2009 Conference USA baseball tournament explained

Year:	2009
Conference:	Conference USA
Shortconference:	C-USA
Division:	I
Teams:	8
Format:	Eight-team double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:	Pete Taylor Park
City:	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Champions:	Rice
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Wayne Graham
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Anthony Rendon
Mvpteam:	Rice

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.^[1]

Regular season results

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
	17	7	0	.708	--	1
	16	8	0	.667	1	2
	13	11	0	.542	4	3
	13	11	0	.542	4	4
	12	12	0	.500	5	5
	11	12	0	.468	5.5	6
	9	15	0	.375	8	7
	9	15	0	.375	8	8
	7	16	0	.304	9.5	--

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

Bracket

• 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

External links

• 2009 C-USA Baseball Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Conference USA Baseball Historical Records . Conference USA . 2009-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081222230718/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/history-records . 2008-12-22 . live .