Big East Baseball Tourney

[JoeB]

From the Big East website.

BIG EAST BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO HISTORIC BROOKLYN, N.Y. IN 2007

KeySpan Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones - the New York Mets' Short-Season Class A Minor League Affiliate - will host the 2007 BIG EAST Baseball Championship

KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.

BIG EAST Championship Information and History

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Jan. 26, 2007

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Brooklyn, N.Y. is a city rich in baseball tradition with legends such as Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider and Pee Wee Reese having roamed the diamond at historic Ebbets Field. In 2007, the BIG EAST Conference will take its baseball tradition to Brooklyn. The BIG EAST, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball's Brooklyn Cyclones, announced Friday that the 2007 BIG EAST Conference Baseball Championship will be held at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Tuesday through Saturday, May 22-26. KeySpan Park is home to the Brooklyn Cyclones - the Short-Season Class A affiliate of the New York Mets.

The BIG EAST baseball membership includes 12 schools - the University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, Georgetown University, University of Louisville, University of Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, St. John's University, Seton Hall University, University of South Florida, Villanova University and West Virginia University. The league's top eight teams based on regular-season finish in the conference standings will qualify for the double-elimination event. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

"The BIG EAST is excited to bring its baseball tradition to a historic baseball city like Brooklyn," BIG EAST Commissioner Michael Tranghese said. "KeySpan Park is a beautiful and unique baseball facility and will be a great host for our 2007 BIG EAST Baseball Championship. We are looking forward to our association with the Brooklyn Cyclones and with a tremendous organization like the New York Mets."

 

"The Cyclones are thrilled to host the BIG EAST Championship at KeySpan Park," said Brooklyn Cyclones General Manager Steve Cohen. "The ballpark has been home to many of baseball's top prospects and we look forward to continuing that tradition as the BIG EAST teams compete for the 2007 title."

The selection of KeySpan Park in Brooklyn as the site for the 2007 BIG EAST Baseball Championship was made by the BIG EAST Championship and Competition Committee (CCC), which is empowered by all 16 athletic directors to take action on Olympic sport matters.

The BIG EAST Baseball Championship was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, N.J. for six straight years between 2000-05, before moving to Bright House Networks Field in Clearwater, Fla., last season.

For ticket information on the 2007 BIG EAST Conference Baseball Championship, visit the official web site of the Brooklyn Cyclones at: www.brooklyncyclones.com.

[bullsmania]

Why would you not want to have the tourney in Florida?  Unless all the other teams did not want to travel down here again.  

[Larry]

thats a real sharp staduim...on the beach, just down the street from the famous cyclone...enjoyed the tourney here last yr, maybe we'll see it again in a few yrs

[bull2saintleo]

I've been waiting to hear this for weeks, good for Brooklyn, should have a good turnout.  I think the reason why it did not return to Clearwater/Tampa Bay area again this year is because the turnout wasn't so hot.  Yah, Florida may be where you'd like to go for a tourney, but outside of USF the closest fanbase at the tourney had to travel from Louisville.  At least by having it i Brooklyn, there will be a better chance to draw from more team's markets by having the tourney in a venue where the majority of teams are within a half of a days drive, and not a flight. (ie. Rutgers, St. Johns, Seton Hall, and even UConn as a stretch)

[JoeB]

You really can't beat Brooklyn for proximity to most of the schools.  Florida is nice but only one school is down here.  NYC would be a cool place to go, especially if the Bulls turn it around and start playing great baseball.  Maybe not this year, but maybe next year.  You never know..........