Season | 2009 |
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Teams | 64 |
Finals Site | |
Champions | LSU (6th title) |
Runner-Up | Texas(33rd CWS Appearance) |
Winning coach | Paul Mainieri (1st title) |
MOP | Jared Mitchell LSU |
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.
Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.
Bold indicates CWS participant.
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.
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.
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Hosted by Florida at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium
Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium