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The Big East Baseball Coaches Poll was released today:

Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1. Creighton – 32 points (2 first-place votes)
2. Seton Hall – 31 (2)
3. St. John’s – 29 (3)
4. Xavier – 21
5. Georgetown – 12
6. Butler – 11
Villanova – 11


Looks like it's expected to be very much a 3 horse race with Xavier possibly forcing their way into the mix as well. I know pretty much nothing about the new schools in terms of baseball, but it makes sense that Creighton would be pretty good being in Omaha and all. Seton Hall and St. John's have both consistently been competitive lately, combining to win 3 of the last 4 Big East Tournament Championships (SJU-2010, 2012; SHU- 2011).

Is the Big East tournament in Omaha?

SJU beat Pepperdine today 2-0. First opening day shutout since 81

Omaha1 wrote:Is the Big East tournament in Omaha?

Big Ten tournament already reserved TD for this year. I think the tourney this year is some minor league park in Philly??

Jet915 wrote:

Omaha1 wrote:Is the Big East tournament in Omaha?

Big Ten tournament already reserved TD for this year. I think the tourney this year is some minor league park in Philly??

MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY. Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League (Rookie, Short Season). The Conference is the host, although St. John's may certainly feel like a home team.

Seton Hall just swept 22 Arizona. They are now 7-3 with a sweep of Zona, Richmond, and taking 1-2 from 29 Oklahoma

Baseball standings so far.

School W-L Pct. W-L Pct.
Creighton 8-1 .889 23-13-1 .635
St. John's 7-2 .778 27-15-0 .643
Xavier 7-2 .778 23-18-0 .561
Seton Hall 6-3 .667 31-9-0 .775
Butler 4-8 .333 16-26-0 .381
Villanova 3-9 .250 12-28-0 .300
Georgetown 1-11 .083 15-25-0 .375

Unfortunately, looks like a 1 bid league w/Seton Hall as an outside shot for an at-large.

Big series this weekend between the Jays and Johnnies.

2014 BIG EAST BASEBALL STANDINGS
Conference Overall

School W-L Pct. W-L Pct.
St. John's 10-2 .833 30-15-0 .667
Creighton 10-2 .833 25-14-1 .637
Seton Hall 7-5 .583 33-11-0 .750
Xavier 7-5 .583 24-21-0 .533
Butler 4-8 .333 17-26-0 .395
Villanova 4-11 .267 13-30-0 .302
Gtown 3-12 .200 17-26-0 .395

notkirkcameron wrote:

Jet915 wrote:

Omaha1 wrote:Is the Big East tournament in Omaha?

Big Ten tournament already reserved TD for this year. I think the tourney this year is some minor league park in Philly??

MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY. Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League (Rookie, Short Season). The Conference is the host, although St. John's may certainly feel like a home team.

For the Big East fans who aren't familiar with NY, MCU Park is in Coney Island and behind the fence is a boardwalk and then the Atlantic Ocean. The NY Mets class A team plays their minor league ball there. That big tower off to the right behind the outfield fence , that's the famous parachute drop. After WW2 there was a lot of interest in airplanes and they built that tower and people would go to the top and float down in a parachute.It was an amusement ride. They had a mishap one day and closed it down and it's been standing there since WW 2. Early in WW2, German U boat 123 passed right by Coney Island and watched ferris wheels spinning around and roller coasters.They sunk 2 ships off Long Island the previous 2 nights. If you come and see the Big East tournament there, theres plenty of fun in the area. Amusement parks, aquariums, a beach and Nathans. In the old days they had shooting galleries but obviously they closed them down in NYC.

Jays came back to win the suspended game from last night so the final game of the series will determine the BIg East champ and the top seed in the tournament.

Down 11-10 with one out in the top of the ninth, senior Brad McKewon lined his fifth hit of the game through the left side. Sophomore Ryan Fitzgerald was hit by a pitch to set the stage for Peter. After taking a first pitch strike, Peter blasted a fastball over the right field wall. It was the first runs allowed by St. John's closer Joe Kuzia as he entered the game with a 0.00 ERA in 33.2 innings.