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2017 Big East Conference baseball tournament

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2017 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsXavier (3rd title)
Winning coachScott Googins (3rd title)
MVPConor Grammes (Xavier)
TelevisionFox Sports 1 (final)
2017 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 11 4   .733 24 25   .490
St. John's  ‍‍‍y 13 5   .722 42 13   .764
Xavier  ‍‍y 10 6   .625 34 27   .557
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 29 24   .547
Butler  ‍‍‍ 7 10   .412 31 20   .608
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5 13   .278 14 33   .298
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 14   .222 27 28   .491
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 25 through 28, 2017. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1][2]

Format and seeding

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The tournament used a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.

Bracket

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Creighton4
4Seton Hall1
3Xavier7
1Creighton6
2St. John's3
3Xavier13
3Xavier
2St. John's
Lower round 1Lower final
2St. John's10
2St. John's31Creighton2
4Seton Hall2

References

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  1. ^ "2016-17 Big East Championship Schedule". BigEast.org. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.