1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:1990
Conference:Big East Conference
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:Muzzy Field
City:Bristol, Connecticut
Champions:Connecticut
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Andy Baylock
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Craig MacDonald
Mvpteam:Connecticut

The 1990 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the sixth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The fourth seeded Connecticut Huskies won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 1990. For the first time, the conference played as a single division, so the top four teams were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. In previous seasons, the top two teams in each division squared off in the field.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
16 4 .800
15 6 .714
13 8 .619
12 9 .571
11 10 .524
8 13 .381
4 16 .200
4 17 .190

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
1BPhil AielloSeton Hall
2BCraig MacDonaldConnecticut
3BKen CoffeeConnecticut
SSMike GroppusoSeton Hall
CMarek DrabinskiConnecticut
OFEd RossyConnecticut
OFTim CainConnecticut
OFMike RandazzoSeton Hall
DHSal TinnerelloConnecticut
PPete WalkerConnecticut

Jack Kaiser Award

Craig MacDonald was the winner of the 1990 Jack Kaiser Award. MacDonald was a second baseman for Connecticut.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide . 62–66 . Big East Conference . June 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx . March 26, 2013 . dead .