2026 Big East Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | St. John's (11th title) |
| MVP | Rocco Gump (St. John's) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 St. John's †‡y | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 36 | – | 26 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn † | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 32 | – | 26 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier † | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 28 | – | 30 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 28 | – | 28 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 20 | – | 34 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 5 | – | 16 | .238 | 19 | – | 30 | .388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 3 | – | 18 | .143 | 16 | – | 30 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2026[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, from May 20 through May 23.[2] The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2026 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3] The St. John's Red Storm won the tournament with a 5–3 win over the Creighton Bluejays on May 24, 2026. This was the 11th conference tournament championship for St. John's, with the team's third baseman Rocco Gump receiving the 2026 Jack Kaiser Award as the tournament's most outstanding player.[4]
Format and seeding
The tournament used a double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams from the conference's round robin regular season. St. John's claimed the top seed and UConn the second seed over tiebreaker with tri-champion Xavier, who earned the third seed.[5][6]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | 15 | 6 | .714 | — | 1 | 4–2 vs. UConn and Xavier |
| UConn | 15 | 6 | .714 | — | 2 | 3–3 vs. St. John's and Xavier |
| Xavier | 15 | 6 | .714 | — | 3 | 2–4 vs. St. John's and UConn |
| Creighton | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2 | 4 | |
| Georgetown | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6 | — | |
| Butler | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6 | — | |
| Villanova | 5 | 16 | .238 | 10 | — | |
| Seton Hall | 3 | 18 | .143 | 12 | — |
Bracket
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | St. John's | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Creighton | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | St. John's | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UConn | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | St. John's | 5 | – | |||||||||||
| 4 | Creighton | 3 | – | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Creighton | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Creighton | 7 | 3 | Xavier | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | UConn | 4 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, May 21 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 1 St. John's | 2−4 | |||
| 2 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 2 UConn | 4−2 | |||
| 3 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 UConn | 7−4 | UConn eliminated | ||
| Saturday, May 23 | ||||||
| 4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 3 Xavier | 17−6 | |||
| 5 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 3 Xavier | 7−4 | Xavier eliminated | ||
| Sunday, May 24 | ||||||
| 6 | 9:00 a.m. | No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 4 Creighton | 5−3 | St. John's wins Big East tournament | ||
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
References
- ↑ "2026 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "2025–26 Big East Championships". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
- ↑ Lawrence Price. "Tracking the 29 automatic qualifiers for the 2026 NCAA DI baseball tournament". NCAA. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
- ↑ "St. John's Captures the Program's 11th BIG EAST Baseball Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. May 24, 2026. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
- ↑ "2026 BIG EAST Baseball Championship Presented by Jeep". Big East Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
- ↑ "UConn, St. John's and Xavier Share BIG EAST Baseball Regular Season Crown". Big East Conference. May 16, 2026. Retrieved May 17, 2026.