2004 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2004 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. 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]

2004 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Commerce Bank Ballpark Bridgewater, New Jersey
Champions	Notre Dame (3rd title)
Winning coach	Paul Mainieri (3rd title)
MVP	Matt Macri, Notre Dame

2004 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 19 Notre Dame  ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	6	–	0		.769			51	–	12	–	0		.810
St. John's  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	9	–	0		.654			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	17	–	9	–	0		.654			38	–	18	–	0		.679
Boston College  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			32	–	27	–	0		.542
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Villanova  ‍‍‍	11	–	14	–	0		.440			31	–	20	–	1		.606
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	11	–	15	–	0		.423			29	–	27	–	0		.518
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	10	–	16	–	0		.385			23	–	29	–	0		.442
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	9	–	17	–	0		.346			26	–	29	–	1		.473
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	9	–	17	–	0		.346			17	–	33	–	1		.343
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	8	–	17	–	0		.320			25	–	30	–	0		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2004[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Notre Dame	20	6	.769	–	1
St. John's	17	9	.654	3	2
Pittsburgh	17	9	.654	3	3
Boston College	15	9	.625	4	4
Rutgers	13	11	.542	6	–
Villanova	11	14	.440	8.5	–
Virginia Tech	11	15	.423	9	–
West Virginia	10	16	.385	10	–
Connecticut	9	17	.346	11	–
Seton Hall	9	17	.346	11	–
Georgetown	8	17	.320	11.5	–

Bracket

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Notre Dame	3
	4	Boston College	2
						1	Notre Dame	9
						2	St. John's	2
	2	St. John's	4
	3	Pittsburgh	2
											1	Notre Dame	11	—
										4	Boston College	5	—
	4	Boston College	8
	3	Pittsburgh	4
						2	St. John's	4
						4	Boston College	6

[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. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.