2009 Conference USA baseball tournament

2009 C-USA Baseball, USA August 2023 July 2026 2009 Conference USA C-USA I 8 Eight-team double-elimination tournament Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, Mississippi Rice 3rd Wayne Graham 3rd Anthony Rendon 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.http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/history-records 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 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 y 2 First roundMay 20–21 Second roundMay 21–22 Semi-finalsMay 22–23 FinalsMay 24 Bracket One Bracket Two 6 UAB 8 3 Houston 3 7 Marshall 0 2 Rice 13 7 Marshall 1 3 Houston 4 8 UCF 3 1 East Carolina 6 5 Southern Miss 15 4 Tulane 2 8 UCF 3 4 Tulane 7 6 UAB 1 2 Rice 8 6 UAB 1 3 Houston 4 5 Southern Miss 5 1 East Carolina 2 4 Tulane 3 1 East Carolina 0 3 Houston 2 2 Rice 7 5 Southern Miss 3 4 Tulane 1 5 Southern Miss 6 2 Rice 8 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 By1 Rice† 4 0 0 1.000 2 2 Southern Miss# 3 1 0 .750 5 Rice3 Tulane 2 2 0 .500 4 Southern Miss4 Houston 2 2 0 .500 3 Rice5 East Carolina# 1 2 0 .333 1 Tulane6 UAB 1 2 0 .333 6 Houston7 UCF 0 2 0 .000 8 Tulane8 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 External links 2009 C-USA Baseball Championship autocollapse Tournament Category:Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Conference USA baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in Hattiesburg, Mississippi Category:College sports tournaments in Mississippi Category:Tourist attractions in Forrest County, Mississippi