The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut.
As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage, earned berths in the field.
Providence claimed the top seed from the North by defeating St. John's in the regular season series.
[3] Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award.