Baseball: WVU Earns Bid to BIG EAST Tournament
May 22, 2010 07:41 PM | General
May 22, 2010
2010 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With its two wins over Villanova this weekend and Louisville’s sweep of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., the West Virginia baseball team enters next week’s BIG EAST Baseball tournament as the No. 8 seed.
The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla., and will run through Sunday, when the championship game will be played at noon.
The Mountaineers (27-28) will face the No. 1 seed Louisville (46-10) in their first tournament game on Wednesday, May 26 at 5 p.m.
The first game of the day will feature No. 6-seed Rutgers (28-24) against No. 3-seed Pitt (37-16) at 10 a.m. No. 7-seed Cincinnati (29-27) will face No. 2-seed Connecticut (43-12) at 1 p.m., and No. 5-seed USF (25-30) will play No. 4-seed St. John’s (36-18) in the final game of the day at 8 p.m.
If the Mountaineers win, they will face the winner of USF and St. John’s on Thursday, May 27, at 8 p.m. If WVU loses to Louisville, they will face the loser between USF and St. John’s at 5 p.m.
2010 BIG EAST Baseball Championship Schedule
Tuesday, May 25
Opening Ceremonies/Award Presentations/Home Run Derby - Gates open at 5 p.m.; ceremonies begin at 6 p.m.
Home Run Derby Participants
Cincinnati – Jimmy Jacquot (.291, 13 HR, 49 RBI)
Connecticut – Mike Olt (.320, 20 HR, 66 RBI)
Louisville – Cade Stallings (.240, 4 HR, 20 RBI)
Pittsburgh – David Chester (.342, 15 HR, 63 RBI)
Rutgers – Dan Perrine (.200, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
St. John’s – Jeremy Baltz (.400, 20 HR, 71 RBI)
USF – Jimmy Falla (.277, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
West Virginia – Jedd Gyorko (.377, 17 HR, 53 RBI)
Wednesday, May 26 - Four games
(Live video on www.bigeastbaseball.com, live audio on Sirius XM Radio)
Game 1 – No. 6 Rutgers (28-24) vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh (37-16), 10 a.m.
Game 2 – No. 7 Cincinnati (29-27) vs. No. 2 Connecticut (43-12), 1 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 8 West Virginia (27-28) vs. No. 1 Louisville (46-10), 5 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 5 USF (25-30) vs. No. 4 St. John’s (36-18), 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 27 - Four games
(Live video on www.bigeastbaseball.com, live audio on Sirius XM Radio)
Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 6 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1 p.m.
Game 7 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 5 p.m.
Game 8 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 28 - Two games
(Live video on www.bigeastbaseball.com, live audio on Sirius XM Radio)
Game 9 – Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5, 4 p.m.
Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 7, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 29 - Two, three, or four games
(Live video on www.bigeastbaseball.com, live audio on Sirius XM Radio)
Game 11 – Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 9, 10 a.m.
Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10, 1 p.m.
Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11, 5 p.m. (if necessary)
Game 14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12, 6:30 p.m. or 8 p.m.
(if necessary; game would be at 6:30 if Game 13 is not necessary, 8 p.m. otherwise)
Sunday, May 30 - Championship game
(Live television on ESPNU, live audio on Sirius XM Radio)
Game 15 – Winner of Group 1 vs. Winner of Group 2, Noon
