2023 Big East Conference baseball tournament

2023 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (4th title)
Winning coachBilly O'Connor (1st title)
MVPJack Housinger (Xavier)
TelevisionBig East DN
FS2 (final)
2023 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UConn ‍†‍‍ 15–5 .75040–13 .755
Xavier ‍‍‡‍y 14–7 .66734–22 .607
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 13–8 .61931–22 .585
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 10–10 .50029–25 .537
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 10–11 .47625–24 .510
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 8–12 .40028–25 .528
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7–13 .35014–37 .275
Butler  ‍‍‍ 5–16 .23812–43 .218
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 24 through May 27.[2] The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2023 season. Xavier won the tournament for the fourth time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4]

Format and seeding

The tournament uses a double-elimination format and features the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
UConn155.750—1
Xavier147.6671.52
Seton Hall138.6192.53
Georgetown1010.50054
Creighton1011.4765.5—
St. John's812.4007—
Villanova713.3508—
Butler516.23810.5—

Bracket

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 UConn 5
4 Georgetown 4
1 UConn 2
Winner's bracket
2 Xavier 10
3 Seton Hall 5
2 Xavier 6
2 Xavier 4 7
1 UConn 6 3
4 Georgetown 6
3 Seton Hall 3
1 UConn 10
Loser's bracket
4 Georgetown 1

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNote
May 24Game 1(1) UConn5–4(4) Georgetown
Game 2(2) Xavier6–5(3) Seton Hall
May 25Game 3(4) Georgetown6–3(3) Seton HallSeton Hall eliminated
Game 4(2) Xavier10–2(1) UConn
May 26Game 5(1) UConn10–1(4) GeorgetownGeorgetown eliminated
May 27Game 6(1) UConn6–4(2) Xavier
Game 7(2) Xavier7–3(1) UConnXavier wins Big East Tournament

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchoolClass
PGarrett CoeUConnR-Jr.
Brant AlazausXavierGr.
COwen CarapellottiGeorgetownSo.
INFPat D’AmicoSeton HallSo.
Jack HousingerXavierGr.
Ben HuberUConnGr.
Paul TammaroUConnGr.
OFDavid SmithUConnR-So.
Carter HendricksonXavierSo.
Andrew WalkerXavierGr.
DHTyler DeMartinoXavierSr.

Jack Kaiser Award

Jack Housinger won the Jack Kaiser Award as Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Housinger was a graduate infielder for Xavier.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2022–23 Big East Championships". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "2023 Big East Baseball Championship". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Xavier will play Oregon in the NCAA baseball opener in Nashville Regional". Cincinnati Enquirer. May 28, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2026.