# 2011 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Big East baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Seton Hall was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| Connecticut | 22 | 5 | .815 | – | 1 |
| St. John's | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 4 |
| Seton Hall | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 5 |
| Louisville | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 6 |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 13 | .519 | 8 | 7 |
| Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | .500 | 8.5 | 8 |
| South Florida | 13 | 14 | .481 | 9 | – |
| Rutgers | 11 | 16 | .407 | 11 | – |
| Villanova | 7 | 20 | .259 | 15 | – |
| Georgetown | 5 | 22 | .185 | 17 | – |

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisville | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | St. John's | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | St. John's | 8 | 2 | St. John's | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 3 | | | | 2 | St. John's | 5 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Louisville | 7 | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 3 | | | | 6 | Louisville | 7 | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Louisville | 5 | 3 | Pittsburgh | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Louisville | 12^ | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | St. John's | 2 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | | | | | | | | 2 | St. John's | 2 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 4 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 4 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | Connecticut | 3~ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 4~ | | | | | | | |
| 4 | West Virginia | 4 | 5 | Seton Hall | 4~ | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Seton Hall | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Seton Hall | 10 | | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 12^ | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 2^ | — | | | |
| 4 | West Virginia | 0 | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 2^ | — | | | |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | Connecticut | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Notre Dame | 3 | | | | | | | |
* ~ Game went to extra innings
* ^ Game ended after 8 innings because of mercy rule

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.
| Position | Player | School |
| P | Cole Johnson | Notre Dame |
| P | Joe DiRocco | Seton Hall |
| C | Kevan Smith | Pittsburgh |
| IF | Mike Nemeth | Connecticut |
| IF | Ryan Wright | Louisville |
| IF | Joe Panik | St. John's |
| IF | Mike Genovese | Seton Hall |
| OF | Kevin Grove | St. John's |
| OF | Zach Granite | Seton Hall |
| OF | Will Walsh | Seton Hall |
| DH | Jeff Gardner | Louisville |

## Jack Kaiser Award

Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.