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1999 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions [[{{{school}}}|Providence]] (2nd title)
Winning coach Charlie Hickey (1st title)
MVP Marc DesRoches (Providence)
  • ← 1998
  • Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
  • 2000 →
1999 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 5 – 0   .800 43 – 18 – 0   .705
[[{{{school}}}|Rutgers]]  ‍‍‍y 19 – 7 – 0   .731 37 – 21 – 0   .638
[[{{{school}}}|Providence]]  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 8 – 0   .692 49 – 16 – 0   .754
[[{{{school}}}|Seton Hall]]  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11 – 0   .560 32 – 19 – 1   .625
[[{{{school}}}|St. John's]]  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 1   .540 32 – 22 – 2   .589
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 12 – 13 – 0   .480 29 – 28 – 0   .509
[[{{{school}}}|Villanova]]  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 26 – 1   .509
[[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]]  ‍‍‍ 11 – 15 – 0   .423 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15 – 1   .404 26 – 21 – 1   .552
[[{{{school}}}|Connecticut]]  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16 – 0   .385 27 – 24 – 0   .529
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 2 – 24 – 0   .077 18 – 34 – 0   .346
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1999  ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1999 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton, NJ. This was the fifteenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, and first to be held outside the state of Connecticut. The [[{{{school}}}|Providence Friars]] won the tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Format and seeding

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.

Team W L T Pct. GB Seed
Notre Dame 20 5 0 .800
–
1
[[{{{school}}}|Rutgers]] 19 7 0 .731
1.5
2
[[{{{school}}}|Providence]] 18 8 0 .692
2.5
3
[[{{{school}}}|Seton Hall]] 14 11 0 .560
6
4
[[{{{school}}}|St. John's]] 13 11 1 .540
7
5
West Virginia 12 13 0 .480
8
6
[[{{{school}}}|Villanova]] 11 15 0 .423
9.5
–
[[{{{school}}}|Pittsburgh]] 11 15 0 .423
9.5
–
Boston College 10 15 1 .404
10
–
[[{{{school}}}|Connecticut]] 10 16 0 .385
11.5
–
Georgetown 2 24 0 .077
18.5
–

Bracket

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Notre Dame 7  
  6 West Virginia 2     1 Notre Dame 3  
    4 Seton Hall 11    
      4 Seton Hall 2  
      5 St. John's 7     5 St. John's 6  
  5 St. John's 9         2 Rutgers 4    
  6 West Virginia 6        
  2 [[{{{school}}}|Rutgers]] 13         5 St. John's 1
  5 [[{{{school}}}|St. John's]] 9           3 Providence 6
      2 Rutgers 11        
      3 Providence 4          
  3 [[{{{school}}}|Providence]] 10           2 Rutgers 2              
  4 [[{{{school}}}|Seton Hall]] 9         3 Providence 9            
  3 Providence 8    
  1 Notre Dame 4  

Jack Kaiser Award

Marc DesRoches was the winner of the 1999 Jack Kaiser Award. DesRoches was a senior pitcher for Providence.

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