# 1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1999 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams | 6
Format | Double-elimination tournament

Finals site

- Mercer County Waterfront Park
- Trenton, New Jersey

Champions | Providence (2nd title)
Winning coach | Charlie Hickey (1st title)
MVP | Marc DesRoches (Providence)

- ← 1998
- Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
- 2000 →

1999 Big East Conference baseball standings
| Conf |  |  | Overall
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | T |  | PCT
Notre Dame ‍†‍‍y | 20 | – | 5 | – | 0 |  | .800 |  |  | 43 | – | 18 | – | 0 |  | .705
Rutgers ‍‍‍y | 19 | – | 7 | – | 0 |  | .731 |  |  | 37 | – | 21 | – | 0 |  | .638
Providence ‍‍‡‍y | 18 | – | 8 | – | 0 |  | .692 |  |  | 49 | – | 16 | – | 0 |  | .754
Seton Hall ‍‍‍ | 14 | – | 11 | – | 0 |  | .560 |  |  | 32 | – | 19 | – | 1 |  | .625
St. John's ‍‍‍ | 13 | – | 11 | – | 1 |  | .540 |  |  | 32 | – | 22 | – | 2 |  | .589
West Virginia ‍‍‍ | 12 | – | 13 | – | 0 |  | .480 |  |  | 29 | – | 28 | – | 0 |  | .509
Villanova ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 15 | – | 0 |  | .423 |  |  | 27 | – | 26 | – | 1 |  | .509
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍ | 11 | – | 15 | – | 0 |  | .423 |  |  | 27 | – | 27 | – | 0 |  | .500
Boston College ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 15 | – | 1 |  | .404 |  |  | 26 | – | 21 | – | 1 |  | .552
Connecticut ‍‍‍ | 10 | – | 16 | – | 0 |  | .385 |  |  | 27 | – | 24 | – | 0 |  | .529
Georgetown ‍‍‍ | 2 | – | 24 | – | 0 |  | .077 |  |  | 18 | – | 34 | – | 0 |  | .346
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1999[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, NJ. This was the fifteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, and first to be held outside the state of Connecticut. The Providence Friars won the tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

## Format and seeding[ edit ]

The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1999. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only.[3]

Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Notre Dame | 20 | 5 | 0 | .800 | – | 1
Rutgers | 19 | 7 | 0 | .731 | 1.5 | 2
Providence | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 | 2.5 | 3
Seton Hall | 14 | 11 | 0 | .560 | 6 | 4
St. John's | 13 | 11 | 1 | .540 | 7 | 5
West Virginia | 12 | 13 | 0 | .480 | 8 | 6
Villanova | 11 | 15 | 0 | .423 | 9.5 | –
Pittsburgh | 11 | 15 | 0 | .423 | 9.5 | –
Boston College | 10 | 15 | 1 | .404 | 10 | –
Connecticut | 10 | 16 | 0 | .385 | 11.5 | –
Georgetown | 2 | 24 | 0 | .077 | 18.5 | –

## Bracket[ edit ]

| First round |  | Semifinals |  | Third Round |  | Semi-Finals |  | Finals
| 1 | Notre Dame | 7 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 2 |  |  | 1 | Notre Dame | 3 |
|  | 4 | Seton Hall | 11 |  |
|  |  | 4 | Seton Hall | 2 |
|  |  | 5 | St. John's | 7 |  |  | 5 | St. John's | 6 |
| 5 | St. John's | 9 |  |  |  |  | 2 | Rutgers | 4 |  |
| 6 | West Virginia | 6 |  |  |  |
| 2 | Rutgers | 13 |  |  |  |  | 5 | St. John's | 1
| 5 | St. John's | 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | Providence | 6
|  |  | 2 | Rutgers | 11 |  |  |  |
|  |  | 3 | Providence | 4 |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Providence | 10 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | Rutgers | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 | Seton Hall | 9 |  |  |  |  | 3 | Providence | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Providence | 8 |  |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 |

[3]

## Jack Kaiser Award[ edit ]

Marc DesRoches was the winner of the 1999 Jack Kaiser Award. DesRoches was a senior pitcher for Providence.[3]

## References[ edit ]

1. ^
   2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1999". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.

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