1997 Big East Conference Tournament

The 1997 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. #3 St. John's University defeated #6 Villanova University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Notre Dame	15-6	Paul Mainieri
2	West Virginia University	17-7	Greg Van Zant
3	St. John's University	16-7	Ed Blankmeyer
4	Seton Hall University	13-11	Mike Sheppard
5	Rutgers - New Brunswick	13-11	Fred Hill
6	Villanova University	12-12	George Bennett

Results

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Notre Dame	5
	6	Villanova	10			6	Villanova	12
						5	Rutgers	5
	2	West Virginia	6								6	Villanova	5
	5	Rutgers	4								3	St. John's	6
						2	West Virginia	4													3	St. John's	9	x
						3	St. John's	11													6	Villanova	7	x
	3	St. John's	3													6	Villanova	5
	4	Seton Hall	0								2	West Virginia	1			1	Notre Dame	4
						1	Notre Dame	4			1	Notre Dame	8
						4	Seton Hall	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Villanova University	10-5	University of Notre Dame
Game 2	West Virginia University	6-4	Seton Hall University
Game 3	St. John's University	3-0	Rutgers University
Game 4	University of Notre Dame	4-3	Seton Hall University	Seton Hall eliminated
Game 5	Villanova University	12-5	Rutgers University	Rutgers eliminated
Game 6	St. John's University	11-4	West Virginia University
Game 7	St. John's University	6-5	Villanova University
Game 8	University of Notre Dame	8-1	West Virginia University	West Virginia eliminated
Game 9	Villanova University	5-4 (11)	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame eliminated
Game 10	St. John's University	9-7	Villanova University	St. John's advances to NCAA tournament