2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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]

2009 Conference USA
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsRice (3rd title)
Winning coachWayne Graham (3rd title)
MVPAnthony Rendon (Rice)
2009 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 17–7 .70846–20 .697
No. 11 Rice  ‍‍‡‍y 16–8 .66743–18 .705
Houston  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54227–30 .474
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54234–24 .586
No. 8 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50040–26 .606
UAB  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47831–26 .544
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37522–32 .407
UCF  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37522–35 .386
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .30421–32 .396
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Regular season results
TeamWLTPctGBSeed
East Carolina1770.708--1
Rice1680.66712
Houston13110.54243
Tulane13110.54244
Southern Miss12120.50055
UAB11120.4685.56
Marshall9150.37587
UCF9150.37588
Memphis7160.3049.5--

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
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

Finish order
FinishTeamWLTPctSeedEliminated By
1Rice†4001.0002
2Southern Miss#310.7505Rice
3Tulane220.5004Southern Miss
4Houston220.5003Rice
5East Carolina#120.3331Tulane
6UAB120.3336Houston
7UCF020.0008Tulane
8Marshall020.0007Houston

† - 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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