1992 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 1992 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the eighth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The fourth seeded Providence Friars won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

1992 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Muzzy Field Bristol, Connecticut
Champions	Providence (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Kostacopoulos (1st title)
MVP	Jim Foster (Providence)
← 1991 Big East Conference baseball tournament 1993 →

1992 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍	14	–	5	–	0		.737			30	–	13	–	0		.698
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	14	–	7	–	0		.667			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	13	–	7	–	0		.650			25	–	20	–	1		.554
Providence  ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	8	–	0		.600			29	–	23	–	0		.558
Villanova  ‍‍‍	9	–	10	–	0		.474			22	–	21	–	0		.512
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			12	–	30	–	1		.291
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			23	–	21	–	0		.523
Boston College  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			18	–	17	–	1		.514
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1992^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 1992. The top four teams were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.^[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
St. John's	14	5	.737	–	1
Seton Hall	14	7	.667	1	2
Connecticut	13	7	.650	1.5	3
Providence	12	8	.600	2.5	4
Villanova	9	10	.474	5	–
Georgetown	6	15	.286	9	–
Pittsburgh	5	13	.278	9.5	–
Boston College	5	13	.278	9.5	–

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	St. John's	4
	4	Providence	6
						4	Providence	13
						3	Connecticut	2
	2	Seton Hall	2
	3	Connecticut	14
											4	Providence	8	5
											3	Connecticut	11	3
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Connecticut	4
	1	St. John's	3			2	Seton Hall	3
	2	Seton Hall	4

Jack Kaiser Award

Jim Foster was the winner of the 1992 Jack Kaiser Award. Foster was a catcher for Providence.^[3]

References

1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 62. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". boydsworld.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
3. . Big East Conference. pp. 62–66. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.