1986 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the second annual Big East baseball tournament. The St. John's Redmen won their second consecutive tournament. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

1986 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Muzzy Field Bristol, CT
Champions	St. John's (2nd title)
Winning coach	Joe Russo (2nd title)
MVP	Tom Finke (St. John's)

1986 Big East Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North Division
Providence  x‍‍‍	11	–	7	–	0		.611			28	–	23	–	0		.549
No. 30 St. John's  x‍‍‡‍y	11	–	7	–	0		.611			35	–	15	–	1		.696
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0		.556			18	–	21	–	0		.462
Boston College  ‍‍‍	4	–	14	–	0		.222			14	–	23	–	0		.378
South Division
Seton Hall  x‍‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0		.667			23	–	22	–	0		.511
Villanova  ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0		.444			21	–	20	–	1		.512
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	15	–	0		.167			10	–	22	–	0		.313
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament, the same as the previous year. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage, earned berths in the field. Each division winner faced the runner up from the opposite division in the first round. Providence claimed the top seed from the North by defeating St. John's in the regular season series.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
North Division
Providence	11	7	.611	–	1N
St. John's	11	7	.611	–	2N
Connecticut	10	8	.556	1	–
Boston College	4	14	.222	7	–
South Division
Seton Hall	13	5	.722	–	1S
Georgetown	12	6	.667	1	2S
Villanova	8	10	.444	5	–
Pittsburgh	3	15	.167	10	–

Tournament

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

Providence

2

2S

Georgetown

1

1N

Providence

5

2N

St. John's

3

1S

Seton Hall

6

2N

St. John's

11

1N

Providence

5

4

2N

St. John's

15

13

Lower round 1

Lower final

2N

St. John's

11

2S

Georgetown

4

1S

Seton Hall

10

1S

Seton Hall

8

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.

Position	Player	School
1B	Jerry Kelly	St. John's
2B	Tony Bonura	St. John's
3B	Frank Caccavalle	St. John's
SS	John Valentine	Seton Hall
C	Scott deMarrais	St. John's
OF	Tom Finke	St. John's
OF	Vic DiPasquale	Seton Hall
OF	Jerry Carroll	Providence
DH	Pat Murray	St. John's
P	Wayne Rosenthal	St. John's
P	Jim Bisceglia	St. John's

Jack Kaiser Award

Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award. Finke was a left fielder for St. John's.