Collegiate baseball tournament
The 1999 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey . This was the fifteenth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament , and first to be held outside the state of Connecticut . The Providence Friars won the tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament .[3]
The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1999. The top six regular season finishers were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only.[3]
Bracket
First round Second round Third round Semifinals Final 1 Notre Dame 3 4 Seton Hall 11 1 Notre Dame 7 4 Seton Hall 2 6 West Virginia 2 5 St. John's 7 5 St. John's 6 5 St. John's 9 2 Rutgers 4 6 West Virginia 6 2 Rutgers 13 5 St. John's 1 5 St. John's 9 2 Rutgers 11 3 Providence 6 3 Providence 4 3 Providence 10 2 Rutgers 2 4 Seton Hall 9 3 Providence 9 3 Providence 8 1 Notre Dame 4
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Jack Kaiser Award
Marc DesRoches was the winner of the 1999 Jack Kaiser Award. DesRoches was a senior pitcher for Providence.[3]
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