1996 Big East Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 1996 Big East Conference 6 Double-elimination tournament Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, Connecticut West Virginia 1st Greg Van Zant 1st Chris Enochs West Virginia The 1996 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. This was the twelfth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The West Virginia Mountaineers won their only tournament championship in their first year in the league, and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx 61–66 Big East Conference 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide January 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx March 26, 2013 dead West Virginia joined the Big 12 Conference after the 2012 season. Format and seeding The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1996. The top three regular season finishers in each division were seeded one through three based on conference winning percentage only. West Virginia claimed the top seed from the American Division by winning the season series over Providence. The top team in each division played the third seed from the opposite division and the second seeds played each other in the first round. This was the first season of divisional play, resulting from the addition of Notre Dame, Rutgers and West Virginia to the league beginning with the 1996 season. Team W L T Pct. GB SeedAmerican Division West Virginia 15 10 0 15 10 – 1A 1996 Providence Friars Providence 15 10 0 15 10 – 2A 1996 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 14 10 0 14 10 .5 3A Connecticut 13 12 0 13 12 2 – 1996 Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh 9 13 0 9 13 4.5 – 1996 Boston College Eagles Boston College 6 18 0 6 18 8.5 –National Division 1996 Villanova Wildcats Villanova 16 5 0 16 5 – 1N 1996 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 15 7 1 15 7 1 2 2N 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 13 7 0 13 7 2.5 3N 1996 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown 6 18 0 6 18 11.5 – 1996 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall 5 17 1 5 17 1 12 – Bracket 1A West Virginia 10 3N 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 5 1N 1996 Villanova Wildcats Villanova 1 3A 1996 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 4 2A 1996 Providence Friars Providence 4 2N 1996 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 1 1A West Virginia 5 2N Rutgers 0 3A St. John's 3 2A Providence 2 3N Notre Dame 4 1N Villanova 3 1A West Virginia 6 3A St. John's 5 2A Providence 2 3N Notre Dame 4 3A St. John's 0 3N Notre Dame 4 1A West Virginia 2 7 3N Notre Dame 5 4 Jack Kaiser Award Chris Enochs was the winner of the 1996 Jack Kaiser Award. Enochs was a pitcher for West Virginia. References Tournament Category:Big East Conference baseball tournament Big East Conference baseball tournament Big East Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Connecticut Category:Sports competitions in Norwich, Connecticut