2004 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNotre Dame (3rd title)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (3rd title)
MVPMatt Macri (Notre Dame)
2004 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 19 Notre Dame  y 2060 .76951120 .810
St. John's  y 1790 .65437230 .617
Pittsburgh   1790 .65438180 .679
Boston College   1590 .62532270 .542
Rutgers   13110 .54230230 .566
Villanova   11140 .44031201 .606
Virginia Tech   11150 .42329270 .518
West Virginia   10160 .38523290 .442
Connecticut   9170 .34626291 .473
Seton Hall   9170 .34617331 .343
Georgetown   8170 .32025300 .455
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This was the twentieth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won their third tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[3]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2004. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Notre Dame206.769
1
St. John's179.654
3
2
Pittsburgh179.654
3
3
Boston College159.625
4
4
Rutgers1311.542
6
Villanova1114.440
8.5
Virginia Tech1115.423
9
West Virginia1016.385
10
Connecticut917.346
11
Seton Hall917.346
11
Georgetown817.320
11.5

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Notre Dame3
4Boston College2
1Notre Dame9
2St. John's2
2St. John's4
3Pittsburgh2
1Notre Dame
4Boston College
Lower round 1Lower final
2St. John's4
4Boston College84Boston College6
3Pittsburgh4

[3]

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Macri was the winner of the 2004 Jack Kaiser Award. Macri was a junior third baseman for Notre Dame.[3]

References

  1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
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