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.
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 America East 29–20 (13–7) Won America East Tourney First appearance Virginia ACC 43–12–1 (16–11–1) Won ACC Tourney 2008 (Fullerton Regional) A-Sun 35–20 (19–11) Won A-Sun Tourney 2007 (Chapel Hill Regional) Atlantic 10 37–19 (18–9) Won A-10 Tourney First appearance Big East 44–15 (19–7) Won Big East Tourney 2008 (Athens Regional) Big South 46–14 (21–5) Won Big South Tourney 2008 (Cary Super Regional) Big Ten 32–25 (16–7) Won Big Ten Tourney 1996 (Midwest Regional) Texas Big 12 41–13–1 (17–9–1) Won Big 12 Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional) UC Irvine Big West 43–13 (22–2) Won Big West 2008 (Baton Rouge Super Regional) Colonial Athletic 39–20 (12–9) Won CAA Tourney First appearance Conference USA 39–15 (16–8) Won C-USA Tourney 2008 (College World Series) Horizon 33–28 (14–12) Won Horizon Tourney 2006 (Corvallis Regional) Ivy League 27–16 (16–4) Won Ivy championship series 1987 (Northeast Regional) Metro Atlantic 31–26 (15–9) Won MAAC Tourney 2005 (Baton Rouge Regional) Mid-American 42–15 (17–9) Won MAC Tourney 2007 (Columbia, Missouri Regional) MEAC 32–26 (16–2) Won MEAC Tourney 2008 (Coral Gables Regional) Wichita State Missouri Valley 30–25 (11–7) Won MVC Tourney 2008 (Stillwater Regional) Mountain West 26–29 (8–16) Won MWC Tourney 1960 (District 7) Northeast 32–23 (15–11) Won NEC Tourney 2007 (Tempe Regional) Ohio Valley 30–22 (10–11) Won OVC Tourney 2001 (Knoxville Regional) Arizona State Pacific-10 44–12 (21–6) Won Pac-10 2008 (Tempe Super Regional) Patriot League 31–18 (13–7) Won Patriot Tourney 2005 (Tallahassee Regional) LSU SEC 46–16 (20–10) Won SEC tournament 2008 (College World Series) Southern 42–15 (20–8) Won SoCon Tourney 2002 (Clemson Regional) Southland 36–22 (18–14) Won Southland Tourney 2008 (Houston Regional) Summit 31–13 (16–2) Won Summit Tourney 2008 (Baton Rouge Regional) Sun Belt 43–16 (21–8) Won SBC Tourney 2003 (Starkville Regional) SWAC 30–15 (17–6) Won SWAC Tourney 2005 (New Orleans Regional) WAC 32–28 (12–12) Won WAC Tourney 2008 (College World Series) WCC 35–16 (14–7) Won WCC championship series 1981 (West Regional)
Bids by conference Conference Total Schools Big 12 8 , , Kansas State, Missouri, , , Texas, Southeastern 8 , Arkansas, Florida, , LSU, , , Atlantic Coast 7 , Clemson, , , , North Carolina, Virginia Big Ten 3 , , Big West 3 , UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton Conference USA 3 , , Mountain West 3 , , Pacific 10 3 Arizona State, , Colonial 2 , Southern 2 , Southland 2 , Sun Belt 2 , Atlantic Sun 1 Atlantic 10 1 America East 1 Big East 1 Big South 1 Horizon 1 Ivy 1 Metro Atlantic 1 Mid-American 1 Mid-Eastern 1 Missouri Valley 1 Wichita State Northeast 1 Ohio Valley 1 Patriot 1 Southwestern 1 Summit 1 Western Athletic 1 WCC 1
National seeds Bold indicates CWS participant. Texas (41-13-1) Cal State Fullerton (42–14) LSU (46–16) North Carolina (42–16) Arizona State (44–12) UC Irvine (43–13) (41–18) Florida (42-22)
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. Day Game TeamsFri. 5/29/09 1 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) 2 2/3 or 1/4 (host choice) Sat. 5/30/09 3 Loser Games 1 & 2 4 Winner Games 1 & 2Sun. 5/31/09 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 6 Winner Games 4 & 5Mon. 6/1/09 7 if 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
Gainesville Super Regional Hosted by Florida at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
Tempe Super Regional Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium
Chapel Hill Super Regional Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium
Fullerton Super Regional Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field
Tallahassee Super Regional Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium
Oxford Super Regional Hosted by Ole Miss at Swayze Field
Baton Rouge Super Regional Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium
College World Series
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach CWS appearances Best CWS finish CWS recordNot including this year Arizona State Pac-10 49–12 (21–6) Pat Murphy 20 (last: 2007) 1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 59–34 Arkansas SEC 39–22 (14–15) Dave van Horn 5(last: 2004) 2nd(1979) 7–10 Cal State Fullerton Big West 47–14 (17–7) Dave Serrano 15(last: 2007) 1st(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) 34–25 LSU SEC 51–16 (20–10) Paul Mainieri 14(last: 2008) 1st(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000) 30–19 North Carolina ACC 47–16 (19–10) Mike Fox 7(last: 2008) 2nd(2006, 2007) 13–15 C-USA 40–24 (12–12) Corky Palmer 0(last: none) none 0–0 Texas Big 12 46–14–1 (17–9–1) Augie Garrido 32(last: 2005) 1st(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) 78–53 Virginia ACC 48–13–1 (16–11–1) Brian O'Connor 0(last: none) none 0–0
Bracket
Championship series
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. P Taylor Jungmann Texas Anthony Ranaudo LSU C Cameron Rupp Texas 1B Dustin Ackley 2B DJ LeMahieu LSU 3B Kyle Seager SS Tyler Cannon Virginia OF Jared Mitchell (MOP) LSU Ryan Schimpf LSU Kole Calhoun Arizona State DH Russell Moldenhauer Texas
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC Southeastern 8 30–16 6 4 2 2 1 1 Big 12 8 20–17 5 1 1 1 1 Pac-10 3 10–6 2 1 1 1 Atlantic Coast 7 25–16 6 4 2 Conference USA 3 13–9 3 3 1 Big West 3 7–6 2 1 1 Mountain West 3 7–6 2 1 Big East 1 3–3 1 1 Big Ten 3 4–6 2 Sun Belt 2 4–4 1 Southern 2 1–4 Colonial 2 0–4 Southland 2 0–4 11–34
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 Pitchers used in a single game by one team (tied): 8 by Arkansas in game 11 Pitchers used in a single game by both teams (tied): 13 by LSU and Arkansas in game 11 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 ESPNU broadcast every game from both the Tallahassee and Irvine Regionals. Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast broadcast every game from the Clemson Regional. Cox Sports (Louisiana) broadcast every game from the Baton Rouge Regional. Sun Sports broadcast selected games from the Gainesville Regional.
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.
See also 2009 NCAA Division II baseball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III baseball tournament 2009 NAIA World Series
References
External links Schedule, results, and game times at ESPN