# 2009 Big East Conference baseball tournament

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 Louisville Cardinals 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 |
| Louisville | 19 | 7 | .731 | – | 1 |
| South Florida | 18 | 9 | .667 | 1.5 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.5 | 3 |
| St. John's | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Notre Dame | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 14 | 13 | .519 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh | 13 | 13 | .500 | 6 | 7 |
| Cincinnati | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6.5 | 8 |
| Seton Hall | 13 | 14 | .481 | 6.5 | – |
| Georgetown | 8 | 18 | .308 | 11 | – |
| Rutgers | 8 | 19 | .296 | 11.5 | – |
| Villanova | 6 | 20 | .231 | 13 | – |

## Tournament

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Louisville | 12† | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | Louisville | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Notre Dame | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | St. John's | 5 | 5 | Notre Dame | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 14 | | | | 1 | Louisville | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 | | | |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 2 | | | | 5 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | St. John's | 12 | 5 | Notre Dame | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | St. John's | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Louisville | 11 |
| 2 | South Florida | 12‡ | | | | | | | | 1 | Louisville | 11 |
| 2 | South Florida | 12‡ | | | | | | | | 6 | Connecticut | 3 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 2‡ | | | | | | | | 6 | Connecticut | 3 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 2‡ | 2 | South Florida | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Connecticut | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | West Virginia | 1 | 6 | Connecticut | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Connecticut | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Connecticut | 6 | | | | 6 | Connecticut | 10 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | South Florida | 8 | — | | | |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 8† | | | | 2 | South Florida | 8 | — | | | |
| 3 | West Virginia | 20† | 2 | South Florida | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | West Virginia | 6 | | | | | | | |
† - 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.