2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Rice (3rd title)
Winning coach Wayne Graham (3rd title)
MVP Anthony Rendon (Rice)
2009 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#16 East Carolina †y 17 – 7   .708     46 – 20   .697
#11 Rice ‡y 16 – 8   .667     43 – 18   .705
Houston 13 – 11   .542     27 – 30   .474
Tulane 13 – 11   .542     34 – 24   .586
#8 Southern Miss y 12 – 12   .500     40 – 26   .606
UAB 11 – 12   .478     31 – 26   .544
Marshall 9 – 15   .375     22 – 32   .407
UCF 9 – 15   .375     22 – 35   .386
Memphis 7 – 16   .304     21 – 32   .396
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2009 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from May 20–May 24, 2009. Rice won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[2]

Regular season results

Team W L T Pct GB Seed
East Carolina 17 7 0 .708 -- 1
Rice 16 8 0 .667 1 2
Houston 13 11 0 .542 4 3
Tulane 13 11 0 .542 4 4
Southern Miss 12 12 0 .500 5 5
UAB 11 12 0 .468 5.5 6
Marshall 9 15 0 .375 8 7
UCF 9 15 0 .375 8 8
Memphis 7 16 0 .304 9.5 --

Bracket

  First Round
May 20–21		 Second Round
May 21–22		 Semi-Finals
May 22–23		 Finals
May 24
                                       
6 UAB 8  
3 Houston 3  
  6 UAB 1  
  2 Rice 8  
7 Marshall 0
2 Rice 13  
  3 Houston 2  
Bracket One
  2 Rice 7  
7 Marshall 1  
3 Houston 4  
  6 UAB 1
  3 Houston 4  
  5 Southern Miss 6
  2 Rice 8
8 UCF 3  
1 East Carolina 6  
  5 Southern Miss 5
  1 East Carolina 2  
5 Southern Miss 15
4 Tulane 2  
  5 Southern Miss 3
Bracket Two
  4 Tulane 1  
8 UCF 3  
4 Tulane 7  
  4 Tulane 3
  1 East Carolina 0  

Finish order

Finish Team W L T Pct Seed Eliminated By
1 Rice† 4 0 0 1.000 2
2 Southern Miss# 3 1 0 .750 5 Rice
3 Tulane 2 2 0 .500 4 Southern Miss
4 Houston 2 2 0 .500 3 Rice
5 East Carolina# 1 2 0 .333 1 Tulane
6 UAB 1 2 0 .333 6 Houston
7 UCF 0 2 0 .000 8 Tulane
8 Marshall 0 2 0 .000 7 Houston

† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
# - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

All-tournament team

Position Player School
C Siego Seastrunk Rice
IF James Ewing Southern Mississippi
IF Rick Hague Rice
IF Josh Prince Tulane
IF Anthony Rendon Rice
OF Nick Boullosa Tulane
OF Steven Sultzbaugh Rice
OF Trent Whitehead East Carolina
DH Corey Stevens Southern Mississippi
P JR Ballinger Southern Mississippi
P Ryan Berry Rice
P Todd McInnis Southern Mississippi
P Taylor Wall Rice
MVP Anthony Rendon Rice

References

  1. ↑ Conference USA Baseball Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference USA Baseball Historical Records". Conference USA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
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