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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.[3]

Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsSt. John's (2nd title)
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1986 Big East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSt. John's (2nd title)
Winning coachJoe Russo (2nd title)
MVPTom Finke (St. John's)
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1986 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North Division
Providence  x‍‍‍ 11–7–0 .61128–23–0 .549
No. 30 St. John's  x‍‍‡‍y 11–7–0 .61135–15–1 .696
Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 10–8–0 .55618–21–0 .462
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4–14–0 .22214–23–0 .378
South Division
Seton Hall  x‍‍‍ 13–5–0 .72232–26–0 .552
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 12–6–0 .66723–22–0 .511
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 8–10–0 .44421–20–1 .512
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3–15–0 .16710–22–0 .313
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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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.[3]

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TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Providence117.611
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1N
St. John's117.611
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2N
Connecticut108.556
1
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Boston College414.222
7
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South Division
Seton Hall135.722
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1S
Georgetown126.667
1
2S
Villanova810.444
5
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Pittsburgh315.167
10
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Tournament

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1NProvidence2
2SGeorgetown1
1NProvidence5
2NSt. John's3
1SSeton Hall6
2NSt. John's11
1NProvidence54
2NSt. John's1513
Lower round 1Lower final
2NSt. John's11
2SGeorgetown41SSeton Hall10
1SSeton Hall8

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]

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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
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Jack Kaiser Award

Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award. Finke was a left fielder for St. John's.[3]

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