The 2011 Big East baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. 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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Connecticut 22 5 – 1 18 8 3.5 2 16 11 6 3 14 13 8 4 14 13 8 5 14 13 8 6 14 13 8 7 13 13 8.5 8 13 14 9 – 11 16 11 – 7 20 15 – 5 22 17 –
Bracket
~ Game went to extra innings ^ Game ended after 8 innings because of mercy rule
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament team. Position Player School P Cole Johnson Notre Dame P Joe DiRocco Seton Hall C Kevan Smith Pittsburgh IF Mike Nemeth Connecticut IF Ryan Wright Louisville IF Joe Panik St. John's IF Mike Genovese Seton Hall OF Kevin Grove St. John's OF Zach Granite Seton Hall OF Will Walsh Seton Hall DH Jeff Gardner Louisville
Jack Kaiser Award Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.
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