2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland from May 26 through 29. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2016 season. Xavier won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2016 Big East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium Aberdeen, Maryland
Champions	Xavier (2nd title)
Winning coach	Scott Googins (2nd title)
MVP	Daniel Rizzie (Xavier)
Television	Fox Sports 1 (final)

2016 Big East Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 21 Xavier  ‍†‍‡‍y	14	–	4	–	0		.778			30	–	28	–	0		.517
Creighton  ‍‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			38	–	17	–	0		.691
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0		.556			38	–	20	–	0		.655
St. John's  ‍‍‍	9	–	9	–	0		.500			28	–	26	–	1		.518
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0		.444			25	–	29	–	0		.463
Villanova  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			20	–	32	–	0		.385
Butler  ‍‍‍	4	–	14	–	0		.222			14	–	40	–	0		.259
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The tournament will use a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Xavier	14	4	.778	—	1
Creighton	13	5	.722	1	2
Seton Hall	10	8	.556	4	3
St. John's	9	9	.500	5	4
Georgetown	8	10	.444	6	—
Villanova	5	13	.278	9	—
Butler	4	14	.222	10	—

Bracket

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Xavier	9
	4	St. John's	8
						1	Xavier	5
						2	Creighton	3
	3	Seton Hall	5
	2	Creighton	6
											1	Xavier
											2	Creighton
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	St. John's	3
	4	St. John's	4			2	Creighton	4
	3	Seton Hall	1