# 2009 Conference USA baseball tournament

The 2009 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2009 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from May 20–May 24, 2009. Rice won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed |
| East Carolina | 17 | 7 | 0 | .708 | -- | 1 |
| Rice | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 2 |
| Houston | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 4 | 3 |
| Tulane | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 4 | 4 |
| Southern Miss | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5 |
| UAB | 11 | 12 | 0 | .468 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Marshall | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 8 | 7 |
| UCF | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 8 | 8 |
| Memphis | 7 | 16 | 0 | .304 | 9.5 | -- |
* SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP did not field baseball teams. Memphis did not make the tournament.

## Bracket

| First round May 20–21 | First round May 20–21 | First round May 20–21 | | | Second round May 21–22 | Second round May 21–22 | Second round May 21–22 | Semi-finals May 22–23 | Semi-finals May 22–23 | Semi-finals May 22–23 | Finals May 24 | Finals May 24 | Finals May 24 |
| 6 | UAB | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Houston | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Houston | 3 | | | 6 | UAB | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Rice | 8 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Marshall | 0 | | | 2 | Rice | 8 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Rice | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Rice | 13 | | | | | | 3 | Houston | 2 | | | |
| Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | 3 | Houston | 2 | | | |
| Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | Bracket One | 2 | Rice | 7 | | | |
| 7 | Marshall | 1 | | | | | | 2 | Rice | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Houston | 4 | | | 6 | UAB | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Houston | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Southern Miss | 6 |
| 8 | UCF | 3 | | | | | | | | | 5 | Southern Miss | 6 |
| 8 | UCF | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rice | 8 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rice | 8 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 6 | | | 5 | Southern Miss | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | East Carolina | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 15 | | | 1 | East Carolina | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | | | | | | 5 | Southern Miss | 3 | | | |
| Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | 5 | Southern Miss | 3 | | | |
| Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | Bracket Two | 4 | Tulane | 1 | | | |
| 8 | UCF | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Tulane | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 7 | | | 4 | Tulane | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | East Carolina | 0 | | | | | | |
* Bold indicates the winner of the game.
* Italics indicate that the team was eliminated from the tournament.

## Finish order

| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By |
| 1 | Rice$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | |
| 2 | Southern Miss$^#$ | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 5 | Rice |
| 3 | Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4 | Southern Miss |
| 4 | Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | Rice |
| 5 | East Carolina$^#$ | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1 | Tulane |
| 6 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Houston |
| 7 | UCF | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Tulane |
| 8 | Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Houston |
| $^†$ - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. $^#$ - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. ||||||||

## All-tournament team

| Position | Player | School |
| C | Siego Seastrunk | Rice |
| IF | James Ewing | Southern Mississippi |
| IF | Rick Hague | Rice |
| IF | Josh Prince | Tulane |
| IF | Anthony Rendon | Rice |
| OF | Nick Boullosa | Tulane |
| OF | Steven Sultzbaugh | Rice |
| OF | Trent Whitehead | East Carolina |
| DH | Corey Stevens | Southern Mississippi |
| P | JR Ballinger | Southern Mississippi |
| P | Ryan Berry | Rice |
| P | Todd McInnis | Southern Mississippi |
| P | Taylor Wall | Rice |
| MVP | Anthony Rendon | Rice |