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 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.
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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 19 7 18 9 17 10 16 11 15 12 Connecticut 14 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 8 18 8 19 6 20
Tournament
† - 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. 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.
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