2009 Big East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2009 Big East Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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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)

* ← 2008
* Big East Conference baseball tournament
* 2010 →

2009 Big East Conference baseball standings

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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

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]

## Format and seeding

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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

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Louisville | 19 | 7 | .731 |

South Florida | 18 | 9 | .667 |

1.5

West Virginia | 17 | 10 | .630 |

2.5

St. John's | 16 | 11 | .593 |

3.5

Notre Dame | 15 | 12 | .556 |

4.5

Connecticut | 14 | 13 | .519 |

5.5

Pittsburgh | 13 | 13 | .500 |

Cincinnati | 13 | 14 | .481 |

6.5

Seton Hall | 13 | 14 | .481 |

6.5

Georgetown | 8 | 18 | .308 |

Rutgers | 8 | 19 | .296 |

11.5

Villanova | 6 | 20 | .231 |

## Tournament

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

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

Position  | Player  | School

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 61\. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2009". boydsworld.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
3. ^ a b c d e 2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide. Big East Conference. pp. 61–66\. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

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