- 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
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2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Super Regional 1 Winner Texas1 Super Regional 2 Winner Southern Miss3 Super Regional 3 Winner Arizona State1 Super Regional 4 Winner North Carolina 1 Super Regional 5 Winner Cal State Fullerton 1 Super Regional 6 Winner Arkansas 2 Super Regional 7 Winner Virginia 2 Super Regional 8 Winner LSU 1 Tournaments ← 2008
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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.
Contents
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)
- Oklahoma (41-18)
- 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.
Day Game Teams Fri. 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 & 2 Sun. 5/31/09 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 6 Winner Games 4 & 5 Mon. 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
Regional Regional Regional Finals Super Regionals 1 Texas 3 4 Army 1 1 Texas 3* 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 6* 2 Texas A&M 6 3 Oregon State 13 - 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 2 3 Jacksonville 4 2 Miami 9 1 Florida 16 - Gainesville Regional - Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 2 Miami 5 - 4 Bethune-Cookman 7 3 Jacksonville 8 3 Jacksonville 0 2 Miami 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 10* 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 State 2 3 Vanderbilt 4 2 Middle Tennessee State 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 State 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 - Tallahassee Regional - Dick Howser Stadium 3 Ohio State 6 - 4 Marist 4 3 Ohio State 6 3 Ohio State 13 2 Georgia 6 - 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi 4 3 1 1 Mississippi 8 4 Monmouth 1 1 Mississippi 7 3 Western Kentucky 4 3 Western Kentucky 11 2 Missouri 5 1 Mississippi 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 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 Arizona State Pacific-10 44-12 (21-6) Won Pac-10 2008 (Tempe Super Regional) Army Patriot League 31-18 (13-7) Won Patriot 2005 (Tallahassee Regional) Bethune Cookman MEAC 32-26 (16-2) Won MEAC tourney 2008 (Coral Gables Regional) Binghamton America East 29-20 (13-7) Won AmEast tourney First appearance Coastal Carolina Big South 46-14 (21-5) Won Big South tourney 2008 (Cary Super Regional) Dartmouth Ivy League 27-16 (16-4) Won Ivy League 1987 (Northeast Regional) Fresno State WAC 32-28 (12-12) Won WAC tourney 2008 (College World Series) Georgia State Colonial Athletic 39-20 (12-9) Won CAA tourney First appearance Georgia Southern Southern 42-15 (20-8) Won SoCon tourney 2002 (Clemson Regional) Gonzaga WCC 35-16 (14-7) Won WCC playoff 1981 (West Regional) Indiana Big Ten 32-25 (16-7) Won Big Ten tourney 1996 (Midwest Regional) Jacksonville A-Sun 35-20 (19-11) Won A-Sun tourney 2007 (Chapel Hill Regional) Kent State Mid-American 42-15 (17-9) Won MAC tournament 2007 (Columbia, MO Regional) LSU SEC 46-16 (20-10) Won SEC Tournament 2008 (College World Series) Louisville Big East 44-15 (19-7) Won Big East tourney 2008 (Athens Regional) Marist Metro Atlantic 31-26 (15-9) Won MAAC tourney 2005 (Baton Rouge Regional) Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 43-16 (21-8) Won SBC tourney 2003 (Starkville Regional) Monmouth Northeast 32-23 (15-11) Won NEC tourney 2007 (Tempe Regional) Oral Roberts Summit 31-13 (16-2) Won Summit tourney 2008 (Baton Rouge Regional) Rice Conference USA 39-15 (16-8) Won C-USA tourney 2008 (College World Series) Sam Houston State Southland 36-22 (18-14) Won Southland tourney 2008 (Houston Regional) Southern SWAC 30-15 (17-6) Won SWAC tourney 2005 (New Orleans Regional) Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 30-22 (10-11) Won OVC tournament 2001 (Knoxville 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) Utah Mountain West 26-29 (8-16) Won MWC tourney 1960 (District 7) Virginia ACC 43-12-1 (16-11-1) Won ACC tourney 2008 (Fullerton Regional) Wichita State Missouri Valley 30-25 (11-7) Won MVC tourney 2008 (Stillwater Regional) Wright State Horizon 33-28 (14-12) Won Horizon tourney 2006 (Corvallis Regional) Xavier Atlantic 10 37-19 (18-9) Won A-10 tournament First appearance Bids by conference
Conference Total Schools Atlantic Coast 7 Boston College, Clemson, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia Atlantic Sun 1 Jacksonville Atlantic 10 1 Xavier America East 1 Binghamton Big Ten 3 Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio St. Big 12 8 Baylor, Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Texas, Texas A&M Big East 1 Louisville Big South 1 Coastal Carolina Big West 3 Cal Poly, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton Colonial 2 George Mason, Georgia St. Conference USA 3 East Carolina, Rice, Southern Miss. Horizon 1 Wright St. Ivy 1 Dartmouth Metro Atlantic 1 Marist Mid-American 1 Kent St. Mid-Eastern 1 Bethune-Cookman Missouri Valley 1 Wichita State Mountain West 3 San Diego St., TCU, Utah Northeast 1 Monmouth Ohio Valley 1 Tennessee Tech Pacific 10 3 Arizona St., Oregon St., Washington St. Patriot 1 Army Southern 2 Elon, Ga. Southern Southeastern 8 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Southland 2 Sam Houston St., Texas St. Southwestern 1 Southern Summit 1 Oral Roberts Sun Belt 2 Middle Tenn., Western Ky. Western Athletic 1 Fresno St. WCC 1 Gonzaga Tournament performance by conference
Conference Tournament Record Percentage Schools to Super Regionals Schools to CWS Pacific 10 8-4 0.667 Arizona State Arizona State ACC 23-12 0.657 Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia North Carolina, Virginia Conference USA 13-7 0.650 East Carolina, Rice, Southern Miss Southern Miss SEC 23-13 0.639 Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Mississippi Arkansas, LSU Big West 7-4 0.636 Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton Mountain West 7-6 0.538 TCU Big 12 16-15 0.516 Texas Texas Sun Belt 4-4 0.500 Big East 3-3 0.500 Louisville Patriot 2-2 0.500 Summit 2-2 0.500 Big 10 4-6 0.400 America East 1-2 0.333 Atlantic 10 1-2 0.333 Atlantic Sun 1-2 0.333 Big South 1-2 0.333 Mid-American 1-2 0.333 Ohio Valley 1-2 0.333 WCC 1-2 0.333 Southern 1-4 0.200 Horizon 0-2 0.000 Ivy 0-2 0.000 Metro Atlantic 0-2 0.000 Mid-Eastern 0-2 0.000 Missouri Valley 0-2 0.000 Northeast 0-2 0.000 Southwestern Athletic 0-2 0.000 Western Athletic 0-2 0.000 Colonial 0-4 0.000 Southland 0-4 0.000 Notes on tournament field
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
Main article: 2009 College World SeriesTelevision/radio/online coverage
- All games can be tracked live online through CBS College Sports Network application Gametracker
Regionals
- ESPNU broadcasted every game from both the Tallahassee and Irvine Regionals.
- Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast broadcasted every game from the Clemson Regional.
- Cox Sports (Louisiana) broadcasted every game from the Baton Rouge Regional.
- Sun Sports broadcasted selected games from the Gainesville Regional.
Super Regionals
- All super-regional games will be shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360.com through online streaming video.
College World Series
- All College World Series games will be shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360.com through online streaming video.
See also
External links
- [1] Official Bracket at NCAA
- Schedule, results, and game times at ESPN
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