1987 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 1987 Big East baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the third Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the Seton Hall Pirates. As a result, Seton Hall earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

1987 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Muzzy Field Bristol, CT
Champions	Seton Hall (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Sheppard (1st title)
MVP	Mo Vaughn (Seton Hall)
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1987 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Division
St. John's  x‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			24	–	21		.533
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			23	–	16		.590
Boston College  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			13	–	21		.382
Providence  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			15	–	25		.375
South Division
No. 22 Seton Hall  x‍‍‡‍y	16	–	2		.889			45	–	10		.818
Villanova  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			35	–	18		.660
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			14	–	30		.318
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987[1][2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1987 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.^[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
North Division
St. John's	12	6	.667	–	1N
Connecticut	11	7	.611	1	2N
Boston College	8	10	.444	4	–
Providence	5	13	.278	7	–
South Division
Seton Hall	16	2	.889	–	1S
Villanova	11	7	.611	5	2S
Pittsburgh	8	10	.444	8	–
Georgetown	4	14	.222	12	–

Tournament

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

St. John's

3

2S

Villanova

9

2S

Villanova

1

1S

Seton Hall

18

1S

Seton Hall

6

2N

Connecticut

2

1S

Seton Hall

10

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2S

Villanova

9

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Lower round 1

Lower final

2S

Villanova

12

1N

St. John's

13

1N

St. John's

2

2N

Connecticut

4

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
1B	Marteese Robinson	Seton Hall
2B	John Sheppard	Seton Hall
3B	Andy Walker	Connecticut
SS	Rob McCreary	Villanova
C	Craig Biggio	Seton Hall
OF	Mike Schick	Villanova
OF	Pete Petrone	Seton Hall
OF	Robert Lambraia	St. John's
DH	Mo Vaughn	Seton Hall
P	Rafael Novoa	Villanova

Jack Kaiser Award

Mo Vaughn was the winner of the 1987 Jack Kaiser Award. Vaughn was a designated hitter for Seton Hall.^[3]