The 2026 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, from May 20 through May 23. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2026 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The St. John's Red Storm won the tournament with a 5–3 win over the Creighton Bluejays on May 24, 2026. This was the 11th conference tournament championship for St. John's, with the team's third baseman Rocco Gump receiving the 2026 Jack Kaiser Award as the tournament's most outstanding player.
Format and seeding The tournament used a double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's eight teams from the conference's round robin regular season. St. John's claimed the top seed and UConn the second seed over tiebreaker with tri-champion Xavier, who earned the third seed. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Tiebreaker 15 6 .714 — 1 4–2 vs. UConn and Xavier UConn 15 6 .714 — 2 3–3 vs. St. John's and Xavier 15 6 .714 — 3 2–4 vs. St. John's and UConn 13 8 .619 2 4 9 12 .429 6 — 9 12 .429 6 — 5 16 .238 10 — 3 18 .143 12 —
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Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Thursday, May 21 1 12:00 pm No. 4 vs. No. 1 2−4 2 4:00 p.m. No. 3 vs. No. 2 UConn 4−2 3 7:30 p.m. No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 UConn 7−4 UConn eliminated Saturday, May 23 4 2:00 p.m. No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 3 Xavier 17−6 5 6:00 p.m. No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 3 Xavier 7−4 Xavier eliminated Sunday, May 24 6 9:00 a.m. No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 4 Creighton 5−3 St. John's wins Big East tournament
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