The 1997 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. This was the thirteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The won their fifth tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1997. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 17 7 16 7 Connecticut 11 13 10 15 8 17 8 17 15 6 13 11 13 11 12 12 8 15
Bracket
* - Indicates game required 11 innings.
Jack Kaiser Award Mike Dzurilla was the winner of the 1997 Jack Kaiser Award. Dzurilla was a third baseman for St. John's.
References