1998 Big East Conference baseball tournament

American college baseball tournament August 2023 June 2026 1998 Big East Conference 6 Double-elimination tournament Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Norwich, Connecticut 1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 1st Fred Hill 1st Dave Marciniak Rutgers The 1998 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. This was the fourteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament. The 1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their first tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Rutgers joined the Big East prior to the 1996 season.http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx 61–66 Big East Conference 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide January 27, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx March 26, 2013 dead Format and seeding The Big East baseball tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament in 1998. The top six regular-season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The division used the previous two seasons was discontinued, with all 11 teams competing in a single division. Team W L T Pct. GB Seed 1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 17 3 0 17 3 – 1 1998 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 15 4 0 15 4 1.5 2 1998 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 14 7 0 14 7 3.5 3 1998 Providence Friars Providence 14 8 1 14 8 1 5 4 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia 13 9 0 13 9 5 5 1998 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall 12 10 0 12 10 6 6 Connecticut 12 11 0 12 11 6.5 – 1998 Villanova Wildcats Villanova 6 15 0 6 15 10 – 1998 Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh 5 16 0 5 16 11 – 1998 Boston College Eagles Boston College 4 15 1 4 15 1 11.5 – 1998 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown 5 19 0 5 19 14 – Bracket 2 1 1998 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 9* 6 1998 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall 7* 2 1998 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 5 5 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia 4 3 1998 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 7 4 1998 Providence Friars Providence 2 1 Rutgers 2 4 Providence 3 5 West Virginia 7 6 Seton Hall 2 2 Notre Dame 3 3 St. John's 2 1 Rutgers 14 3 St. John's 10 4 Providence 10 5 West Virginia 1 2 Notre Dame 6 1 Rutgers 7 4 Providence 7 2 Notre Dame 9 2 Notre Dame 0 1 Rutgers 12 * - Indicates game required 17 innings. Jack Kaiser Award Dave Marciniak was the winner of the 1998 Jack Kaiser Award. Marciniak was a shortstop for Rutgers. Notes The Rutgers-Seton Hall 17-inning game was the longest in tournament history. 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