2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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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
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 East Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 46 – 20   .697
No. 11 Rice  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 8   .667 43 – 18   .705
Houston  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 30   .474
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 34 – 24   .586
No. 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
  • Bold indicates the winner of the game.
  • Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

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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