chris Dominguez was the winner of the 2008 Jack Kaiser Award. Dominguez was a sophomore third baseman for Louisville.^[3]

References

↑ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

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