2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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
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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.

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.

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 Series

Television/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

• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

External links

• [1] Official Bracket at NCAA
• Schedule, results, and game times at ESPN