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

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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
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

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	--

• SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP did not field baseball teams. Memphis did not make the tournament.

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.

External links

• 2009 C-USA Baseball Championship