2009 Big East Conference baseball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Baseball Conference Tournament |

| Year=2009

| Conference=Big East Conference

| Image=

| ImageSize=

| Caption=

| Teams=8

| Format=Double-elimination tournament

| Ballpark=Bright House Field

| City=Clearwater, Florida

| Champions={{cbsb link|year=2009|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}}

| TitleCount=2nd

| Coach=Dan McDonnell

| CoachCount=2nd

| MVP=Andrew Clark

| MVPTeam=Louisville

| Attendance=

| Television=

}}

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 {{cbsb link|year=2009|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=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.{{cite book|url=http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx |pages=61–66 |publisher=Big East Conference |title=2012 Big East Baseball Media Guide |accessdate=February 3, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326144657/http://www.bigeast.org/Sports/Baseball/BaseballMediaGuide.aspx |archivedate=March 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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.

class=wikitable ! Team !! W !! L !! Pct. !! GB !! Seed
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Louisville Cardinals\|title=Louisville}}	19	7	{{winpct\|19\|7}}	{{center\|–}}	{{center\|1}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}}	18	9	{{winpct\|18\|9}}	{{center\|1.5}}	{{center\|2}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=West Virginia Mountaineers\|title=West Virginia}}	17	10	{{winpct\|17\|10}}	{{center\|2.5}}	{{center\|3}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=St. John's Red Storm\|title=St. John's}}	16	11	{{winpct\|16\|11}}	{{center\|3.5}}	{{center\|4}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish\|title=Notre Dame}}	15	12	{{winpct\|15\|12}}	{{center\|4.5}}	{{center\|5}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Connecticut	14	13	{{winpct\|14\|13}}	{{center\|5.5}}	{{center\|6}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Pittsburgh Panthers\|title=Pittsburgh}}	13	13	{{winpct\|13\|13}}	{{center\|6}}	{{center\|7}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Cincinnati Bearcats\|title=Cincinnati}}	13	14	{{winpct\|13\|14}}	{{center\|6.5}}	{{center\|8}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Seton Hall Pirates\|title=Seton Hall}}	13	14	{{winpct\|13\|14}}	{{center\|6.5}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Georgetown Hoyas\|title=Georgetown}}	8	18	{{winpct\|8\|18}}	{{center\|11}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights\|title=Rutgers}}	8	19	{{winpct\|8\|19}}	{{center\|11.5}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Villanova Wildcats\|title=Villanova}}	6	20	{{winpct\|6\|20}}	{{center\|13}}	{{center\|–}}

Tournament

{{8TeamBracket-2Elim |groups=y |RD3-legs=2

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}}

| RD1-score01=12†

| RD1-seed02=8

| RD1-team02={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=Cincinnati Bearcats|title=Cincinnati}}

| RD1-score02=2

| RD1-seed03=4

| RD1-team03={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=St. John's Red Storm|title=St. John's}}

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=5

| RD1-team04={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Notre Dame}}

| RD1-score04=14

| RD1-seed05=8

| RD1-team05=Cincinnati

| RD1-score05=2

| RD1-seed06=4

| RD1-team06=St. John's

| RD1-score06=12

| RD1-seed07=2

| RD1-team07={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=South Florida Bulls|title=South Florida}}

| RD1-score07=12‡

| RD1-seed08=7

| RD1-team08={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=Pittsburgh Panthers|title=Pittsburgh}}

| RD1-score08=2‡

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{CBSB link|year=2009|team=West Virginia Mountaineers|title=West Virginia}}

| RD1-score09=1

| RD1-seed10=6

| RD1-team10=Connecticut

| RD1-score10=6

| RD1-seed11=7

| RD1-team11=Pittsburgh

| RD1-score11=8†

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=West Virginia

| RD1-score12=20†

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Louisville

| RD2-score01=12

| RD2-seed02=5

| RD2-team02=Notre Dame

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=5

| RD2-team03=Notre Dame

| RD2-score03=11

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=St. John's

| RD2-score04=10

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=South Florida

| RD2-score05=2

| RD2-seed06=6

| RD2-team06=Connecticut

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=South Florida

| RD2-score07=11

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-team08=West Virginia

| RD2-score08=6

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Louisville

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=7

| RD3-seed02=5

| RD3-team02=Notre Dame

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-seed03=6

| RD3-team03=Connecticut

| RD3-score03-1=10

| RD3-score03-2=—

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=South Florida

| RD3-score04-1=8

| RD3-score04-2=—

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Louisville

| RD4-score01=11

| RD4-seed02=6

| RD4-team02=Connecticut

| RD4-score02=3

}}

† - 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.

class="wikitable"
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

class="wikitable"

Position

! Player

! School

| Will Hudgins

| Notre Dame

| Tony Zych

| Louisville

| Jeff Arnold

| Louisville

| Pierre LePage

| Connecticut

| Andrew Clark

| Louisville

| Mike Nemeth

| Connecticut

| Sam Mende

| South Florida

| Austin Markel

| West Virginia

| Peter Patse

| Connecticut

| Ryan Wright

| Louisville

| 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.

References

Tournament

Category:Big East Conference baseball tournament

Big East Conference baseball tournament

Category:College baseball tournaments in Florida

Category:Baseball competitions in Clearwater, Florida

class=wikitable ! Team !! W !! L !! Pct. !! GB !! Seed
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Louisville Cardinals\|title=Louisville}}	19	7	{{winpct\|19\|7}}	{{center\|–}}	{{center\|1}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=South Florida Bulls\|title=South Florida}}	18	9	{{winpct\|18\|9}}	{{center\|1.5}}	{{center\|2}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=West Virginia Mountaineers\|title=West Virginia}}	17	10	{{winpct\|17\|10}}	{{center\|2.5}}	{{center\|3}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=St. John's Red Storm\|title=St. John's}}	16	11	{{winpct\|16\|11}}	{{center\|3.5}}	{{center\|4}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish\|title=Notre Dame}}	15	12	{{winpct\|15\|12}}	{{center\|4.5}}	{{center\|5}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| Connecticut	14	13	{{winpct\|14\|13}}	{{center\|5.5}}	{{center\|6}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Pittsburgh Panthers\|title=Pittsburgh}}	13	13	{{winpct\|13\|13}}	{{center\|6}}	{{center\|7}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc \| {{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Cincinnati Bearcats\|title=Cincinnati}}	13	14	{{winpct\|13\|14}}	{{center\|6.5}}	{{center\|8}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Seton Hall Pirates\|title=Seton Hall}}	13	14	{{winpct\|13\|14}}	{{center\|6.5}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Georgetown Hoyas\|title=Georgetown}}	8	18	{{winpct\|8\|18}}	{{center\|11}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights\|title=Rutgers}}	8	19	{{winpct\|8\|19}}	{{center\|11.5}}	{{center\|–}}
{{CBSB link\|year=2009\|team=Villanova Wildcats\|title=Villanova}}	6	20	{{winpct\|6\|20}}	{{center\|13}}	{{center\|–}}