2005 Big East Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2005
Conference:Big East Conference
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:Commerce Bank Ballpark
City:Bridgewater, New Jersey
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Paul Mainieri
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Matt Edwards
Mvpteam:Notre Dame

The 2005 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey. This was the twenty first annual Big East Conference baseball tournament and last to be held at Commerce Bank Ballpark. The won their fourth tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Notre Dame would go on to win five championships in a row.[1]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2005. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.

Team W L T Pct. GB Seed
19 4 0
17 8 0
14 9 1
15 10 0
12 12 0
11 12 0
10 15 0
8 16 1
8 17 0
7 18 0

Jack Kaiser Award

Matt Edwards was the winner of the 2005 Jack Kaiser Award. Edwards was a senior first baseman for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide . 61–66 . Big East Conference . February 2, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx . March 26, 2013 .