2009 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

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 Louisville Cardinals 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.[3]

2009 Big East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Bright House Field Clearwater, Florida
Champions	Louisville (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dan McDonnell (2nd title)
MVP	Andrew Clark, Louisville

2009 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Louisville  ‍†‍‡‍^y	19	–	7		.731			47	–	18		.723
South Florida  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			34	–	25		.576
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			37	–	18		.673
St. John's  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			30	–	22		.577
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			36	–	23		.610
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			36	–	24		.600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			28	–	21		.571
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			29	–	29		.500
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	24		.510
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	8	–	18		.308			17	–	34		.333
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			22	–	31		.415
Villanova  ‍‍‍	6	–	10		.375			22	–	28		.440
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2009[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Louisville	19	7	.731	–	1
South Florida	18	9	.667	1.5	2
West Virginia	17	10	.630	2.5	3
St. John's	16	11	.593	3.5	4
Notre Dame	15	12	.556	4.5	5
Connecticut	14	13	.519	5.5	6
Pittsburgh	13	13	.500	6	7
Cincinnati	13	14	.481	6.5	8
Seton Hall	13	14	.481	6.5	–
Georgetown	8	18	.308	11	–
Rutgers	8	19	.296	11.5	–
Villanova	6	20	.231	13	–

Tournament

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Louisville	12†
	8	Cincinnati	2
						1	Louisville	12
						5	Notre Dame	2
	4	St. John's	5
	5	Notre Dame	14
											1	Louisville	6	7
										5	Notre Dame	6	6
	8	Cincinnati	2
	4	St. John's	12
						5	Notre Dame	11
						4	St. John's	10
																1	Louisville	11
																6	Connecticut	3
	2	South Florida	12‡
	7	Pittsburgh	2‡
						2	South Florida	2
						6	Connecticut	4
	3	West Virginia	1
	6	Connecticut	6
											6	Connecticut	10	—
										2	South Florida	8	—
	7	Pittsburgh	8†
	3	West Virginia	20†
						2	South Florida	11
						3	West Virginia	6

† - 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.[3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]

Position	Player	School
P	Will Hudgins	Notre Dame
P	Tony Zych	Louisville
C	Jeff Arnold	Louisville
IF	Pierre LePage	Connecticut
IF	Andrew Clark	Louisville
IF	Mike Nemeth	Connecticut
IF	Sam Mende	South Florida
OF	Austin Markel	West Virginia
OF	Peter Patse	Connecticut
OF	Ryan Wright	Louisville
DH	Phil Wunderlich	Louisville

Jack Kaiser Award

Andrew Clark was the winner of the 2009 Jack Kaiser Award. Clark was a junior first baseman for Louisville.[3]

References

1. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2009". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
3. 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.