2012 Big East Conference Tournament

The 2012 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. #2 St. John's University defeated #4 University of South Florida for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Louisville	18-9	Dan McDonnell
2	St. John's University	18-9	Ed Blankmeyer
3	Seton Hall University	17-10	Rob Sheppard
4	University of South Florida	18-11	Lelo Prado
5	University of Connecticut	16-11	Jim Penders
6	Rutgers - New Brunswick	16-11	Fred Hill
7	University of Notre Dame	14-13	Mik Aoki
8	University of Pittsburgh	10-17	Joe Jordano

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Louisville	8
	8	Pittsburgh	4
						1	Louisville	1
						5	Connecticut	4
	4	South Florida	2
	5	Connecticut	7
											5	Connecticut	0	1
										4	South Florida	1	2
	8	Pittsburgh	5
	4	South Florida	12
						1	Louisville	2
						4	South Florida	6
																4	South Florida	3	x	x
																2	St. John's	7	x	x
	2	St. John's	12
	7	Notre Dame	2
						2	St. John's	6
						3	Seton Hall	3
	3	Seton Hall	6
	6	Rutgers	1
											2	St. John's	2	x
										7	Notre Dame	1	x
	7	Notre Dame	9
	6	Rutgers	0
						3	Seton Hall	3
						7	Notre Dame	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Seton Hall University	6-1	Rutgers University
Game 2	St. John's University	12-2 (7)	University of Notre Dame
Game 3	University of Louisville	8-4	University of Pittsburgh
Game 4	University of Connecticut	7-2	University of South Florida
May 24
Game 5	University of Notre Dame	9-0	Rutgers University	Rutgers eliminated
Game 6	St. John's University	6-3	Seton Hall University
Game 7	University of South Florida	12-5	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh eliminated
May 25
Game 8	University of Connecticut	4-1	University of Louisville
Game 9	University of Notre Dame	4-3	Seton Hall University	Seton Hall eliminated
Game 10	University of South Florida	6-2	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
May 26
Game 11	St. John's University	2-1	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame eliminated
Game 12	University of South Florida	1-0	University of Connecticut
Game 13	University of South Florida	2-1	University of Connecticut	Connecticut eliminated
May 27
Game 14	St. John's University	7-3	University of South Florida	St. John's advances to NCAA tournament