2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

2009 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season2009
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsLSU (6th title)
Runner-upTexas (33rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachPaul Mainieri (1st title)
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The 2009 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska beginning on June 13.

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA Appearance
BinghamtonAmerica East29–20 (13–7)Won AmEast TourneyFirst appearance
VirginiaACC43–12–1 (16–11–1)Won ACC Tourney2008 (Fullerton Regional)
JacksonvilleA-Sun35–20 (19–11)Won A-Sun Tourney2007 (Chapel Hill Regional)
XavierAtlantic 1037–19 (18–9)Won A-10 TourneyFirst appearance
LouisvilleBig East44–15 (19–7)Won Big East Tourney2008 (Athens Regional)
Coastal CarolinaBig South46–14 (21–5)Won Big South Tourney2008 (Cary Super Regional)
IndianaBig Ten32–25 (16–7)Won Big Ten Tourney1996 (Midwest Regional)
TexasBig 1241–13–1 (17–9–1)Won Big 12 Tourney2008 (Houston Regional)
UC IrvineBig West43–13 (22–2)Won Big West2008 (Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Georgia StateColonial Athletic39–20 (12–9)Won CAA TourneyFirst appearance
RiceConference USA39–15 (16–8)Won C-USA Tourney2008 (College World Series)
Wright StateHorizon33–28 (14–12)Won Horizon Tourney2006 (Corvallis Regional)
DartmouthIvy League27–16 (16–4)Won Ivy Championship Series1987 (Northeast Regional)
MaristMetro Atlantic31–26 (15–9)Won MAAC Tourney2005 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Kent StateMid-American42–15 (17–9)Won MAC Tourney2007 (Columbia, Missouri Regional)
Bethune–CookmanMEAC32–26 (16–2)Won MEAC Tourney2008 (Coral Gables Regional)
Wichita StateMissouri Valley30–25 (11–7)Won MVC Tourney2008 (Stillwater Regional)
UtahMountain West26–29 (8–16)Won MWC Tourney1960 (District 7)
MonmouthNortheast32–23 (15–11)Won NEC Tourney2007 (Tempe Regional)
Tennessee TechOhio Valley30–22 (10–11)Won OVC Tourney2001 (Knoxville Regional)
Arizona StatePacific-1044–12 (21–6)Won Pac-102008 (Tempe Super Regional)
ArmyPatriot League31–18 (13–7)Won Patriot Tourney2005 (Tallahassee Regional)
LSUSEC46–16 (20–10)Won SEC Tournament2008 (College World Series)
Georgia SouthernSouthern42–15 (20–8)Won SoCon Tourney2002 (Clemson Regional)
Sam Houston StateSouthland36–22 (18–14)Won Southland Tourney2008 (Houston Regional)
Oral RobertsSummit31–13 (16–2)Won Summit Tourney2008 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Middle TennesseeSun Belt43–16 (21–8)Won SBC Tourney2003 (Starkville Regional)
SouthernSWAC30–15 (17–6)Won SWAC Tourney2005 (New Orleans Regional)
Fresno StateWAC32–28 (12–12)Won WAC Tourney2008 (College World Series)
GonzagaWCC35–16 (14–7)Won WCC Championship Series1981 (West Regional)

Bids by conference

Conference Total Schools
Big 12 8 Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Southeastern 8 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Atlantic Coast 7 Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia
Big Ten 3 Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State
Big West 3 Cal Poly, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton
Conference USA 3 East Carolina, Rice, Southern Miss
Mountain West 3 San Diego State, TCU, Utah
Pacific 10 3 Arizona State, Oregon State, Washington State
Colonial 2 George Mason, Georgia State
Southern 2 Elon, Georgia Southern
Southland 2 Sam Houston State, Texas State
Sun Belt 2 Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky
Atlantic Sun 1 Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 1 Xavier
America East 1 Binghamton
Big East 1 Louisville
Big South 1 Coastal Carolina
Horizon 1 Wright State
Ivy 1 Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic 1 Marist
Mid-American 1 Kent State
Mid-Eastern 1 Bethune–Cookman
Missouri Valley 1 Wichita State
Northeast 1 Monmouth
Ohio Valley 1 Tennessee Tech
Patriot 1 Army
Southwestern 1 Southern
Summit 1 Oral Roberts
Western Athletic 1 Fresno State
WCC 1 Gonzaga

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Texas (41-13-1)
  2. Cal State Fullerton (42-14)
  3. LSU (46-16)
  4. North Carolina (42-16)
  5. Arizona State (44-12)
  6. UC Irvine (43-13)
  7. Oklahoma (41-18)
  8. Florida (39-20)

Regionals and Super Regionals

Regional schedule

Regional rounds were held Friday, May 29 through Monday, June 1. Each regional followed a double elimination format, with 2 games each played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday when needed.

DayGameTeams
Fri. 5/29/0912/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
22/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Sat. 5/30/093Loser Games 1 & 2
4Winner Games 1 & 2
Sun. 5/31/095Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
6Winner Games 4 & 5
Mon. 6/1/097if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6

Super Regional Schedule

Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 8. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday with the final day in each grouping if necessary.

Brackets

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.


Austin Super Regional

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch-Falk Field

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 Texas 3  
4 Army 1  
  1 Texas 325[lower-alpha 1]  
  3 Boston College 2  
3 Boston College 8
2 Texas State 7  
  1 Texas 14  
Austin Regional – UFCU Disch-Falk Field
  4 Army 10  
4 Army 7  
2 Texas State 4  
  4 Army 4
  3 Boston College 3  
  1 Texas 10 2 5
  TCU 4 3 2
1 TCU 6  
4 Wright State 3  
  1 TCU 13
  3 Oregon State 1  
3 Oregon State 9
2 Texas A&M 8  
  1 TCU 5
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
  3 Oregon State 4  
4 Wright State 4  
2 Texas A&M 611  
  2 Texas A&M 6
  3 Oregon State 13  
  1. The second round game between Texas and Boston College went 25 innings, the longest game in NCAA History.

Gainesville Super Regional

Hosted by Florida at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 Florida 8  
4 Bethune–Cookman 7  
  1 Florida 8  
  2 Miami (FL) 2  
3 Jacksonville 4
2 Miami (FL) 9  
  1 Florida 16  
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
  2 Miami (FL) 5  
4 Bethune–Cookman 7  
3 Jacksonville 8  
  3 Jacksonville 0
  2 Miami (FL) 4  
  8 Florida 7 6
  Southern Miss 9 7
1 Georgia Tech 9  
4 Georgia State 3  
  1 Georgia Tech 7
  3 Southern Miss 10  
3 Southern Miss 17
2 Elon 15  
  3 Southern Miss 3 12
Atlanta Regional – Russ Chandler Stadium
  1 Georgia Tech 10 8  
4 Georgia State 3  
2 Elon 4  
  2 Elon 4
  1 Georgia Tech 8  

Tempe Super Regional

Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 Arizona State 17  
4 Kent State 6  
  1 Arizona State 4  
  2 Oral Roberts 1  
3 Cal Poly 3
2 Oral Roberts 13  
  1 Arizona State 8  
Tempe Regional – Packard Stadium
  2 Oral Roberts 3  
4 Kent State 10  
3 Cal Poly 9  
  4 Kent State 10
  2 Oral Roberts 15  
  5 Arizona State 7 8
  Clemson 4 2
1 Clemson 5  
4 Tennessee Tech 4  
  1 Clemson 2
  3 Oklahoma State 3  
3 Oklahoma State 10
2 Alabama 6  
  3 Oklahoma State 1 5
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
  1 Clemson 15 6  
4 Tennessee Tech 6  
2 Alabama 2  
  4 Tennessee Tech 0
  1 Clemson 10  

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 North Carolina 5  
4 Dartmouth 2  
  1 North Carolina 14  
  2 Coastal Carolina 5  
3 Kansas 3
2 Coastal Carolina 11  
  1 North Carolina 12  
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
  3 Kansas 1  
4 Dartmouth 0  
3 Kansas 16  
  3 Kansas 5
  2 Coastal Carolina 1  
  4 North Carolina 10 9
  East Carolina 1 3
1 East Carolina 11  
4 Binghamton 7  
  1 East Carolina 2
  2 South Carolina 12  
3 George Mason 3
2 South Carolina 11  
  2 South Carolina 6 9
Greenville Regional – Clark-LeClair Stadium
  1 East Carolina 8 1010  
4 Binghamton 11  
3 George Mason 6  
  4 Binghamton 9
  1 East Carolina 16  

Fullerton Super Regional

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 Cal State Fullerton 18  
4 Utah 2  
  1 Cal State Fullerton 7  
  3 Gonzaga 4  
3 Gonzaga 19
2 Georgia Southern 10  
  1 Cal State Fullerton 16  
Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field
  4 Utah 3  
4 Utah 11  
2 Georgia Southern 10  
  4 Utah 9
  3 Gonzaga 7  
  2 Cal State Fullerton 12 11
  Louisville 0 2
1 Louisville 8  
4 Indiana 2  
  1 Louisville 3
  2 Middle Tennessee 2  
3 Vanderbilt 4
2 Middle Tennessee 5  
  1 Louisville 4 5
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
  3 Vanderbilt 8 3  
4 Indiana 0  
3 Vanderbilt 10  
  3 Vanderbilt 6
  2 Middle Tennessee 0  

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 Oklahoma 5  
4 Wichita State 4  
  1 Oklahoma 6  
  2 Arkansas 17  
3 Washington State 3
2 Arkansas 10  
  2 Arkansas 11  
Norman Regional – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
  1 Oklahoma 0  
4 Wichita State 2  
3 Washington State 3  
  3 Washington State 2
  1 Oklahoma 7  
  Arkansas 7 9
  Florida State 2 8
1 Florida State 16  
4 Marist 4  
  1 Florida State 8
  2 Georgia 2  
3 Ohio State 8
2 Georgia 24  
  1 Florida State 37[lower-alpha 1]
Tallahassee Regional – Dick Howser Stadium
  3 Ohio State 6  
4 Marist 4  
3 Ohio State 6  
  3 Ohio State 13
  2 Georgia 6  
  1. The 37 runs scored by Florida State in the Tallahassee Regional championship were the most scored by a team in NCAA Tournament history.

Oxford Super Regional

Hosted by Ole Miss at Swayze Field

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 UC Irvine 4  
4 Fresno State 2  
  1 UC Irvine 0  
  2 Virginia 5  
3 San Diego State 1
2 Virginia 5  
  2 Virginia 4  
Irvine Regional – Anteater Ballpark
  1 UC Irvine 1  
4 Fresno State 1  
3 San Diego State 4  
  3 San Diego State 3
  1 UC Irvine 14  
  Virginia 3 4 5
  Ole Miss 4 3 1
1 Ole Miss 8  
4 Monmouth 1  
  1 Ole Miss 7
  3 Western Kentucky 4  
3 Western Kentucky 11
2 Missouri 5  
  1 Ole Miss 9 4
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
  3 Western Kentucky 10 1  
4 Monmouth 0  
2 Missouri 9  
  2 Missouri 6
  3 Western Kentucky 11  

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium

  Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals
                                           
1 LSU 10  
4 Southern 2  
  1 LSU 3  
  3 Baylor 2  
3 Baylor 5
2 Minnesota 0  
  1 LSU 10  
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium
  2 Minnesota 3  
4 Southern 8  
2 Minnesota 11  
  2 Minnesota 15
  3 Baylor 12  
  3 LSU 12 5
  Rice 9 3
1 Rice 5  
4 Sam Houston State 2  
  1 Rice 6
  2 Kansas State 7  
3 Xavier 8
2 Kansas State 16  
  2 Kansas State 0 4
Houston Regional – Reckling Park
  1 Rice 8 13  
4 Sam Houston State 6  
3 Xavier 9  
  3 Xavier 7
  1 Rice 12  

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS Record
Not including this year
Arizona StatePac-1049–12 (21–6)Pat Murphy20
(last: 2007)
1st
(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)
59–34
ArkansasSEC39–22 (14–5)Dave van Horn5
(last: 2004)
2nd
(1979)
7–10
Cal State FullertonBig West47–14 (17–7)Dave Serrano15
(last: 2007)
1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)
34–25
LSUSEC51–16 (20–10)Paul Mainieri14
(last: 2008)
1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)
30–19
North CarolinaACC47–16 (19–10)Mike Fox7
(last: 2008)
2nd
(2006, 2007)
13–15
Southern MissC-USA40–24 (12–12)Corky Palmer0
(last: none)
none0–0
TexasBig 1246–14–1 (17–9–1)Augie Garrido32
(last: 2005)
1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)
78–53
VirginiaACC48–13–1 (16–11–1)Brian O'Connor0
(last: none)
none0–0

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
2 Cal State Fullerton 6  
Arkansas 10  
  Arkansas 1  
  3 LSU 9  
Virginia 5
3 LSU 9  
  3 LSU 14 -  
  Arkansas 5 -  
2 Cal State Fullerton 5  
Virginia 7  
  Virginia 3*
  Arkansas 4*  
  3 LSU 7* 1 11
  1 Texas 6* 5 4
1 Texas 7  
Southern Miss 6  
  1 Texas 10
  5 Arizona State 6  
5 Arizona State 5*
4 North Carolina 2*  
  1 Texas 4 -
  5 Arizona State 3 -  
Southern Miss 4  
4 North Carolina 11  
  4 North Carolina 5
  5 Arizona State 12  

Game 1

Monday, June 22 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
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LSU100002102017110
Texas00030210000691
WP: Matty Ott   LP: Brandon Workman
Attendance: 23,019
Notes: First time since 2003 that a MCWS Final Series game went into extra innings.

Game 2

Tuesday, June 23 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
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Texas1130000005123
LSU010000000152
WP: Taylor Jungmann   LP: Austin Ross
Attendance: 21,871

Game 3

Wednesday, June 24 6:00 pm
Omaha, Nebraska ESPN
Team123456789RHE
LSU31000501111120
Texas002020000491
WP: Anthony Ranaudo   LP: Brandon Workman
Attendance: 19,986
Notes: LSU wins its 6th College World Series. LSU coach Paul Mainieri wins the first national championship of his career.

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
PTaylor JungmannTexas
Anthony RanaudoLSU
1BDustin AckleyNorth Carolina
2BDJ LeMahieuLSU
3BKyle SeagerNorth Carolina
SSTyler CannonVirginia
CCameron RuppTexas
OFJared MitchellLSU
Ryan SchimpfLSU
Kole CalhounArizona State
DHRussell MoldenhauerTexas

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % RF SR WS NS CS NC
Southeastern 8 30–16 .652 6 4 2 2 1 1
Big 12 8 20–17 .541 5 1 1 1 1
Pac-10 3 10–6 .625 2 1 1 1
Atlantic Coast 7 25–16 .610 6 4 2
Conference USA 3 13–9 .591 3 3 1
Big West 3 7–6 .538 2 1 1
Mountain West 3 7–6 .538 2 1
Big East 1 3–3 .500 1 1
Big Ten 3 4–6 .400 2
Sun Belt 2 4–4 .500 1
Southern 2 1–4 .200
Colonial 2 0–4 .000
Southland 2 0–4 .000
Other 17 11–34 .244 2

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Tournament Notes

Round 1

  • All 16 No. 1 seeds won their first round games for the second time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999; thus no No. 4 was able to win their first round game.
  • Seven No. 3 seeds won their first round games in upsets.

Round 2

  • Fresno State, the champions of the 2008 NCAA College World Series, was eliminated in the Irvine Regional after losing to UC Irvine and San Diego State.
  • Texas defeated Boston College 3–2 in 25 innings, which broke the record of the longest game in NCAA baseball history lasting more than seven hours.
  • Two National-seeds lost in round two: #6 UC Irvine and #7 Oklahoma.
  • Four No. 2 seeds advanced to the Regional Finals with a 2–0 record.
  • Three No. 2 seeds (Alabama, Georgia Southern and Texas State) were eliminated from the tournament after going 0–2.
  • Two No. 3 seeds (Southern Miss and Oklahoma State) advanced to the Regional Finals with a 2–0 record.
  • Five No. 4 seeds registered a win in their opening game in the losers bracket.

Regional Finals

  • Florida State sets NCAA postseason records with 37 runs, 38 hits and 66 total bases in a blowout win over Ohio State, 37–6.
  • Two No. 4 seeds advanced to the Regional Finals: Army and Utah.
  • Two National-seeds failed to advance to the Super Regionals: #6 UC Irvine and #7 Oklahoma.
  • The only non-No. 1 seeds to advance to the Super Regionals were Arkansas, Southern Miss, and Virginia.
  • No team which lost its opening round game was able to come back and win its Regional. Vanderbilt, the No. 3 seed in the Louisville Regional, was the only team to lose its opener and come back to force a decisive second game in the regional final. The Commodores lost to No. 2 seed Middle Tennessee in the opening round before winning three consecutive elimination games against No. 4 seed Indiana, a rematch with MT and host Louisville before falling to the Cardinals the next night.

Super Regionals

  • No. 2 seed Arkansas, No. 2 seed Virginia, and No. 3 seed Southern Miss became the ninth, tenth, and eleventh teams respectively in NCAA history to advance to the College World Series without playing a game at their home park.
  • Arkansas became the third team since the tournament expanded in 1999 to reach the CWS by going undefeated (5-0) on the road in both Regionals and Super Regionals, joining Southern California in 2000 and UC Irvine in 2007.
  • No. 2 seed Virginia advanced to the first College World Series in school history by winning the Oxford Super Regional 2–1.
  • No. 3 seed Southern Miss advanced to the first College World Series in school history by winning the Gainesville Super Regional 2–0.
  • Three of the 8 national seeds failed to make it to the CWS.

College World Series

  • 2009 was the 17th consecutive year the SEC fielded a team in the CWS.
  • Both Virginia and Southern Miss played in their first College World Series in school history.
  • Only two teams from the 2008 CWS, LSU and North Carolina, returned for 2009.
  • 2009 marked the first time in six seasons that a top-eight national seed won the title.
  • LSU played for the championship for the first time since 2000, and it was the first time LSU has appeared in the best of 3 championship series.

CWS Records Broken

  • All-time hits by a player: 28 by Dustin Ackley of UNC, broken against Southern Miss in Game 7[1]
  • Pitchers used in a single game by one team (tied): 8 by Arkansas in Game 11[2]
  • Pitchers used in a single game by both teams (tied): 13 by LSU and Arkansas in Game 11[2]
  • Career games played: 21 by Garrett Gore of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in Game 10
  • Most wild pitches in a single-game: 4 by Matt Harvey of North Carolina, broken against Arizona St. in Game 10
  • Home runs in a College World Series: 4 by Russell Moldenhauer of Texas, tied the record against LSU in Game 2 of the finals.
  • Attendance Record: 336,076, previous record set in 2008 of 330,099
  • Combined home runs in the Championship Finals: 12, previous record of 9 set in 2008.

Television/radio/online coverage

Regionals

Super Regionals

  • All super-regional games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video.

College World Series

  • All College World Series games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video.

References

  1. "Tar Heels Fall Short Versus Sun Devils". Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-05-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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