2009 Big East Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2009
Conference:Big East Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:Bright House Field
City:Clearwater, Florida
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Dan McDonnell
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Andrew Clark
Mvpteam:Louisville

The 2009 Big East Conference baseball tournament was held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, FL. This was the twenty fifth annual Big East Conference baseball tournament, and third to be held at Bright House Field. The won their second tournament championship in a row and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Louisville joined the league prior to the 2006 season.[1]

Format and seeding

The Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
19 7
18 9
17 10
16 11
15 12
14 13
13 13
13 14
1314
8 18
8 19
6 20

Tournament

† - Indicates game was suspended after 7 innings due to 10 run mercy rule. ‡ - Indicates game was suspended after 8 innings due to 10 run mercy rule.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.

PositionPlayerSchool
PWill HudginsNotre Dame
PTony ZychLouisville
CJeff ArnoldLouisville
IFPierre LePageConnecticut
IFAndrew ClarkLouisville
IFMike NemethConnecticut
IFSam MendeSouth Florida
OFAustin MarkelWest Virginia
OFPeter PatseConnecticut
OFRyan WrightLouisville
DHPhil WunderlichLouisville

Jack Kaiser Award

Andrew Clark was the winner of the 2009 Jack Kaiser Award. Clark was a junior first baseman for Louisville.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide . 61–66 . Big East Conference . February 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx . March 26, 2013 . dead .